Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen say they’ve locked in another 200 million litres of diesel from Asian suppliers.
The move comes as Australia grapples with a fuel crisis triggered by its heavy dependence on Asian refineries that source most of their crude oil from the Middle East.
Albanese revealed the government-owned Export Finance Australia (EFA) had teamed up with BP Australia and Viva Energy to secure four extra cargoes of diesel from South Korea, Brunei, and Malaysia. Albanese visited the latter two last week.
“What we are doing each and every day is working in the interests of Australians. I think Australians know, they see it on their TV every night, that we are in a very volatile environment,” Albanese told reporters in Sydney on April 22….