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Australian government temporarily allows lower quality fuel to meet domestic demands

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The Australian government is still considering how it will respond to the IEA's request to release emergency oil reserves as part of a 400 million barrel global action. However, it's already moved to ease fuel quality standards to boost domestic supply. Dirtier uel will be allowed into the market for two months — to make an extra 100 million litres of fuel available.
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