DOE assures fuel security amid ongoing crisis

MANILA: The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently working on strengthening fuel security in the country. This, the agency said, will be accomplished by acquiring a total of 2 million barrels of fuel from various sources. 

DOE Secretary Atty. Sharon Garin reported through an online press conference that 1.042 million barrels have already been ordered and are expected to arrive in April this year. Previously, 142,000 barrels had already arrived from Japan on March 26, 2026. 

Furthermore, the DOE secretary assured that “we have supply.” This statement was backed by her presentation of the country’s petroleum product inventory measured by “days supply,” as of March 27, 2026.  The same table also shows the average national daily demand for each fuel type in thousands of liters. 

Fuel type	Average daily demand (in thousands of liters)	Total expected available days supply (as of March 27, 2026)
Gasoline	23,326.46	59.78
Diesel	32,516.30	46.93
Kerosene	142.14	107.88
Jet fuel	6,320.48	62.69
Fuel oil	2,472.76	57.27
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)	10,274.38	34.02
National total	75,052.52	50.94

Garin further explained that the country’s national supply of petroleum products is being replenished every ten days. Regardless, she encouraged prudent use and the application of fuel-saving methods. 

“Even though we have time to look for additional supply, we would like to remind the public that we need to be prudent,” Garin said. 

“It is more for [being> extra careful, because we do not know where the war is going,” Garin added further. 

Additionally, the DOE is evaluating the increased usage of biofuels to help extend the nation’s supply for both the transport and power generation sectors. The agency is also monitoring fuel discount programs and is actively cooperating with oil companies. 

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Fuel price movements for March 31, 2026

The Philippines will see another round of price increases in petroleum products due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Specifically, March 31, 2026, marks the 12th week of price bumps for gasoline and the 14th week of price increases for diesel and kerosene. 

Here are the upcoming price movements for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene as posted by local petroleum companies on their respective social media pages: 

Company	Diesel	Gasoline	Kerosene
PetroGazz	P12.5	P2.5	-
Seaoil	P12.5	-	P2
Unioil	P12.5	P2.5	-
Petron	P11.9	P1.9	P1.4

Also read:

PH now under ‘state of national energy emergency’, PBBM declares

HOR to fast-track mandatory biofuel blending requirement suspension

Grab, Move It partners to get ‘immediate support’ for fuel price surge

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