Fuel seller statistics
Fuel sellers report their volumes of fuel sold as part of their obligations under Queensland’s biofuels mandates.
This reporting helps provide information on biofuel and fuel volumes sold and market trends over time since the mandates were introduced in 2017.
Fuel sellers provide this information quarterly or annually, depending on their reporting obligations. The reported data is reviewed, with potential data quality issues identified and resolved in collaboration with the fuel sellers before the data is finalised for publication.
This data is also published to the Queensland Government Open Data Portal.
In reference to a liable fuel seller in the data, they are defined in the Act as a fuel seller that owns or operates 10 or more standard service stations, and/or sells more than the threshold amount of petrol (500,000Litres) in a given quarter at any 1 of its standard service stations.
Contribution of ethanol to total petrol volumes
Fuel retailers report quarterly sales volumes for petrol and ethanol-blended petrol grades, including E10 and E85, as well as diesel.
The ethanol percentage represents the proportion of ethanol contained within the total volume of regular unleaded petrol (RULP) and ethanol-blended petrol sold per quarter.
Figure 1. Volume of regular and ethanol-blended petrol sold by liable fuel retailers in megalitres
Volume of petrol types sold by liable fuel retailers in megalitres
The ethanol percentage for each quarterly period represents the percentage of pure ethanol from the total volume of regular-unleaded petrol (RULP) and RULP blends, such as E10 and E85.
From the January to March 2016 quarter (prior to commencement of the mandate on 1 January 2017), reportable volumes of E10, the most popular ethanol-blended petrol grade, have increased by about 47%.
Reported volumes provide insights into fuel sales patterns across different petrol grades over time.
Premium unleaded petrol (PULP) consists of 95RON and 98RON reported volumes combined. Sites reporting PULP may offer one or both premium grades.
Figure 2. Volume of petrol types sold by liable fuel retailers in megalitres
Availability of biobased petrol
Liable fuel retailers report the petrol products available at retail sites they own or operate. This shows the overall availability of different petrol grades across Queensland and access to ethanol-blended fuel options, such as E10, since the introduction of the biobased petrol mandate.
Figure 3 shows the availability of PULP, RULP and E10 at retail sites owned or operated by liable fuel sellers over time. Volumes for PULP consist of 95RON and 98RON reported volumes combined. Sites reporting PULP may offer one or both premium grades.
Figure 3. Petrol availability at retail sites owned or operated by liable fuel retailers
Contribution of biodiesel to wholesale diesel volumes
Fuel wholesalers report quarterly sales volumes for diesel and biodiesel products sold through wholesale-to-wholesale and wholesale-to-retail supply chains.
Figure 4 shows the calculated volume of pure biodiesel as a percentage of total diesel sales reported by fuel wholesalers in Queensland. This percentage represents biodiesel’s overall contribution to reported diesel sales, not the concentration of biodiesel in an individual blended product.
Biodiesel demand is concentrated among a small number of commercial users, particularly in the mining, freight and agriculture sectors. As biodiesel represents a relatively small share of the diesel market, changes in customer demand and market conditions can result in noticeable fluctuations in biodiesel sales volumes and the biodiesel percentage over time.
Figure 4. Wholesaler biodiesel sales