Quote Originally Posted by Cyclical View Post
Does anyone know if the aviation fuel is a necessary by product of the refining process (and thus we potentially have a storage issue), or can they easily amend the formulas to align with supply and demand of the different products?
NZR is a 'mid-distillate' refinery - so it's very good at producing diesel and jet fuel. So yes, lack of Jet fuel consumption will cause a headache...but it is worth noting that it does not produce enough Jet (or Petrol) to supply the entire country normally...most of NZR's Jet goes down to the pipeline to Auckland, with (usually) Christchurch and Wellington relying on jet fuel imports to their terminals. So the refinery will only hurt if the total jet fuel consumption on a national basis falls below what Auckland usually uses (from memory, about 65% of the national total).