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Nathan Surendran: Wise Response Society chair on what the Middle East crisis will do to fuel supply

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has sparked concerns about global oil shortages, domestic rising petrol and diesel costs, and it's got experts speculating.

The Government is working to find a solution, with Energy Minister Simon Watts meeting with his counterparts in Tokyo for the Indo-Pacific Energy Security Forum to discuss the issue.

Nathan Surendran is the chair of the Wise Response Society, and he says the conflict is causing oil refineries all over the world to slow down production.

"There is the National Fuel Plan - the Government has, effectively, a staged incremental…

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