New South Wales service stations are slowly refilling their diesel stocks but tonight 150 are still without supply amid the Middle East war.

A change in buying habits is putting pressure on demand as Australia looks to its neighbours to keep the tankers coming. 

Despite the struggle to keep up with demand for diesel, there are signs extra supply is starting to flow in and out.  

"Fuel is going out the door to service stations and farmers, and fuel is coming in the door at Australia's import terminals," Energy Minister Chris Bowens said.

Almost 100 service stations across the country were restocked overnight and 312 are now out of diesel compared to 410 yesterday with improvements in every state – but for farmers it's still not enough.

"We're five to six weeks into this war now, and we're running on empty, we're running on fumes," NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin said.

Australia's emergency fuel stock levels remain stable at 39 days of petrol, 30 days of jet fuel and down just one day on last week to 29 for diesel.

Buying habits are changing with more people filling up their tanks more often.

Viva Energy's Geelong refinery reported a 30 per cent rise in demand in the lead up to Easter this year.

NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury said Aussies were still "stockpiling".

"Some of it is panic buying but it's also industry and agriculture accessing their diesel and using it differently," he said.

While a record amount of fuel is on its way to Australia from the United States, the prime minister is still leaning on suppliers closer to home including a push to strengthen ties with Singapore which needs our gas.

"Anthony Albanese Penny Wong and myself have been in constant contact with our counterparts around the region, sharing notes about the crisis, sharing notes about helping each other through, getting assurances from other countries that they will be reliable energy suppliers just as we are reliable energy suppliers to them," Bowen added.

Planning is also underway for a possible visit to Australia from Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

If locked in it could be another chance to secure some of its oil supply in exchange for our energy resources.

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