Coming back to the 2019 Liquid Security Review https://www.environment.gov.au/energy/liquid-fuel-security-review-consultation Figures 9-11 in part 1 show how dependent Australia has become on fuel imports from South Korea and Japan, even China. The Review…
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Matt Mushalik (MEAust, CPEng)
Sydney
Australian Fuel Security Review ignores peak oil in China 2015 (part 1)
Just a week before a Federal election was called the Australian Minister for Energy, Angus Taylor, released an interim report on fuel security on 4th April 2019 for public consultation (hereinafter called “Review”)….
Sydney’s Immigration Metros (Part 1)
In the latest announcement of the Berejiklian government, 5 min before the 23rd March 2019 election, the New South Wales Premier confirmed the government will build the Metro West (already under consideration…
NSW coal fired power plants generation in late January 2019
Fig 1: NSW power generation, prices and temperatures We see the critical day was Thursday, Jan 31st with temperatures up to 39.3 degrees. Coal generation was 8,853 MW (out of a scheduled…
Victoria became power importer in January 2019 heatwave
Fig 1: 7 days power generation in Victoria (screenshot from the Open NEM website) https://opennem.org.au/#/regions/vic In order to understand the above graph we have to know how Excel is dealing with negative…
Victoria’s 600 MW brown coal plant outage leads to price spike but system survives
Yesterday, 22 Jan 2019, total power demand on Australia’s East Coast reached – just like 5 days earlier – the 35 GW mark. Fig 1: Power generation by source for 5 East…
NSW power imports in January 2019 heatwave exceed 2 GW, drive up electricity prices
Maximum demand for electricity increased from 9,500 MW on 13 Jan 2019 (16:00) to a whopping 14,000 MW on 17 Jan 2019 (17:30). Fig 1: Heatwave pushing up power demand Pic 2:…
Qatar peak oil
Qatar announces it will leave OPEC Fig 1: Qatar’s Minister for Energy 4/12/2018 Qatar to withdraw from OPEC in January 2019 Speaking at a news conference in the capital Doha, al-Kaabi said:…
European oil consumption after North Sea Peak Oil
Hors-d’oeuvre On the streets of Paris: 24 Nov 2018 Fuel price protests on the Champs Elysees https://france-inflation.com/prix-carburants.php 20 Nov 2018: The “gilets jaunes” have a hard time to convince truck drivers to…
Saudi Update October 2018
We do not know where the Khashoggi case will go but what is happening in Saudi Arabia is important for the world. Jodi data up to Aug 2018, released 19/10/2018 http://www.jodidb.org Fig…