In part 2 of this series we continue our excursion into Sydney’s rail world and look at whether this city spends its rail money wisely to prepare for an age of declining…
Author: matt
Matt Mushalik (MEAust, CPEng)
Sydney
Sydney plans to dismantle rail infrastructure built just 6 years ago (part 1)
Contents: (1) Epping – Chatswood tunnel conversion works proposed (2) Removal of tracks at Epping and Chatswood (3) Operational flexibility reduced (4) Removal of signalling What can the world learn from…
World on drip of unconventional oil
Currently lower oil prices due to a combination of increasing oil supplies and subdued demand come at a high cost to the environment and the climate. Additional oil supplies are exclusively from…
US crude imports from Non-OPEC countries peaked 10 years before tight oil boom
In part 3 of this series on the impact of US tight oil, we look at US crude oil imports from Non-OPEC countries. Excluding Canada – which is a special case due…
US oil dependency on Middle East has hardly changed since 2007
This is part 2 of a series of articles on how US tight oil has impacted on oil markets The following graph shows US petroleum imports from OPEC countries starting in 1960….
US oil consumption did not increase as result of US tight oil boom
In part 1 of a series of articles on the impact of US tight (shale) oil we examine the impact on US oil consumption. Fig 1: US crude oil production with tight…
Team Australia to pay billions for new oil-vulnerable infrastructure
One would think that an increase of oil related taxes would be used to reduce oil dependency and fund public transport infrastructure, especially as the Iraq war has entered yet another critical…
Sydney’s Caltex refinery closed as Chevron’s crude production and sales continue to decline
As already announced in July 2012, Sydney’s Caltex refinery (135 kb/d) has now closed, replaced by a fuel import terminal, holding approximately 45 to 60 days of inventory (Caltex Annual Report 2013,…
Sydney’s risky NorthConnex tunnel will not solve congestion problem
Fig 1: NorthConnex tunnel proposal http://northconnex.com.au/library.php The current congestion problem on Pennant Hills Rd is caused by 4 distinctive traffic flows overlapping in this narrow corridor: (a) trucks on the national highway,…
Scots lost out in UK oil and gas endgame
The future of UK’s oil and gas sector was a key issue in the independence campaign. Promises were made by Prime Minister Cameron to give more powers to Scotland. Would that include…