The NSW government still has not understood the risks involved when approving the M2 widening while global oil production is set to decline. Wider M2 will drive deeper into motorists’ wallets MOTORISTS…
Author: matt
Matt Mushalik (MEAust, CPEng)
Sydney
Sydney’s RTA about to pull down public transport infrastructure (part 1)
Sindney goes backwards in public transport. Part of the M2 widening, the RTA is about to pull down a bus ramp connecting the M2 bus lanes with Epping station. This ramp will…
Megaprojects Increments: next oil crunch 2012
In this 2nd article on the ASPO 2010 conference we have a look at Chris Skrebowski’s graphs http://www.optioninvestor.com/page/oin/2009eoy/10-8-2010_aspousa_PeakOilPicture_Skrebowski_C.pdf and his video http://tv.peak-oil.org/chris-skrebowski-the-peak-oil-picture/ in which he uses a list of oil megaprojects (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_megaprojects…
NSW government acknowledges peak oil but continues business as usual regardless
In its recent submission to Infrastructure Australia, the NSW government acknowledges peak oil but proposes a list of projects which does not reflect its own analysis. We read: “2.8 Planning for an…
Too late for metro tunnels 2009
Sydney Metro Station Concept Plan First Annual Report for Sydney Metro for the period 27 January to 30 June 2009 https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/tp/files/13680/Sydney_Metro_Annual_Report_2009.pdf This was my submission: Watch that space – it costs state…
Russia’s oil peak and the German reunification
On the 20th anniversary of German reunification the Spiegel sums up the events in 1990 in this series of articles: An Inside Look at the Reunification Negotiations http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-s-unlikely-diplomatic-triumph-an-inside-look-at-the-reunification-negotiations-a-719848.html Of interest to us…
Where will the natural gas come from for a transition to CNG/LNG as transport fuel?
The September 2010 issue of the magazine “Petroleum in Western Australia” has a graph on WA’s domestic natural gas demand and supplies up to 2030 (“The Outlook for Domestic Gas in Western…
RTA fails to present business case for M2 widening (part 1)
In its latest document the RTA fails to present energy calculations to support a business case for the M2 widening. Banks who consider financing this project need first to find out which…
Iran crude oil production to decline by 700 kbd by 2015; budget neutral oil price $130
The new IEA Medium Term Oil Market Report 2010 http://www.iea.org/W/bookshop/add.aspx?id=397 estimates Iran’s oil production capacity will decline by 700 Kb/d by 2015. The above graph shows the change of crude oil capacities…
M2 widening primary energy dilemma for cars
The M2 widening proposal can be viewed here: http://www.hillsm2upgrade.com.au/ea_documents.htm We superimpose traffic forecasts from chapter 7.2.3 on page 72 with crude oil and condensate projections of Geoscience Australia Source of data: http://www.hillsm2upgrade.com.au/files/environmental_assessment/volume2_part1/techpaper1/m2ueavol2pt1ttiamainreportch6to8.pdf…