The quotes are from the Energy Minister’s press conference in Fairfield on 15 August (transcript see Appendix) Minister Bowen: 3.7 billion liters of deliveries locked in for the next four weeks of…
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Slight drop in Australian fuel stock as mainstream media discovered stranded tankers offshore and Energy Minister happy about it at the NPC
Weekly fuel update: Slight drop in Australian fuel stock as mainstream media discovered stranded tankers offshore and Energy Minister happy about it at the National Press Club This week’s Saturday fuel update…
Discrepancies in diesel sales and stocks in the Australian Petroleum Statistics
Where has all the diesel gone? The moment of the truth for monthly fuel stock taking: Stocks at beginning of month + Imports – Exports + Refinery output – Sales = Stocks…
Yes Minister, Chinese tankers still arrive in Sydney – just in time
In a lucky-down-under episode of the BBC series “Yes, Minister” https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xtc3 we try to verify the Energy Minister’s repeated statements like this one: Press conference, Brisbane, QLD 20 March 2026 CHRIS BOWEN,…
China fuel exports suspension: Australia will have to replace 28% of its jet fuel imports from other countries
Australia’s jet fuel imports: Fig 1: Australian jet fuel imports While the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked: China urges refiners to suspend fuel exports amid Mideast war, sources say SINGAPORE, March 5…
Australia’s diesel import dependency on Strait of Hormuz is around 50 %
As the war in the Middle East has started, it’s time to update earlier posts on Australian fuel imports which indirectly depend on the Middle East. As of writing this post, Marine…
Australian Jet fuel imports are 50 per cent dependent on Middle East oil
This is a continuation of a series of articles on Australia’s fuel imports which have fundamentally increased due to the closure of local refineries and also growing demand from very high rates…
Fly, money, fly. Australian jet fuel import bills skyrocket
One of the biggest dangers is that military conflicts in the Middle East turn into a tanker war. Marlin Luanda with Russian (!!) Naphtha for Singapore hit by missile and on fire…
Another 3 year warning on Australia’s fuel imports vulnerability
This article is an update to a previous post: 8/11/2022 Only 3-4 years to replace/save 45% of Australian diesel imports? http://crudeoilpeak.info/only-3-4-years-to-replace-save-45-of-australian-diesel-imports It incorporates the recently released Defence Strategic Review. Fig 1: Australian…
When the sun sets in Queensland, energy guzzler NSW is on its own
The Premier State of NSW continues to plan, approve, build and commission one energy consuming structure after the other: skyscrapers in the Sydney and Parramatta CBDs, apartment towers plus associated metro tunnels…