Australian governments of the last 10 years consistently ignored Asia peak oil warnings. There was ample time to build onshore oil and fuel storage in this period In the meantime, oil consumption…
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Australian diesel imports to July 2026
The Australian Petroleum Statistics with data up to July 26 were recently published. Imports are recorded from Customs data when tankers arrive in ports or in domestic waters. Floating storage in the…
Analysis tanker traffic in Sydney August 2026
This article is using data collected in: https://crudeoilpeak.info/tankers-arriving-and-departing-in-sydney The objective here is to visualize the tanker traffic and where it comes from and to detect whether the number of tankers arriving is…
The Energy Minister’s calm approach
MSO Update 25 Aug published 29 Aug 2026 CHRIS BOWEN: The Iran war is now six months old. When the Iran war started, Australians were understandably concerned about fuel security, and that…
Australia may have to save 10 % of diesel for the 2nd half of the year 2026
Australian diesel import update March 2026 In the previous post it was highlighted that forward diesel orders (19 May 2026) were at 2,350 ML per month. If the geopolitical situation were to…
Where does Australia get its diesel from? Update January 2026
Fig 1: Australian diesel imports by country. Stacked The scale in the following graphs is the same, so that a comparison is easy. Fig 2: Australian diesel imports from South Korea Fig…
Australian petrol import dependency April 2025 Update
Fig 1: Australian petrol imports We can see that petrol imports from Singapore almost tripled after 2020/21 when the Wuhan virus hit. However, Singapore’s refinery output has not increased. Fig 2: Singapore…
Australian diesel import dependency on Middle East oil Update April 2025
In this 3rd post on Australian diesel imports, the focus is on the dependency on Middle East oil as Israel and Iran have started to attack their oil refineries. Fig 26: Iran…
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…
Peak Oil in South East Asia and India – Part 1 Production and Consumption – Update 2022
The Energy Institute published its first Statistical Review on 25 June 2023, thereby replacing the BP Statistical Review https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review Let’s have a look at oil production and consumption in South East Asia…