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Iran Update
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NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 2)
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Howard’s Energy Policy Failure 2004
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Sydney would peak at 4.9 million with zero net overseas migration
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Exxon plans to produce gas close to China’s 9 dash line claim
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Sydney mismanages transition to driver-less single deck trains (part 2)
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Sydney plans to dismantle rail infrastructure built just 6 years ago (part 1)
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Sustainable Cities Master Plan
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Last hot summer day in NSW: ALL 12 coal powered units running at combined 90% of capacity
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Fly, money, fly. Australian jet fuel import bills skyrocket
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How close did NSW come to load shedding on 14 Dec 2023? (part 2)
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How close did NSW come to load shedding on 14 Dec 2023? (part 1)
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ME oil supply situation as Gaza war brings world into unknown territory (part 2)
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ME oil supply situation as Gaza war brings world into unknown territory (part 1)
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Peak Oil in South East Asia and India – Part 1 Production and Consumption – Update 2022
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Vivid Sydney 2023: power price spikes during lack of reserve condition
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Another 3 year warning on Australia’s fuel imports vulnerability
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Australian jet fuel imports from China surge in 4 months to January 2023
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BP peak oil (UK decline, asset sales and decommissioning Part 1)
Posted on April 30, 2021 | No CommentsWest of the Shetland Islands, the battle against oil decline is over for BP. SPGlobal reports: BP halts production at oldest West of Shetland oil facility Foinaven on asset decline […] -
Brunei peak oil – golden opportunity for China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Posted on March 25, 2021 | No CommentsFig 1: Gold plated dome of the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan Fig 2: Brunei crude & NGL production. The 2nd and last peak was in […] -
Exxon Mobil’s refinery closure in Australia: peak oil context
Posted on February 15, 2021 | No CommentsExxon Mobil’s Melbourne refinery is closing and will be converted into a fuel import terminal. The Australian public broadcaster has found the right title for its article: Australia loses another […] -
Peak oil in Africa (part 2): Export zero sum game
Posted on February 5, 2021 | No CommentsIn this 2nd part we use data from the BP Statistical Review (June 2020). BP’s definition of oil is different from OPEC’s crude oil used in part 1. It includes […] -
Peak oil in Africa part1: OPEC quotas Jan 2021
Posted on January 19, 2021 | No CommentsWe examine whether OPEC’s quotas for its African members are actually on the production decline path of these countries. OPEC’s quota levels can be found here: https://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/Voluntary%20Production%20Levels.pdf At present 7 […] -
Peak Oil in South & Central America
Posted on December 25, 2020 | No CommentsFeliz Navidad! (1) Pre-Covid ..Fig 1: Oil production and peak years Production peaked 2015 due to Venezuela’s production collapse. Brazil’s production has not yet peaked but is unlikely to offset […] -
NSW power supply problems November 2020 (part 2)
Posted on December 11, 2020 | No Comments28-29 November Fig 10: Temperatures in Sydney (8) More Lack-of-reserve warnings Fig 11: timeline of AEMO’s notices The table shows the sequence of LOR notices for 28-29 Nov 2020 and […] -
NSW power supply problems November 2020 (part 1)
Posted on November 26, 2020 | No CommentsThe summer hasn’t even started yet and the first lack-of-reserve and outage notices have appeared. 16 November 2020 (1) Line Outage Upper Tumut- Stockdill AEMO market notice 80022 16/11/2020 01:39:08 […] -
Australia’s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context
Posted on November 14, 2020 | No CommentsFig 1: BP is in peak oil mode BP shuts down Kwinana refinery with 600 jobs expected to go, Commonwealth says no impact on fuel security 30 Oct 2020 Fig […] -
Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 4)
Posted on September 10, 2020 | No CommentsIn the previous posts we have shown that the peak oil problem in Asia is mainly a problem of skyrocketing consumption at an additional 1 mb/d (2.8%) each year. Whereas […]