As the US Air Force prepares to deploy B 52 Bombers in Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-31/china-tensions-taiwan-us-military-deploy-bombers-to-australia/101585380 Fig 1: The ranges of missiles are likely to increase The PLA has 2,500 short, intermediate and long-range…
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Australian diesel imports from Taiwan May 2022
Australia imported 17% of its diesel from Taiwan in May 2022, while the 12 month moving average was 9% Fig 1: Australian diesel imports since Sep 2020 Australian fuel importers just replaced…
Australian fuel import bill going sky-high
In March 2022 Australia’s petroleum product imports have reached almost AU$ 4 bn per month, an increase of 70% compared to December 2019. Fig 1: Petroleum product imports by volume (black lines)…
Australian fuel import dependencies Sep 2021 Data
Diesel Imports Fig 15: Diesel imports Diesel imports increased from China since 2015 and also from a brand new Chinese refinery in Brunei. See Fig 18. Fig 16: Diesel imports from China…
Australia’s diesel imports on record high Update June 2021
Australia’s monthly diesel imports reached a record of 2,360 ML (495 kb/d) in June 2021. While it is common for imports to vary from month to month there is a long term…
Australian Fuel Security Review ignores peak oil in China 2015 (part 2)
Coming back to the 2019 Liquid Security Review https://www.environment.gov.au/energy/liquid-fuel-security-review-consultation Figures 9-11 in part 1 show how dependent Australia has become on fuel imports from South Korea and Japan, even China. The Review…
European oil consumption after North Sea Peak Oil
Hors-d’oeuvre On the streets of Paris: 24 Nov 2018 Fuel price protests on the Champs Elysees https://france-inflation.com/prix-carburants.php 20 Nov 2018: The “gilets jaunes” have a hard time to convince truck drivers to…
Almost half of Australia’s petrol, diesel and jet fuel imports come from South Korea and Japan
As the world wonders what comes next in the North Korean missile crisis we need to have a look what a military confrontation would mean for Australia. This article from the Sydney…
Australian oil and fuel dependency on the Middle East is 37 %
Australian crude oil imports Imports from South East Asian neighbours (black line) peaked in 2007. Since then, Australian refineries did a good job to import crude from far-away places including Russia and…