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 3: Australian diesel imports from Japan
Fig 4: Australian diesel imports from Singapore
Fig 5: Australian diesel imports from China
Fig 7: Australian diesel imports from Taiwan
Fig 8: Australian diesel imports from Brunei
Fig 9: Australian diesel imports from Malaysia
Fig 10: Australian diesel imports from UAE
Fig 11: Australian diesel imports from India
Fig 12: Australian refinery diesel production
Fig 13: Australian crude imports
Over the last 3 years Australia imported only negligible volumes of crude oil from the Middle East (UAE).
Why these Australian refineries closed. It’s peak oil of international oil companies.
27/7/2012
After Sydney’s refinery closure: Caltex to import fuel from Chevron’s shrinking sales
http://crudeoilpeak.info/after-sydney-refinery-closure-caltex-to-import-fuel-from-chevrons-shrinking-sales
23/2/2014
Geelong refinery sold as Shell’s oil production continues to decline
http://crudeoilpeak.info/geelong-refinery-sold-as-shells-oil-production-continues-to-decline
9/4/2014
Why the closure of BP’s Brisbane Bulwer refinery reduces Australia’s energy security
http://crudeoilpeak.info/why-the-closure-of-bps-brisbane-bulwer-refinery-reduces-australias-energy-security
17/10/2014
Sydney’s Caltex refinery closed as Chevron’s crude production and sales continue to decline
http://crudeoilpeak.info/sydneys-caltex-refinery-closed-as-chevrons-crude-production-and-sales-continue-to-decline
14/11/2020
Australia’s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context
https://crudeoilpeak.info/australias-bp-kwinana-refinery-closure-peak-oil-context
15/2/2021
Exxon-Mobil’s refinery closure in Australia: peak oil context
https://crudeoilpeak.info/exxon-mobils-refinery-closure-in-australia-peak-oil-context
Fig 14: Australian crude oil imports
Battle lines drawn in Australia’s fight for fuel: 7News
Fig 15: Embarrassment: Australia is begging for fuel
19/3/2026
“The Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister Penny Wong hit the phone to Korea, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia, supplying 90% of Australia’s refined fuel. Their message: keep the petrol coming in and we’ll keep the LNG going out to you.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vumfwcOv2E
This is the result of Australia’s lack of a proper oil and energy policy ever since Prime Minster John Howard published his fundamentally flawed Energy White Paper in June 2004. In the oil price shock year 2008 I handed peak oil papers over to then Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese and Minister for Climate change Penny Wong. No action was taken. In 2010 I was told at a Cabinet Community Meeting in Epping Boys High by Tania Constable and Martin Ferguson “that we can always buy oil”. Yes, you can, until you can’t