This article follows 2 earlier posts on power price spikes in May 2021 (Tomago alu smelter load shedding and Callide C4 explosion) It is easy enough to click on the following link…
Category: Australia
NSW power spot price spikes May 2021 become regular (part 2) Callide C4 explosion
In this 2nd part we analyze the impact of the generator hall explosion on 25 May 2021 in the Callide power plant in Queensland located 85 kms south west of Gladstone. Fig…
NSW power spot price spikes May 2021 become regular (part 1)
Liddell outages, load shedding at the Tomago alu smelter and reduced power imports from Queensland after the generator fire at Callide have caused price spikes in NSW which mean that NSW power…
China – Australia passenger traffic has peaked 2018-19 before Covid
The number of arriving and departing passengers on direct flights from/to (mainland) Chinese airports has peaked in 2018 and 2019, BEFORE the corona virus hit in the 1st quarter of 2020. Arriving…
Brunei peak oil – golden opportunity for China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Fig 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 2006 (Shell…
Exxon Mobil’s refinery closure in Australia: peak oil context
Exxon 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 oil refinery,…
NSW power supply problems November 2020 (part 2)
28-29 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 their final…
NSW power supply problems November 2020 (part 1)
The 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 PM “An…
Australia’s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context
Fig 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 2: Kwinana…
Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 3)
Fig 22: The peak of the largest producer China determined the Asian peak From the countries in Fig 22 the 3rd and 4th largest oil importers are Thailand and Indonesia with approximately…