Update on incremental world crude and condensate oil production Oct 2024 What happened to peak oil after conventional crude oil started to peak in 2005 at 74 mb/d? Here is a graph…
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US crude oil exports 2014 to August 2024
The US exported 4.2 mb/d of crude oil in the last 12 months to August 2024. Exports have substantially increased after an export ban ended in December 2015. Flashback: This crude oil…
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…
Another 3 year warning on Australia’s fuel imports vulnerability
This article is an update to a previous post: 8/11/2022 Only 3-4 years to replace/save 45% of Australian diesel imports? https://crudeoilpeak.info/only-3-4-years-to-replace-save-45-of-australian-diesel-imports It incorporates the recently released Defence Strategic Review. Fig 1: Australian…
Only 3-4 years to replace/save 45 % of Australian diesel imports?
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…
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…
Asia Peak Oil update Nov 2021
Using latest monthly EIA and Jodi data. Fig 1: Asian crude production peaked 2010-2015 (where EIA data are not available, the annual BP Stat Review has been used) Asian oil production is…
China peak diesel
Fig 1: Aljazeera video on truck lines October 2021. Shortages could last for months https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy_uiSlgbIA BBC reporting: China rations diesel amid fuel shortages 29/10/21 Petrol stations in many parts of China have…
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…