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![September 2018 5/9/2018 4 scenarios by RBC Capital Markets (1) Waiting Game Oil price neutral. Iran honors its commitments under the nuclear deal attempting to wait out the Trump administration. […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Iran-crude-condensate_exports_Mar2016-Aug2018-36x36.jpg "Iran Update")
Iran Update
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![Part 2 Eraring, Mt Piper, Vales Pt Introduction: The NSW government is selling Snowy Hydro to the Federal Government, thereby demonstrating beyond doubt that it is abrogating its duty of […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Eraring1_Jan2018-RG-36x36.jpg "NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 2)")
NSW coal power maxed out in hot summer (part 2)
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![This article is about a paper I handed over to former Prime Minister Howard during a seminar at the Australian Institute of International Affairs on 31/10/2017 Australia in Today’s World […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/BP_crude_NGL_production_by_region_2000_2016-36x36.jpg "Howard’s Energy Policy Failure 2004")
Howard’s Energy Policy Failure 2004
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![Immigrants to blame for high house prices, businessman Dick Smith claims Mr Smith said “jumbo loads” of immigrants arriving each week were the “main driver” behind the country’s housing affordability […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW_population_pyramid_1971-2016-36x36.jpg "Sydney would peak at 4.9 million with zero net overseas migration")
Sydney would peak at 4.9 million with zero net overseas migration
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![This article is part 3 of a series on peak oil in the South China Sea. Bloomberg commented on 15/12/2016 that “Trump’s Top Diplomat Would Bring Complex History With China […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Vietnam_gas_production_by_field_1991-2015-36x36.jpg "Exxon plans to produce gas close to China’s 9 dash line claim")
Exxon plans to produce gas close to China’s 9 dash line claim
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![In part 2 of this series we continue our excursion into Sydney’s rail world and look at whether this city spends its rail money wisely to prepare for an age […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Railcorp_ATP_briefing-36x36.jpg "Sydney mismanages transition to driver-less single deck trains (part 2)")
Sydney mismanages transition to driver-less single deck trains (part 2)
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![Contents: (1) Epping – Chatswood tunnel conversion works proposed (2) Removal of tracks at Epping and Chatswood (3) Operational flexibility reduced (4) Removal of signalling What can the world […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Tangara_Sydney_Central_via_Macquarie_Park-Dec2014-36x36.jpg "Sydney plans to dismantle rail infrastructure built just 6 years ago (part 1)")
Sydney plans to dismantle rail infrastructure built just 6 years ago (part 1)
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![A sustainable city is foremost an energy thrifty city with a minimum of energy used for transport. A good example is the 1976 master plan for Dodoma in Tanzania, an […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/community_316ha-36x36.jpg "Sustainable Cities Master Plan")
Sustainable Cities Master Plan
26 August 2009 9:00 AM | No Comments
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![Saturday is fuel security day. 30 May 2026 with data from 26/5/26 (1) It knocks off with the publication of the following graph between 8-9 am: Fig 1: Weekly MSO […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian-fuel-orders-incl-extra-4Apr-30May-2026.jpg "Forward diesel orders continue to decline and require a 16 % saving in the coming months")
Forward diesel orders continue to decline and require a 16 % saving in the coming months
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![Australian diesel import update March 2026 In the previous post it was highlighted that forward diesel orders (19 May 2026) were at 2,350 ML per month. If the geopolitical situation […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australia-diesel-imports-vs-forward-orders-19May26.jpg "Australia may have to save 10 % of diesel for the 2nd half of the year 2026")
Australia may have to save 10 % of diesel for the 2nd half of the year 2026
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![(1) Forward Orders Press conference, Sydney, New South Wales 23 May 2026 CHRIS BOWEN: Thanks for coming, everyone. I’m very pleased today to give the weekly Saturday petrol update. … We […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australia-diesel-tank-use-3-Mar-19May2026.jpg "Australian forward fuel orders dropped a 2nd week while diesel stock at maximum")
Australian forward fuel orders dropped a 2nd week while diesel stock at maximum
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![This post turns information given to the media into easily understandable time line graphs. It includes implied and inconvenient facts the Energy Minister did not mention in: Press conference – […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian-fuel-orders-excl-extra-4Apr-16May-2026.jpg "Australian forward fuel orders dopped by 12 % from previous week")
Australian forward fuel orders dopped by 12 % from previous week
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![Same procedure every Saturday. First, a new chart appears on the DCCEEW website Fig 1: New weekly MSO chart for Tuesday, 28 Apr 2026 https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/security/australias-fuel-security/minimum-stockholding-obligation/statistics On this basis we can […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Tankers-Coral-Sea-10May26.jpg "Floating offshore diesel storage in Australian EEZ")
Floating offshore diesel storage in Australian EEZ
12 May 2026 11:55 AM | No Comments -
![On 2nd May the Australian Energy Minister released new data on fuel stocks, past tanker arrivals and tankers on the way. This MSO chart was published Saturday morning Fig 1: […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Shiploads-received-vs-fuel-stocks-3Mar-28Apr26.jpg "Australia needs a higher number of tankers to meet fuel import requirements")
Australia needs a higher number of tankers to meet fuel import requirements
07 May 2026 10:37 AM | No Comments -
![This post will show how the Australian government has introduced new dimensions in oil statistics which will hopefully lead to the dawning of the Age of “let the diesel in”. […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian-fuel-orders-Apr-2026.jpg "Australia’s 5th Dimension in securing diesel supplies")
Australia’s 5th Dimension in securing diesel supplies
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![Remember this: 15/4/26 ABC News finance report, including a picture of the “armada” of diesel tankers heading for Australia: Fig 1: Diesel Armada heading for Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/wednesday-finance-with-alan-kohler/106568156 Just as NORD […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Diesel-tankers-from-US-Apr-May26.jpg "Alan Kohler’s Diesel Armada has hit Sydney")
Alan Kohler’s Diesel Armada has hit Sydney
22 April 2026 4:19 PM | No Comments -
![An update to the Minimum Stockholding Obligation has been published today: Fig 1: Chart published by the DCCEEW https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/security/australias-fuel-security/minimum-stockholding-obligation/statistics#download …and presented by the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Energy Minister […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Comparison-MSO-APS-stock-levels-14Apr2026.jpg "Australian diesel stocks stabilized mid April 2026")
Australian diesel stocks stabilized mid April 2026
18 April 2026 3:46 PM | No Comments -
![Where has all the diesel gone? The moment of the truth for monthly fuel stock taking: Stocks at beginning of month + Imports – Exports + Refinery output – Sales […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australia-monthly-diesel-stock-change-Jan2025-1.jpg "Discrepancies in diesel sales and stocks in the Australian Petroleum Statistics")
Discrepancies in diesel sales and stocks in the Australian Petroleum Statistics
13 April 2026 5:48 PM | No Comments
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Forward diesel orders continue to decline and require a 16 % saving in the coming months
Saturday is fuel security day. 30 May 2026 with data from 26/5/26 (1) It knocks off with the publication of the following graph between 8-9 am: Fig 1: Weekly MSO […]
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![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 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Fuel-protests_24Nov2018-115x115.jpg "European oil consumption after North Sea Peak Oil")
European oil consumption after North Sea Peak Oil
Posted on November 28, 2018 | No CommentsHors-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 […] -
![We do not know where the Khashoggi case will go but what is happening in Saudi Arabia is important for the world. Jodi data up to Aug 2018, released 19/10/2018 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Saudi_crude_use_exports_2002-Aug2018-115x115.jpg "Saudi Update October 2018")
Saudi Update October 2018
Posted on October 30, 2018 | No CommentsWe do not know where the Khashoggi case will go but what is happening in Saudi Arabia is important for the world. Jodi data up to Aug 2018, released 19/10/2018 […] -
![Sydney must be the only city in the world which closes its most modern heavy rail tunnel, 12.5 kms, designed for its ubiquitous double deckers and used by long distance […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Epping_rail_tunnel_closure_Oct2018-115x115.jpg "Sydney playing risky and costly metropoly games amid oil price fears (part 1)")
Sydney playing risky and costly metropoly games amid oil price fears (part 1)
Posted on October 7, 2018 | No CommentsSydney must be the only city in the world which closes its most modern heavy rail tunnel, 12.5 kms, designed for its ubiquitous double deckers and used by long distance […] -
![The IEA (in Paris) proudly announced in its latest September 2018 Monthly Oil Market Report that global supplies (of liquids) have reached 100 mb/d in August, an impressive figure. What […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/World_crude_production_1994-May2018-1-115x115.jpg "What happened to crude oil production after the first peak in 2005?")
What happened to crude oil production after the first peak in 2005?
Posted on September 18, 2018 | No CommentsThe IEA (in Paris) proudly announced in its latest September 2018 Monthly Oil Market Report that global supplies (of liquids) have reached 100 mb/d in August, an impressive figure. What […] -
![September 2018 5/9/2018 4 scenarios by RBC Capital Markets (1) Waiting Game Oil price neutral. Iran honors its commitments under the nuclear deal attempting to wait out the Trump administration. […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Iran-crude-condensate_exports_Mar2016-Aug2018-115x115.jpg "Iran Update")
Iran Update
Posted on September 4, 2018 | No CommentsSeptember 2018 5/9/2018 4 scenarios by RBC Capital Markets (1) Waiting Game Oil price neutral. Iran honors its commitments under the nuclear deal attempting to wait out the Trump administration. […] -
![We continue to look at the oil supply balances country by country. All oil producers in Asia are now in post-peak oil mode i.e. they are net oil importers. Fig […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Indonesia_oil_production_vs_consumption_1965_2017-115x115.jpg "Peak oil in the Asia Pacific (part 3)")
Peak oil in the Asia Pacific (part 3)
Posted on August 15, 2018 | No CommentsWe continue to look at the oil supply balances country by country. All oil producers in Asia are now in post-peak oil mode i.e. they are net oil importers. Fig […] -
![South China Sea: ‘Leave immediately and keep far off’ Fig 1: U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane overflying disputed Spratly islands 11/8/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dodbqgKn8js https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-45152525/south-china-sea-leave-immediately-and-keep-far-off Fig 2: Subi reef location in […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/US-Poseidon-over-Zhubi-Reef_Aug2018-115x115.jpg "Peak oil in China and the Asia Pacific (part 2)")
Peak oil in China and the Asia Pacific (part 2)
Posted on August 12, 2018 | No CommentsSouth China Sea: ‘Leave immediately and keep far off’ Fig 1: U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane overflying disputed Spratly islands 11/8/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dodbqgKn8js https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-45152525/south-china-sea-leave-immediately-and-keep-far-off Fig 2: Subi reef location in […] -
![Who can give a National Energy Guarantee? A better energy future for Australia https://www.energy.gov.au/government-priorities/better-energy-future-australia Something must have happened at a brown coal fired power plant in Victoria, on 2 August […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Victoria-power-generation-3Aug2018-115x115.jpg "Victoria brown coal power plant lost 1,600 MW over 4 hrs")
Victoria brown coal power plant lost 1,600 MW over 4 hrs
Posted on August 4, 2018 | No CommentsWho can give a National Energy Guarantee? A better energy future for Australia https://www.energy.gov.au/government-priorities/better-energy-future-australia Something must have happened at a brown coal fired power plant in Victoria, on 2 August […] -
![3 complacent governments (Howard, Rudd/Gillard, Abbott) released 3 flawed Energy White Papers (2004, 2012 and 2015) which have promoted and facilitated massive LNG export projects on Australia’s West, North and […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Depletion_East_Coast_Conventional_Gas_Reserves_GSOO_2015-115x115.jpg "Australia is exporting itself gas poor, plans LNG import terminals")
Australia is exporting itself gas poor, plans LNG import terminals
Posted on July 25, 2018 | No Comments3 complacent governments (Howard, Rudd/Gillard, Abbott) released 3 flawed Energy White Papers (2004, 2012 and 2015) which have promoted and facilitated massive LNG export projects on Australia’s West, North and […] -
![The latest report “Integrated System Plan” of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) assumes that power consumption on Australia’s East Coast will stay rather flat despite government engineered immigration resulting […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW-power-demand-price_16Jul2018-115x115.jpg "Sydney go on your rooftops and save power for 3 million new immigrants")
Sydney go on your rooftops and save power for 3 million new immigrants
Posted on July 20, 2018 | No CommentsThe latest report “Integrated System Plan” of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) assumes that power consumption on Australia’s East Coast will stay rather flat despite government engineered immigration resulting […]
