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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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![This week’s fuel update – usually on a Saturday – was done by the Prime Minister himself in a press conference which was mainly about Islamophobia. Yes, a completely different […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian-fuel-orders-excl-extra-4Apr-18Jul2026.jpg "Australian forward fuel and oil orders on 18 July 2026 are among the 2 lowest since public records started in April 2026")
Australian forward fuel and oil orders on 18 July 2026 are among the 2 lowest since public records started in April 2026
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![Education Minister Clare – sent by Energy Minister Bowen to do the usual Saturday fuel update – was not well prepared and had to take a journalist’s question about fuel […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australia-diesel-tank-use-3-Mar-7July2026.jpg "Australian Energy Minister sends replacement Minister who can’t answer journalist’s questions on fuel supplies in August – October")
Australian Energy Minister sends replacement Minister who can’t answer journalist’s questions on fuel supplies in August – October
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![In the previous update a week earlier on 27/6/26 released in front of the Energy Minister’s electoral office in Fairfield a journo asked 2 important questions JOURNALIST: “And just on […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Chris-Bowen-press-conference-4Jul26.jpg "Energy Minister’s Fuel Update avoids statement on tanker GRAND WINNER 5 now idling offshore for 1 month and omits breakdown of forward fuel orders")
Energy Minister’s Fuel Update avoids statement on tanker GRAND WINNER 5 now idling offshore for 1 month and omits breakdown of forward fuel orders
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![On Sat. 27th June 2026 10 am the Australian Energy Minister gave his weekly update on fuel supplies to a small group of journos in front of his electoral office […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Tankers-Sydney-27Jun26-1.jpg "Australian fuel supplies: the Minister’s need to know about arrivals of extra fuel orders")
Australian fuel supplies: the Minister’s need to know about arrivals of extra fuel orders
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![Tanker GRAND WINNER 5 (IMO 9906714) departed the South Korean port of Yeosu on 17th of May with around 50 ML of fuel, scheduled to arrive 2nd June. This website […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/GRAND-WINNER-5-KR-YOS-offshore-17-Jun26.jpg "The Odyssey of Panamax tanker GRAND WINNER 5 waiting for 3 weeks offshore Sydney")
The Odyssey of Panamax tanker GRAND WINNER 5 waiting for 3 weeks offshore Sydney
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![Press Conference 20/6/26 9:20 am PRIME MINISTER: “Today I can announce that Export Finance Australia (EFA) has secured an additional 50 ML of diesel and that this shipment is now […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Botany-Bay-BTB1-and-BTB2.jpg "Albanese government reluctant to make public the open order balance of EFA supported fuel orders")
Albanese government reluctant to make public the open order balance of EFA supported fuel orders
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![Summary Stock of fuel reached record levels, but the future of fuel orders is unclear. We need to continue to monitor this because we cannot know what will happen in […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Order-book-EFA-supported_30May26.jpg "Australian Energy Minister does not disclose diesel forward orders 13 June 2026")
Australian Energy Minister does not disclose diesel forward orders 13 June 2026
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![MSO =Minimum (Fuel) Stock Obligation Summary list of questions After last week’s MSO update a number of questions still remain open: An order of 3 cargos of jet fuel (100 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Tankers-on-way-vs-arrivals-7Mar-6June.jpg "Many open questions after Australia’s 6 June MSO update")
Many open questions after Australia’s 6 June MSO update
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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
01 June 2026 11:44 AM | No Comments -
![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
29 May 2026 9:00 PM | No Comments
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Australian forward fuel and oil orders on 18 July 2026 are among the 2 lowest since public records started in April 2026
This week’s fuel update – usually on a Saturday – was done by the Prime Minister himself in a press conference which was mainly about Islamophobia. Yes, a completely different […]
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![On the first really hot day in 2018 Sydney experienced temperatures above 45 degrees. Fig 1: BOM Temperature map for NSW on 7 Jan 2018 http://www.bom.gov.au/web03/ncc/www/awap/temperature/maxave/daily/colour/history/ns/2018010720180107.hres.gif These were the temperatures […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW_power_imports_7Jan2018-115x115.jpg "Energy guzzling NSW had to import up to 1,700 MW on 7 Jan 2018")
Energy guzzling NSW had to import up to 1,700 MW on 7 Jan 2018
Posted on January 13, 2018 | No CommentsOn the first really hot day in 2018 Sydney experienced temperatures above 45 degrees. Fig 1: BOM Temperature map for NSW on 7 Jan 2018 http://www.bom.gov.au/web03/ncc/www/awap/temperature/maxave/daily/colour/history/ns/2018010720180107.hres.gif These were the temperatures […] -
![Venezuelan X’mas 2017 without petrol https://losbenjamins.com/2017/12/venezuela-sin-gasolina-navidades/ Petrol lines are nothing new in Venezuela. But the problem is getting deeper and deeper: Top Venezuelan refineries are running at 34% of their […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/nohaygasolina-115x115.jpg "Impact of oil production decline and low oil prices: Venezuela")
Impact of oil production decline and low oil prices: Venezuela
Posted on December 28, 2017 | No CommentsVenezuelan X’mas 2017 without petrol https://losbenjamins.com/2017/12/venezuela-sin-gasolina-navidades/ Petrol lines are nothing new in Venezuela. But the problem is getting deeper and deeper: Top Venezuelan refineries are running at 34% of their […] -
![http://www.naturalgasintel.com/topics/101-fayetteville-shale We had these headlines a couple of months ago: BHP’s $50 billion shale oil blunder 23/8/2017 BHP slapped $US4.75 billion ($6 billion) down on the table to buy the […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Fayetteville_shale_gas_production_2004-Jul2017-115x115.jpg "Shale gas revolution did not last long for BHP – the Fayetteville story")
Shale gas revolution did not last long for BHP – the Fayetteville story
Posted on December 16, 2017 | No Commentshttp://www.naturalgasintel.com/topics/101-fayetteville-shale We had these headlines a couple of months ago: BHP’s $50 billion shale oil blunder 23/8/2017 BHP slapped $US4.75 billion ($6 billion) down on the table to buy the […] -
![In this post we look at crude oil production in the World Energy Outlook released in November 2017 Fig 1: WEO 2017 oil supply Note that the 5 year interval table […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/IEA_WEO_2017_crude_comparison_2016-115x115.jpg "Does the IEA try to hide the conventional crude oil peak in its 2017 World Energy Outlook?")
Does the IEA try to hide the conventional crude oil peak in its 2017 World Energy Outlook?
Posted on December 3, 2017 | No CommentsIn this post we look at crude oil production in the World Energy Outlook released in November 2017 Fig 1: WEO 2017 oil supply Note that the 5 year interval table […] -
![Fig 1: Iraqi crude exports by SOMO The above graph shows Iraqi crude oil exports by the SOMO oil marketing company. Until March 2014 Kirkuk crude from North Oil Company […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Kirkuk_oil_production_1934-2016_Rystad-Hubbert-115x115.jpg "The Fight for Northern Iraq’s remaining oil")
The Fight for Northern Iraq’s remaining oil
Posted on November 22, 2017 | No CommentsFig 1: Iraqi crude exports by SOMO The above graph shows Iraqi crude oil exports by the SOMO oil marketing company. Until March 2014 Kirkuk crude from North Oil Company […] -
![At this event at the Australian Institute for Asian Affairs 31/10/2017 Australia in Today’s World – some observations from former PM John Howard https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/australia-todays-world/ John Howard was happy to report […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Asia_oil_production_consumption_2005-2016_fill_in-2036-115x115.jpg "Former Prime Minister Howard assumes US shale oil will provide for China’s oil demand growth")
Former Prime Minister Howard assumes US shale oil will provide for China’s oil demand growth
Posted on November 4, 2017 | No CommentsAt this event at the Australian Institute for Asian Affairs 31/10/2017 Australia in Today’s World – some observations from former PM John Howard https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/australia-todays-world/ John Howard was happy to report […] -
![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_2016-115x115.jpg "Howard’s Energy Policy Failure 2004")
Howard’s Energy Policy Failure 2004
Posted on October 31, 2017 | No CommentsThis 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 […] -
![Australia comes up with yet another grand energy policy in which gas is supposed to deliver dispatchable (peak) power. From the Prime Minister’s website: NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE, […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/AEMO_domestic_gas_available_Mar_vs_Sep_2017-115x115.jpg "Australia’s east coast gas crisis will be permanent")
Australia’s east coast gas crisis will be permanent
Posted on October 20, 2017 | No CommentsAustralia comes up with yet another grand energy policy in which gas is supposed to deliver dispatchable (peak) power. From the Prime Minister’s website: NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE, […] -
![This post is using mainly BP’s Statistical Review published in June 2017. Although these statistics put Mexico under North America, it is included here and added to South and Central […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Latin_America_oil_production_vs_consumption_1965-2016-115x115.jpg "Peak oil in Latin America")
Peak oil in Latin America
Posted on September 11, 2017 | No CommentsThis post is using mainly BP’s Statistical Review published in June 2017. Although these statistics put Mexico under North America, it is included here and added to South and Central […] -
![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 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian_petrol_imports_by_country_2004_May2017-115x115.jpg "Almost half of Australia’s petrol, diesel and jet fuel imports come from South Korea and Japan")
Almost half of Australia’s petrol, diesel and jet fuel imports come from South Korea and Japan
Posted on August 12, 2017 | No CommentsAs 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 […]
