In 2010 the China Sign Post blog published an article entitled “Playing with fire. Potential impact of a North Korean threat to South Korean oil refineries”, showing following map: Fig 1: Range…
Australia more vulnerable than ever to fuel import disruptions
This is because after the closure of 3 oil refineries in Sydney and Brisbane fuel imports have skyrocketed and these additional imports come from and pass through an area where there are…
Howard’s energy superpower stuck in domestic gas shortages
On hot days the truth comes out. Critical power plants for peak demand run on gas and that was short in supply, not only in South Australia, but also in NSW, as…
Sydney would peak at 4.9 million with zero net overseas migration
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 crisis 21/2/2017…
NSW’s privatized giveaway coal plant causes load shedding in extreme weather
This post is a record of Monday the 10th of February 2017 Fig 1: Heatwave forecast 10th February 2017 Fig 2: Sydney’s temperatures at Olympic Park Fig 3: Range of temperatures during…
NSW running low on contingency reserves during hot days
This post is a record of Monday the 6th of February 2017 Fig 1: Weather report for Monday Sydney had spent a hot Sunday night… Fig 2: Lower temperatures on Monday, but…
Power supply in Australia’s New South Wales: how will it cope in coming heatwave?
This post on power supplies will be updated from time to time as we sweat through the coming days. Figs 1,3 and 4 are based on data available on Fri, 27th Jan…
Exxon plans to produce gas close to China’s 9 dash line claim
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 From Exxon…
Peak oil in the South China Sea (part 2)
China’s crude oil production has apparently peaked and is back to where it was at the beginning of 2010. Fig 1: China’s crude oil production http://www.jodidb.org/ Vietnam has become a net oil importer:…
OPEC’s 2017 production cuts: a confusing numbers game (part 2)
In this second part we look at OPEC production cuts for January 2017 in the context of historical production using JODI data. OPEC is very fond of JODI, the Joint Oil Data…