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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
11 July 2026 6:00 PM | No Comments -
![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
05 July 2026 11:34 PM | No Comments -
![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
23 June 2026 10:46 AM | No Comments -
![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
20 June 2026 9:07 PM | No Comments -
![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
14 June 2026 8:11 PM | No Comments -
![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
09 June 2026 3:50 PM | No Comments -
![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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![According to the State government of Victoria’s “short form business case” a proposed road tunnel in Melbourne has only a benefit cost ratio of 1.4, a number which is classified […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/East_West_Link_BCR_1pt4-115x115.jpg "Melbourne’s East West Link tunnel proposal has low benefit cost ratio and high oil price risk")
Melbourne’s East West Link tunnel proposal has low benefit cost ratio and high oil price risk
Posted on September 5, 2013 | No CommentsAccording to the State government of Victoria’s “short form business case” a proposed road tunnel in Melbourne has only a benefit cost ratio of 1.4, a number which is classified […] -
![After the publication of Caltex Australia’s half year results for 1H 2013 the media again failed to analyse where Sydney’s fuel imports will come from once its Kurnell refinery closes […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Caltex_Carlingford_Court_27Aug2013-115x115.jpg "Chevron’s oil production, sales decline 5 %")
Chevron’s oil production, sales decline 5 %
Posted on August 28, 2013 | No CommentsAfter the publication of Caltex Australia’s half year results for 1H 2013 the media again failed to analyse where Sydney’s fuel imports will come from once its Kurnell refinery closes […] -
![What you vote is what you get. More road tunnels and neither rail nor public transport projects. And this despite Tony Abbott being a cyclist. As the Australian election campaign […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/897365-tony-abbott-110411-115x115.jpg "Australia’s future Infrastructure Prime Minister will increase our oil vulnerability")
Australia’s future Infrastructure Prime Minister will increase our oil vulnerability
Posted on August 26, 2013 | No CommentsWhat you vote is what you get. More road tunnels and neither rail nor public transport projects. And this despite Tony Abbott being a cyclist. As the Australian election campaign […] -
![Using recent research from the Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation (APIC) it can be calculated that OPEC’s fiscal break-even oil prices have increased by around 7% pa in 2013 while OPEC’s […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Increase_break-even_oil_prices_2013_2012-115x115.jpg "OPEC fiscal breakeven oil price increases 7 % in 2013")
OPEC fiscal breakeven oil price increases 7 % in 2013
Posted on August 14, 2013 | No CommentsUsing recent research from the Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation (APIC) it can be calculated that OPEC’s fiscal break-even oil prices have increased by around 7% pa in 2013 while OPEC’s […] -
![Those who expect a doubling of Iraqi oil production to 6 mb/d by 2020 should pray for enduring peace and social justice in this war-torn country. Iraq’s overdue integration into […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Basrah_oil_to_its_rightful_owners-115x115.jpg "Iraq crude oil exports stall amid pipeline attacks")
Iraq crude oil exports stall amid pipeline attacks
Posted on August 9, 2013 | No CommentsThose who expect a doubling of Iraqi oil production to 6 mb/d by 2020 should pray for enduring peace and social justice in this war-torn country. Iraq’s overdue integration into […] -
![Detroit’s Motown legacy has put the spotlight on the vulnerability of the American car culture. Despite an oil shale boom and years of money printing US oil demand has hit […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Detroit-files_bankruptcy-115x115.jpg "US Oil Demand Peak was in 2007")
US Oil Demand Peak was in 2007
Posted on July 22, 2013 | No CommentsDetroit’s Motown legacy has put the spotlight on the vulnerability of the American car culture. Despite an oil shale boom and years of money printing US oil demand has hit […] -
![The derailment and explosion of a shale oil train in Canada highlights desperate attempts by refineries along the US/Canada East coast to offset the conventional oil peak of Atlantic basin […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/slide_307019_2664095_free-115x115.jpg "The high cost of railroading unconventional crude")
The high cost of railroading unconventional crude
Posted on July 14, 2013 | No CommentsThe derailment and explosion of a shale oil train in Canada highlights desperate attempts by refineries along the US/Canada East coast to offset the conventional oil peak of Atlantic basin […] -
![Egypt sits on a key strategic location between North Africa and the Middle East, where almost 4 mb/d of oil transit through the Sumed pipeline and the Suez canal. Shipping […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ME_per_capita_crude_oil_production_2012-115x115.jpg "Egypt’s future crude oil import requirements for 3 population scenarios")
Egypt’s future crude oil import requirements for 3 population scenarios
Posted on July 6, 2013 | No CommentsEgypt sits on a key strategic location between North Africa and the Middle East, where almost 4 mb/d of oil transit through the Sumed pipeline and the Suez canal. Shipping […] -
![No matter who is ruling Egypt and for how long, this country faces a crippling energy crunch which contributes to the general dissatisfaction of the public and the accelerating changes […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Laherrere_Jul2013_Egypt_oil_production_forecast_U_16Gb_depletion_level-115x115.jpg "2/3 of Egypt’s oil is gone 20 years after its peak")
2/3 of Egypt’s oil is gone 20 years after its peak
Posted on July 4, 2013 | No CommentsNo matter who is ruling Egypt and for how long, this country faces a crippling energy crunch which contributes to the general dissatisfaction of the public and the accelerating changes […] -
![Australian crude oil imports Imports from South East Asian neighbours (black line) peaked in 2007. Since then, Australian refineries did a good job to import crude from far-away places including […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Australian_crude_oil_imports_2004_Mar_2013_by_country-115x115.jpg "Australian oil and fuel dependency on the Middle East is 37 %")
Australian oil and fuel dependency on the Middle East is 37 %
Posted on June 24, 2013 | No CommentsAustralian crude oil imports Imports from South East Asian neighbours (black line) peaked in 2007. Since then, Australian refineries did a good job to import crude from far-away places including […]
