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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 is a continuation of a series of articles on Australia’s fuel imports which have fundamentally increased due to the closure of local refineries and also growing demand from very […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australian_Jet_imports_by_country_2004_April2025.jpg "Australian Jet fuel imports are 50 per cent dependent on Middle East oil")
Australian Jet fuel imports are 50 per cent dependent on Middle East oil
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![In this 3rd post on Australian diesel imports, the focus is on the dependency on Middle East oil as Israel and Iran have started to attack their oil refineries. Fig […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Tankers-Persian-Gulf-Strait-Hormuz.jpg "Australian diesel import dependency on Middle East oil Update April 2025")
Australian diesel import dependency on Middle East oil Update April 2025
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![In part 1 of this post we looked at various Taiwan scenarios of US think tanks. https://crudeoilpeak.info/australian-diesel-imports-update-january-2025-data-preparing-for-surprises-in-the-strait-of-taiwan So what does all this mean for Australia’s fuel imports from East Asia? […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/AU-Diesel-imports-China-Taiwan-Jan21-Jan25.jpg "Australian diesel imports update January 2025 data. Preparing for surprises in the Strait of Taiwan (part 2)")
Australian diesel imports update January 2025 data. Preparing for surprises in the Strait of Taiwan (part 2)
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![Diesel is the most important fuel to sustain the economy. Fig 1: Australian Diesel consumption has been increasing on a long-term trend Fig 2: Australian refinery production of diesel in […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Diesel-imports-last-12months-Dec2024.jpg "Australian diesel imports update January 2025 data. Preparing for surprises in the Strait of Taiwan?")
Australian diesel imports update January 2025 data. Preparing for surprises in the Strait of Taiwan?
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![This is part 2 of the previous post of 4 Mar 2025 https://crudeoilpeak.info/us-shale-oil-seems-to-cover-up-peaking-crude-oil-production-in-the-rest-of-the-world-since-2018 In this post we focus on the period 2016 – Oct 2024 This is a graph showing […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Incremental-crude-Jun2020-Nov2024.jpg "Post-Covid crude production in world outside the US still lower than end 2018")
Post-Covid crude production in world outside the US still lower than end 2018
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![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 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Incremental-crude-2004-Oct2024.jpg "US shale oil seems to cover up peaking crude oil production in the rest of the world since 2018")
US shale oil seems to cover up peaking crude oil production in the rest of the world since 2018
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![Tuesday, 4th February 2025 Fig 1: Temperatures in the Sydney basin 4 Feb 2025 Fig 2: 2 price spikes up to $ 5,600 /Mh in the afternoon and evening The […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW-coal-plants-4Feb25.jpg "Another hot windless day in NSW and coal power plants were running at 90 per cent available capacity after sunset")
Another hot windless day in NSW and coal power plants were running at 90 per cent available capacity after sunset
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![A Queensland scorcher on 22 Jan 2025 caused lack of reserves LOR2 and high spot prices $14,000/MWh for 2 hrs Fig 1: Australia’s synoptic chart for 22 Jan 2025 Townsville […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Qld22Jan25.jpg "Queensland heat wave on 22 Jan 2025 caused lack of reserves LOR2 and high spot prices for 2 hrs")
Queensland heat wave on 22 Jan 2025 caused lack of reserves LOR2 and high spot prices for 2 hrs
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![Political debate The NSW power shortage problem made it to the Question time in Parliament Wednesday, 27 November 2024 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It so happened that 3 bills on a […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW-coal-plant-closure-years-2027-2040.jpg "Load shedding in New South Wales 27 November 2024 (part 4)")
Load shedding in New South Wales 27 November 2024 (part 4)
08 December 2024 5:00 PM | No Comments -
![In part 1 we saw details of the Tomago smelter load shedding, part 2 was about coal plants. And in this post, we look at generation from renewables and gas […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW-windfarms_27Nov2024.jpg "Load shedding in New South Wales 27 November 2024 (part 3)")
Load shedding in New South Wales 27 November 2024 (part 3)
06 December 2024 11:08 AM | No Comments
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Australian Jet fuel imports are 50 per cent dependent on Middle East oil
This is a continuation of a series of articles on Australia’s fuel imports which have fundamentally increased due to the closure of local refineries and also growing demand from very […]
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![Transurban, a toll-way operator in Sydney, Melbourne and the US has accumulated a debt mountain of around $A4 bn. Up to now, most of the previous debt, when due, was […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Transurban_debt_profile_by_maturity_2003_2020-115x115.jpg "Will Transurban ever pay back its debt?")
Will Transurban ever pay back its debt?
Posted on December 9, 2010 | No CommentsTransurban, a toll-way operator in Sydney, Melbourne and the US has accumulated a debt mountain of around $A4 bn. Up to now, most of the previous debt, when due, was […] -
![This is part 2 of a series of posts on the willful destruction of a wonderful piece of bus infrastructure in Sydney, a bus ramp connecting 2 bus lanes on […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Bus_lane_Ramp_Tunnel-115x115.jpg "Sydney vandalizes its own public transport infrastructure (part 2)")
Sydney vandalizes its own public transport infrastructure (part 2)
Posted on December 7, 2010 | No CommentsThis is part 2 of a series of posts on the willful destruction of a wonderful piece of bus infrastructure in Sydney, a bus ramp connecting 2 bus lanes on […] -
![At the time of the world cup soccer games in 2018 and 2022 the world will be in an oil and general energy crisis the magnitude of which will not […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/World_Cup_Qatar_Al_Wakrah-115x115.jpg "2 oil exporters win soccer games for 2018 and 2022")
2 oil exporters win soccer games for 2018 and 2022
Posted on December 4, 2010 | No CommentsAt the time of the world cup soccer games in 2018 and 2022 the world will be in an oil and general energy crisis the magnitude of which will not […] -
![Under the new policies scenario in the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2010, chapter 3 contains a graph showing aviation oil consumption going up from a current 4.95 mb/d to 7.75 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/WEO_2010_Aviation_Oil_Consumption_New_Policies_Scenario-115x115.jpg "Fly, but leave your car at home")
Fly, but leave your car at home
Posted on December 2, 2010 | No CommentsUnder the new policies scenario in the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2010, chapter 3 contains a graph showing aviation oil consumption going up from a current 4.95 mb/d to 7.75 […] -
![As oil production is peaking since 2005, expenditure for oil dependent roads has been increasing while at the same time investments in energy efficient rail are decreasing. Just the opposite of what should […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Transport_Infrastructure_Investment_vs_Crude-115x115.jpg "Infrastructure expenditure by mode not commensurate with oil challenge")
Infrastructure expenditure by mode not commensurate with oil challenge
Posted on November 28, 2010 | No CommentsAs oil production is peaking since 2005, expenditure for oil dependent roads has been increasing while at the same time investments in energy efficient rail are decreasing. Just the opposite of what should […] -
![But will $740 million be enough to complete the M2 widening? Out of $740 million of new loans given by banks to Transurban, $465m are only for refinancing old M2 […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/508__320x240_wrongwaygoback-115x115.jpg "Yet more debt to finance Sydney’s toll-way expansion")
Yet more debt to finance Sydney’s toll-way expansion
Posted on November 22, 2010 | No CommentsBut will $740 million be enough to complete the M2 widening? Out of $740 million of new loans given by banks to Transurban, $465m are only for refinancing old M2 […] -
![The string of peak oil and global warming ignorant decisions of the NSW government shortly before elections in March 2011 is endless. On the same day the IEA released its […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Basement_Car_Park_880_spaces-115x115.jpg "Sydney builds huge sustainable basement car park in Darling Harbour prone to flooding by sea level rise")
Sydney builds huge sustainable basement car park in Darling Harbour prone to flooding by sea level rise
Posted on November 18, 2010 | No CommentsThe string of peak oil and global warming ignorant decisions of the NSW government shortly before elections in March 2011 is endless. On the same day the IEA released its […] -
![In a sign of things to come, a Chinese truck driver loaded 2 trucks on top of his truck, making it a triple decker truck, in order to save on […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/triple_decker_truck_quirky_china_news_cbb4caa5f6d0fc20f548f9b880574335-115x115.jpg "Diesel shortages in China")
Diesel shortages in China
Posted on November 17, 2010 | No CommentsIn a sign of things to come, a Chinese truck driver loaded 2 trucks on top of his truck, making it a triple decker truck, in order to save on […] -
![According to Transurban’s ASX press release dated 17thFebruary 2003 on the financial close of the Western Sydney Orbital, now M7 (Project debt of A$1.25 bn and A$ 980 million equity) […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/AADT_Growth_M7-115x115.jpg "Transurban’s M7 traffic 38% less than expected")
Transurban’s M7 traffic 38% less than expected
Posted on November 15, 2010 | No CommentsAccording to Transurban’s ASX press release dated 17thFebruary 2003 on the financial close of the Western Sydney Orbital, now M7 (Project debt of A$1.25 bn and A$ 980 million equity) […] -
![Round and round we go How that helps the money flow Or: why we always need new toll-ways Nov 11th, 11:11 hrs. The silly season has started. Time for a […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Round_and_round_we_go_on_the_Sydney_Orbital-115x115.jpg "Tollopoly on Sydney’s orbital")
Tollopoly on Sydney’s orbital
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsRound and round we go How that helps the money flow Or: why we always need new toll-ways Nov 11th, 11:11 hrs. The silly season has started. Time for a […]
