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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)
04 January 2015 9:02 AM | No Comments -
![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
24 May 2026 11:15 PM | No Comments -
![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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![This is an update to a post of December 2018 Fig 1: Qatar crude & condensate, NGPLs and other liquids Data are from the Energy Information Administration (starting in 1993) […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Qatar-crude-condensate-NGPL-EIA_Jan1993-Aug2022.jpg "Qatar peak oil and gas (update Aug 2022 data)")
Qatar peak oil and gas (update Aug 2022 data)
Posted on December 18, 2022 | No CommentsThis is an update to a post of December 2018 Fig 1: Qatar crude & condensate, NGPLs and other liquids Data are from the Energy Information Administration (starting in 1993) […] -
![OPEC entered the 1st Covid year 2020 with reference production data and “voluntary adjustments” which were set by the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) on 18 Jan 2019. https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/press_room/5357.htm Fig […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Saudi-Arabia-quotas-Brent-Covid-Oct22.jpg "OPEC 10 crude production and quotas during Covid")
OPEC 10 crude production and quotas during Covid
Posted on December 11, 2022 | No CommentsOPEC entered the 1st Covid year 2020 with reference production data and “voluntary adjustments” which were set by the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) on 18 Jan 2019. https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/press_room/5357.htm Fig […] -
![As the US Air Force prepares to deploy B 52 Bombers in Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-31/china-tensions-taiwan-us-military-deploy-bombers-to-australia/101585380 Fig 1: The ranges of missiles are likely to increase The PLA has 2,500 short, intermediate […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australia_diesel_sales_imports_2010-Aug2022.jpg "Only 3-4 years to replace/save 45 % of Australian diesel imports?")
Only 3-4 years to replace/save 45 % of Australian diesel imports?
Posted on November 8, 2022 | No CommentsAs the US Air Force prepares to deploy B 52 Bombers in Darwin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-31/china-tensions-taiwan-us-military-deploy-bombers-to-australia/101585380 Fig 1: The ranges of missiles are likely to increase The PLA has 2,500 short, intermediate […] -
![In a bizarre twist of NSW electricity privatization one of the State’s coal plants – which have allowed Sydney to grow beyond its sustainable size – has been quietly acquired […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Mannering_Great-Northern-and-Fassifern-seams_2017.jpg "Sale of Vales Point: How will Czech brown coal baron Pavel Tykac with business registered in Liechtenstein impact on NSW coal and energy markets?")
Sale of Vales Point: How will Czech brown coal baron Pavel Tykac with business registered in Liechtenstein impact on NSW coal and energy markets?
Posted on October 7, 2022 | No CommentsIn a bizarre twist of NSW electricity privatization one of the State’s coal plants – which have allowed Sydney to grow beyond its sustainable size – has been quietly acquired […] -
![This gas story is about the former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the pitfalls created by a flawed energy policy since John Howard EVENT OF THE DAY Scott Morrison […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/MEC-Resources-Sydney-basin-gas-Mar-2009.jpg "Australia’s gas fired recovery but not in the Prime Minister’s election back yard")
Australia’s gas fired recovery but not in the Prime Minister’s election back yard
Posted on August 17, 2022 | No CommentsThis gas story is about the former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the pitfalls created by a flawed energy policy since John Howard EVENT OF THE DAY Scott Morrison […] -
![Australia imported 17% of its diesel from Taiwan in May 2022, while the 12 month moving average was 9% Fig 1: Australian diesel imports since Sep 2020 Australian fuel importers […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/AU-diesel-imports-Sep20-May22.jpg "Australian diesel imports from Taiwan May 2022")
Australian diesel imports from Taiwan May 2022
Posted on August 5, 2022 | No CommentsAustralia imported 17% of its diesel from Taiwan in May 2022, while the 12 month moving average was 9% Fig 1: Australian diesel imports since Sep 2020 Australian fuel importers […] -
![The moment of the truth has arrived. The media is still beating around the bush, avoiding to mention the “P” word. The symptoms of peaking: • Conventional gas production maxed […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Iona-gas-hub-supply-demand-1-26-Jul22.jpg "Conventional gas peak in Victoria (part 1) AEMO intervention July 2022")
Conventional gas peak in Victoria (part 1) AEMO intervention July 2022
Posted on July 30, 2022 | No CommentsThe moment of the truth has arrived. The media is still beating around the bush, avoiding to mention the “P” word. The symptoms of peaking: • Conventional gas production maxed […] -
![15 June 2022 by Matt Mushalik (MEng) The Australian public is finally waking up. Not because of academic debate in the social media but by the threat of power cuts. […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW-coal-plant-closures_to_2026-115x115.jpg "Australia East Coast Power Crisis (Part 2: NSW coal plants maxed out)")
Australia East Coast Power Crisis (Part 2: NSW coal plants maxed out)
Posted on June 15, 2022 | No Comments15 June 2022 by Matt Mushalik (MEng) The Australian public is finally waking up. Not because of academic debate in the social media but by the threat of power cuts. […] -
![10 June 2022 by Matt Mushalik (MEng) These are typical headlines in the current situation: Australians ‘panicking’ as power prices skyrocket, consumer advocates say 2 June 2022 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-08/energy-ministers-meet-to-discuss-rising-prices-gas-electricity/101133630 Short-term relief […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/NSW_Demand-Generation-spot-price_31May22-115x115.jpg "Australia East Coast Power Crisis (Part 1: NSW demand peaks)")
Australia East Coast Power Crisis (Part 1: NSW demand peaks)
Posted on June 10, 2022 | No Comments10 June 2022 by Matt Mushalik (MEng) These are typical headlines in the current situation: Australians ‘panicking’ as power prices skyrocket, consumer advocates say 2 June 2022 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-08/energy-ministers-meet-to-discuss-rising-prices-gas-electricity/101133630 Short-term relief […] -
![In March 2022 Australia’s petroleum product imports have reached almost AU$ 4 bn per month, an increase of 70% compared to December 2019. Fig 1: Petroleum product imports by volume […]](https://crudeoilpeak.info/wp-content/uploads/Australia-product-imports-value-volumes_2010-22-115x115.jpg "Australian fuel import bill going sky-high")
Australian fuel import bill going sky-high
Posted on May 25, 2022 | No CommentsIn March 2022 Australia’s petroleum product imports have reached almost AU$ 4 bn per month, an increase of 70% compared to December 2019. Fig 1: Petroleum product imports by volume […]
