3 complacent governments (Howard, Rudd/Gillard, Abbott) released 3 flawed Energy White Papers (2004, 2012 and 2015) which have promoted and facilitated massive LNG export projects on Australia’s West, North and East Coasts….
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Australia’s east coast gas crisis will be permanent
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, RELIABLE ELECTRICITY…
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…
Australian budget 2016 underestimates role of oil (part 2)
In part 1 we found that Treasury did not really explain why global growth is slower than expected given the oil price drop. We looked at some parameters like employment, incomes, investments,…
Fireworks calendar 2015
January Bush fires in Adelaide, Australia February Explosion in Kobani, Syria March Great Prophet 9 war games in Straits of Hormuz April Hanging tracks blasted over culvert washout on substandard main rail…
Australia’s alternative transport fuel: The East Coast gas-ship has sailed
Introduction: Credit Suisse reported that there is not enough East coast gas for 3 LNG export terminals at Gladstone, Queensland. If that is the case then it is doubtful whether there will…
Energy Super Power Australia’s East Coast running low on affordable domestic gas
In July 2006 then Prime Minister Howard declared Australia an energy super power. 2 years earlier his energy white paper set the framework for unlimited gas exports while neglecting to set aside…
Queensland plans to export more than 10 times the gas NSW needs (part 3)
Australia, wanting to project itself as the energy super power, faces domestic gas shortages in its Premier State, New South Wales. This is what the public is made aware of in articles…
NSW gas as transport fuel. Where are the plans?
Gas series part 2: NSW Scarred landscape: 90 coal seam gas wells South of Chinchilla, Queensland 6,000 wells are needed for the QCLNG export project over 20 years. Are we using the…
Where will the natural gas come from for a transition to CNG/LNG as transport fuel?
The September 2010 issue of the magazine “Petroleum in Western Australia” has a graph on WA’s domestic natural gas demand and supplies up to 2030 (“The Outlook for Domestic Gas in Western…