Conditions in the east coast gas market continue to challenge producers, buyers, pipeliners, retailers and governments. The industry is balanced on the edge, grappling with high-risk global forces and domestic constraints. In Queensland the gas supply position has improved but offshore Victoria it has deteriorated further, with reserve write-downs. In this environment it is important […]
New Japan energy plan maintains LNG shar...
Japan’s new draft energy plan has hit the headlines, particularly its target of reducing LNG for power generation from 37% of energy supply in FY 2019-20 to 20% in FY 2030-31, a big fall. Other targets include oil falling from 7% to 2% and coal from 32% to 19%. Many commentators have assumed these are […]
EnergyQuest Australian LNG Monthly June ...
EnergyQuest has just released its Australian LNG Monthly for June 2021. Some of the highlights are: Australia exported 77.2 Mt of LNG in the 12 months to 30 June 2021, less than the 79.5 Mt in FY 2020. China overtook Japan as Australia’s top export destination in FY 2021 with 29.8 Mt. Western Australian LNG production […]
Victorian spot gas price hits 5-year hig...
The Victorian spot gas price hit $20 per gigajoule (GJ) on Tuesday afternoon, the highest price since 27 June 2016, five years ago. Other east coast prices were also high, $18.20/GJ at the Wallumbilla hub, $15.44/GJ in Sydney, $14.79/GJ in Adelaide and $14.39/GJ in Brisbane. Factors driving the surge in prices include strong winter gas […]
Reflections on the 2021 APPEA Conference
In mid-June the 2021 APPEA Conference was held in Perth, the first APPEA Conference since 2019 and probably the largest physical conference to be held in Australia since the start of the pandemic. It was a tribute to APPEA that they successfully ran the conference and it was great to catch up with many friends. […]
New Zealand walking away from gas
EnergyQuest CEO Graeme Bethune is also the International Gas Union’s Regional Coordinator for North Asia (China, Japan and Korea) and Australasia (Australia and New Zealand). In this role he contributed a short report on the current state of play in New Zealand to the June 2021 issue of the IGU’s Global Voice of Gas magazine […]
EnergyQuest Australian LNG Monthly May 2...
EnergyQuest has just released its Australian LNG Monthly for May 2021. Some of the highlights are: Australia’s May LNG shipments were the lowest since February 2019. Asian LNG spot prices have passed US$12/MMBtu. The Callide Power Station outage has boosted the share of gas in Queensland generation from 6% to 20%. Australian projects delivered 43 […]
EnergyQuarterly June 2021 On the way to ...
The June 2021 EnergyQuarterly report has just been released, with comprehensive Australian energy data for the March Quarter 2021 plus analysis of the latest developments. Climate change policies and politics are recurring themes throughout this report. We ask “Who would want to be running Big Oil or Gas just now” and look in detail at the IEA Net […]
Lack of Gas the Biggest Threat To Austra...
EnergyQuest has just released its Australian LNG Monthly for April 2021. Some of the highlights are: Australia’s LNG exports have weathered the pandemic well. Exports last calendar year were 78.3 Mt, up on 77.0 Mt the year before. In its latest annual report, the International Group of LNG Importers (GIIGNL) ranks Australia as the world’s […]
Record Australian LNG shipments: EnergyQ...
EnergyQuest has just released its Australian LNG Monthly for March 2021. Some of the highlights are: Australian LNG shipments bounced back to record levels in March 2021 with a big lift in deliveries to China. In March Australian projects shipped 7.2 million tonnes (Mt) (105 cargoes), significantly higher than 6.0 Mt (88 cargoes) in February […]