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 […]
North Asian LNG imports rose through 202...
by Graeme Bethune, Chief Executive Officer, EnergyQuest EnergyQuest has released its January 2021 Australian LNG Monthly, with a detailed analysis of North Asian natural gas imports in 2020. Notwithstanding COVID-19, LNG imports by North Asian countries, Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan, increased by 2.5% to a total of 200.3 million tonnes (Mt) of LNG in […]
Another Australian LNG export record in ...
by Graeme Bethune, Chief Executive Officer, EnergyQuest EnergyQuest estimates that Australia exported a record 78.0 million tonnes (Mt) of LNG in 2020, up from 77.5 Mt in 2019. This is a good result given the disruptions to the mega Gorgon project, the fact that Shell’s Prelude hadn’t produced since early February, issues seen at Wheatstone […]
Australian LNG import momentum growing b...
The momentum for LNG imports in south-eastern Australia is accelerating amidst closures of coal-fired power stations and warnings of a possible gas shortage in Victoria as soon as 2023. The most advanced project is Andrew Forrest’s Port Kembla Gas Terminal, which has environmental approvals in place, the site leased and major works due to start […]
Fall in February LNG shipments: EnergyQu...
EnergyQuest has just released its Australian LNG Monthly for February 2021. Some of the highlights are: Australian LNG shipments in February 2021 were lower compared with January, primarily due to reduced production at the NWS and Ichthys projects, and the shorter month. Australian projects shipped 6.0 million tonnes (Mt) (88 cargoes) in February, compared with […]
EnergyQuarterly March 2021 A Wild Ride i...
The March 2021 EnergyQuarterly report has just been released, with comprehensive Australian energy data for the December Quarter 2020 and the 2020 calendar year plus analysis of the latest developments. It has been a wild ride in energy markets over the last year. Oil prices crashed and then soared back to where they started. A […]
EnergyQuest Australian LNG Monthly Janua...
EnergyQuest has just released its Australian LNG Monthly for January 2021. Some of the highlights are: Notwithstanding COVID-19, LNG imports by North Asian countries (including Taiwan) increased by 2.5% to a total of 200.3 Mt LNG in 2020, 4.8 Mt higher than in 2019 when 195.5 Mt was imported. China remains far and away the world’s largest gas importer, well ahead of number two, Germany and number three, Japan. […]
Australia the odd country out on oil ref...
Following the announcement of the forthcoming closure of ExxonMobil’s Altona refinery, we have been digging out the numbers on where Australia stands internationally in oil consumption versus refining capacity. Australia isn’t a small oil consumer. According to the BP energy statistics, Australia ranked number 16 in the world consuming 1,046 thousand barrels per day (kbbl/d) […]
Australian 2020 LNG export revenue down ...
Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the merchandise trade statistics for December, giving a final total for the 2020 year. The total value of 2020 LNG exports was A$36.2 billion, down 25.5% from the 2019 record of A$48.6 billion. We have been asked what impact lower prices would have had on taxes […]
Domestic Gas Market Interventions, Inter...
In 2013 EnergyQuest completed an independent report for the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) on domestic gas policy in 20 countries. The report was updated in November 2020. International experience is that government interventions to reduce domestic wholesale gas prices are often unsustainable, and have numerous negative side-effects in terms of economic, energy […]