EnergyQuest has just released its March 2023 EnergyQuarterly report with comprehensive analysis and data for the December Quarter, 2022 together with many statistics and analysis for January and and February 2023. A major theme of this report is the federal government’s proposed takeover of the east coast gas market, throwing out the OECD gas market rule book with a move to […]
EnergyQuarterly December 2022: Looming e...
EnergyQuest has just released its December 2022 EnergyQuarterly report with comprehensive analysis and data for the September Quarter, 2022 together with many statistics for October and into November. The federal government is poised to intervene in the east coast gas market. The report has a deep dive into the issues. Moves to cap gas prices would not only […]
$10/GJ gas price cap: energy dream or ni...
There are currently numerous proposals flying around for answers to high east coast energy prices. One proposal is for a $10/GJ gas price cap. Over the weekend we commented on this, using the data from our new East Coast Gas Outlook 2022 report. Our comments are covered in today’s AFR and Australian. If you are interested a copy […]
NEW: East Coast Gas Outlook 2022
EnergyQuest has just released its annual east coast gas projections to 2040: East Coast Gas Outlook 2022, Navigating the Storm. When EnergyQuest published the East Coast Gas Outlook 2021 report last year, we saw the industry as ‘Balanced on the Edge’ with great uncertainty – now the industry is “Navigating the Storm” with the simultaneous […]
EnergyQuarterly September 2022: Please c...
EnergyQuest has just released its September 2022 EnergyQuarterly report with comprehensive analysis and data for the June Quarter, 2022 together with many statistics for July and into August. There seem to be energy crises all around the world at present, driven by freak weather, the Ukraine war, COVID and botched decarbonisation. Global gas prices have outrun oil on an energy-equivalent basis. […]
EnergyQuarterly June 2022: Crazy east co...
EnergyQuest has just released its June 2022 EnergyQuarterly report. The east coast energy crisis is a recurring theme through this report. Gas has been an increasingly minor contributor to NEM generation, mostly in South Australia and Queensland. In Q4 last year gas only contributed an average one percent of generation in NSW and Victoria, minute […]
EnergyQuarterly March 2022: Implications...
EnergyQuest has just released its March 2022 EnergyQuarterly report. The cover highlights the accelerating closure of coal in the NEM. Are all these coal closures good news for gas-fired generation (GPG)? Probably not for gas volumes but gas is still likely to play an important role. East coast gas remains finely balanced. Southern production did well in […]
EnergyQuest Australian LNG Monthly Janua...
EnergyQuest has just released its Australian LNG Monthly for January 2022. According to Bloomberg (13 February) the “US Is Exporting Every Molecule of LNG Possible”, due to the crisis in Europe (Bloomberg, 13 February). Australia however shipped fewer LNG cargoes in January (96) than in December (105), with short-term outages at the North West Shelf […]
EnergyQuest Australian LNG Monthly Novem...
EnergyQuest has just released its Australian LNG Monthly for November 2021. We have just released our November Australian LNG Monthly report. Extraordinary global gas prices are good for LNG producers but are starting to impact the east coast gas market. Also while Australia is the biggest LNG exporter to China, it’s position in the long-term […]
EnergyQuarterly December 2021. Net zero ...
The December 2021 EnergyQuarterly report has just been released, with comprehensive Australian energy data for the September Quarter 2021 and the year to September 2021 plus analysis of the latest developments. The cover highlights the increasing role of banks in pushing the world towards net zero. In just over a decade since the global financial crisis […]