Information about EnergyQuest’s ‘LNG and energy essentials’ report is available by clicking here. Muddling throughWith an uncertain industry strategic path, matched with a mixed bag of higher-risk supply options, the need to meet peak energy demand requirements, and government policy uncertainties, the industry outlook is one of ‘muddling through’. This was the conclusion in EnergyQuest’s recently […]
East Coast Gas Outlook 2025 **NEW RELEAS...
Overview:EnergyQuest has 20 years of experience in energy analysis and observations of the Australian gas industry. Usually, we can see a reasonably clear direction and a common purpose in providing natural gas to markets. In this year’s East Coast Gas Outlook, we find an industry somewhat battered and bruised without a clear path forward, and […]
LNG and energy essentials – August 2025
Information about EnergyQuest’s ‘LNG and energy essentials’ report is available by clicking here. Home battery economicsAcross Australia, families are asking the same question: is it finally worth adding a battery to the backyard solar array? Subsidies are helping tip the balance, but the answer depends on each household’s usage, costs, and risk appetite. There are […]
EnergyQuarterly Report – September 2025
Media Release 8 September 2025 The road to net-zero carbon EnergyQuest has released its September 2025 EnergyQuarterly Report – the road to net-zero carbon, where it takes a close look at progress along the road to net-zero carbon. Under the Paris Agreement, Australia has committed in its current nationally determined contributions (NDC), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by […]
LNG and energy essentials – July 2025
Information about EnergyQuest’s ‘LNG and energy essentials’ report is available by clicking here. Would WA’s domestic gas reservation work on the east coast?With the Australian Government currently considering a domestic gas reservation for the east coast market it is not uncommon for comparisons to be made between arrangements in the west coast market and what […]
Western Australian gas market facing pot...
A new report released by independent energy consultancy EnergyQuest, West Coast Gas Outlook 2025 – The market sends a message, shows that while Western Australia (WA) has historically been well supplied with low price gas, secure supply is no longer assured over the coming decade and getting through forecast shortfalls will come at a cost. “The West Coast […]
West Coast Gas Outlook 2025 **NEW RELEAS...
Overview:EnergyQuest’s West Coast Gas Outlook 2025 brings together the most comprehensive data, forecasts, and analysis available on the Western Australia domestic gas market. This 238-page report examines the historical, current, and potential future state of a market which has some major challenges ahead. The report shows that while WA has historically been well supplied with […]
LNG and energy essentials – June 2025
Information about EnergyQuest’s ‘LNG and energy essentials’ report is available by clicking here. Where to from here for Australia’s large industrial gas users?If, like us, you are looking at gas demand forecasts on a regular basis, you have likely seen that demand from industrial users is typically forecast to be flat for the next 20 […]
LNG and energy essentials – May 2025
Information about EnergyQuest’s ‘LNG and energy essentials’ report is available by clicking here. Australia has an approval problemVictoria continues to use gas, even more when it gets cold (as in recent weeks). Victoria has spent the last decade seemingly doing its best to discourage a new gas supply. It is a case study on the […]
EnergyQuarterly Report – June 2025
A coalition of the willing?In this report we detect a cautious optimism creeping back into the industry. Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland have been consistent and long-term supporters of the industry, which we have identified as a ‘coalition of the willing’. These states, through consistent policy settings and support, do not […]