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 […]
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 […]
LNG and energy essentials – April 2025
Information about EnergyQuest’s ‘LNG and energy essentials’ report is available by clicking here. The only way is upWhile the US increased tariffs substantially on 2 April 2025, an earlier salvo in the trade war with China came on 4 February this year when the US Government imposed an additional 10% tariff on all Chinese imports into […]
LNG and energy essentials – March 2025
Information about EnergyQuest’s ‘LNG and energy essentials’ report is available by clicking here. Does the east coast market still need LNG imports?This month, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its east coast market Gas Statement of Opportunities (GSOO) for 2025. The most notable finding in this year’s edition is that forecast shortfalls in east […]
Media Release 23 March 2025 – Coal rescu
Coal rescues gas The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has just released the Gas Statement of Opportunities (GSOO) 2025, its annual review of the gas supply/demand balance on the east coast of Australia. In the latest GSOO, AEMO pushes back its estimate of when gas shortfalls for the southern states will occur from 2026 to 2028. A […]
LNG and energy essentials – February 202
Information about EnergyQuest’s ‘LNG and energy essentials’ report is available by clicking here. Will the LNG glut turn into a trickle?Back in 2023 the IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook forecast there would soon be a ‘glut’ of LNG supply, which would start in 2025 and run to 2030. The IEA estimated the new capacity would be […]