The EnergyQuarterly is an independent and comprehensive 160 page update on Australian energy, utilising EnergyQuest’s proprietary statistical data bases. Each quarter the report analyses: Major current issues in both global and Australian energy. East coast gas market. East coast electricity market. Western Australia energy market. Renewables developments. Energy prices. Oil and gas exploration. Energy politics […]
East Coast Gas Outlook 2023
EnergyQuest has released its fifth annual analysis of the east coast gas industry. The outlook for the east coast gas industry is one of great uncertainty. The potential for large swings from balanced supply/demand, to tight supply, to the long term possibility of over supply foretells an industry roller coaster ride ahead. At 314 pages […]
West Coast Gas Outlook 2023
EnergyQuest’s West Coast Gas Outlook 2023 brings together the most comprehensive data, forecasts, and analysis available on the Western Australian domestic gas market. This 188-page report examines the historical, current, and potential future state of a market which has been accustomed to low prices and plentiful supply but is now seeing the opposite. We assess […]
Has Australia reached peak natural gas p...
Australia aspires to be a renewable energy superpower. Time will tell whether this is realistic or not but Australia is currently a natural gas superpower. It is one of the top 10 gas producers globally (number 7 in 2022) and one of the top LNG producers, importantly the only OECD LNG producer in the Asia […]
Australian LNG Monthly April 2023
EnergyQuest has just released the April 2023 Australian LNG Monthly report.Don’t let the comfortable shoulder fool youWe are now in that comfortable shoulder period, between the northern winter and the Australian winter, and it is easy to become complacent as it all seems back to normal. But the fundamental market tightness is still there. Rising […]
Australian LNG Monthly March 2023
Highlights from the EnergyQuest Australian LNG Monthly report. Australia may be a lucky country, but it is in a global competitionThe three largest LNG buyers in the world have a great interest in what happens with Australian energy policy. Based on our February import data, Australia supplied 45% of Japanese imports, 28% of China’s imports and 23% of Korean imports. These three LNG buyers accounted for 74.4% of Australia’s March […]
Australian LNG Monthly February 2023
EnergyQuest has just released the Febuary 2023 Australian LNG Monthly report. Did we just enter the eye of the energy storm?Those who go down to the sea in ships know that if you have the misfortune to be caught by a cyclone, it is an horrific storm. If it passes directly over you, then you […]
Australian LNG Monthly January 2023
EnergyQuest has just released the January 2023 Australian LNG Monthly report. In addition to all the LNG statistics, there are two main stories: One is on the proposed changes to the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism, asking whether Australia is really the stable and reliable energy supplier that politicians claim it to be. Whatever its […]
Australian LNG Monthly December 2022
In addition to comprehensive LNG statistics, our December 2022 Australian LNG Monthly report carried two important stories: $78/GJ gas price cap in Europe, $12/GJ in Australia. Coincidentally both the EU and Australia announced gas price caps in the week before Christmas. However, the timing is where the similarity ends. The EU cap will begin from […]
Australian 2022 LNG export revenue over ...
Based on vessel tracking data, EnergyQuest estimates that Australian LNG exports reached a new record of 81.4 million tonnes (Mt) in 2022, up slightly from 81.1 Mt the previous calendar year. However, with higher oil and LNG spot prices, Australian LNG export revenue was up a massive 86% on 2021 with estimated export revenue of […]