{"id":55618,"date":"2020-11-14T07:53:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T12:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55618"},"modified":"2020-11-14T07:53:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T12:53:45","slug":"australias-bp-kwinana-refinery-closure-peak-oil-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=55618","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\"\"Fig 1: BP is in peak oil mode<\/p>\n

BP shuts down Kwinana refinery with 600 jobs expected to go, Commonwealth says no impact on fuel security<\/strong>
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Fig 2: Kwinana refinery in Perth<\/p>\n

Refining activities will wind down over the next six months, with the new [product import] terminal expected to open in 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Federal Government has expressed disappointment over the refinery closure.<\/em><\/p>\n

Energy Minister Angus Taylor said \u2026\u2026 the Government expected BP to deliver on its commitment to supporting workers during a challenging period, but that closure of the refinery would not impact Australian fuel supplies.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will ensure Australia maintains a sovereign refining capability to support local industry, meet our nation\u2019s needs during an emergency, and protect motorists from future higher prices,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-10-30\/bp-shuts-down-kwinana-refinery-hundreds-of-job-losses-expected\/12832372<\/a><\/p>\n

The Minister\u2019s statement seems to be wishful thinking. \u00a03 refineries already closed in the last 8 years<\/p>\n

2013 Shell Clyde refinery, 85 kb\/d in Sydney<\/p>\n

2014 Caltex Kurnell refinery, 125 kb\/d in Sydney<\/p>\n

2015 BP Bulwer refinery, 102 kb\/d in Brisbane<\/p>\n

The following graph shows the impact of these previous closures on crude and product imports:<\/p>\n

\"\"Fig 3: Crude imports dropped and replaced by product imports
\nhttps:\/\/www.energy.gov.au\/publications\/australian-energy-update-2020<\/a><\/p>\n

The growth in diesel consumption explains why the government was forced to invest $200 million in a competitive grants program to build an additional 780 ML of onshore diesel storage
\nMedia release 14 Sep 2020
\nhttps:\/\/www.minister.industry.gov.au\/ministers\/taylor\/media-releases\/boosting-australias-fuel-security<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Fig 4: After the Kwinana closure there will be only 3 refineries
\nhttps:\/\/www.festanks.com.au\/crude-oil-refining-in-australia-infographic\/<\/a><\/p>\n

As BP made its announcement a crude oil tanker from UAE was in port.<\/p>\n

\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s BP Kwinana refinery closure: peak oil context Fig 1: BP is in peak oil mode BP shuts down Kwinana refinery with 600 jobs expected to go, Commonwealth says no impact on fuel security Fig 2: Kwinana refinery in Perth Refining activities will wind down over the next six months, with the new [product import] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[41,2272,2268,30577,617],"class_list":["post-55618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","tag-australia","tag-bp","tag-british-petroleum","tag-kwinana-refinery","tag-peak-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55619,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55618\/revisions\/55619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}