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Overview Australia produces a range of liquid fuels — crude oil, condensate and naturally occurring LPG. In 2014–15, around 77 per cent of this production was exported, with the majority being sourced from the north-west coast of Australia. Australian oil production has been declining over the last decade and Australia is a net importer of crude oil and condensate. About 83 per cent of refinery feedstock for Australia is sourced from imports. Imports also account for a significant share of Australia’s consumption of refined products. In 2014–15, imports of refined products equalled 50 per cent of domestic consumption. Primary petroleum production In 2014–15 Australia’s crude oil and condensate production declined by 5 per cent to average 19 gigalitres, underpinned by declining production from mature fields that outweighed additional output from new projects. Naturally occurring liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) production also fell by 11 per cent to average 3 gigalitres. The falls in output continues a longer term decline in Australia’s production of primary petroleum. Figure 8.1: Australia’s production of primary petroleum 50 45 40 35 30 GL 25 20 15 10 5 1998–99 2000–01 2002–03 2004–05 2006–07 2008–09 2010–11 2012–13 2014–15 Crude oil Condensate LPG Source: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (2015) Resources and Energy Quarterly 94 ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA 2015
Australia’s largest petroleum producing basins are the Carnarvon Basin in the north-west of Australia, the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, which straddles the border between South Australia and Queensland, and the Gippsland Basin in Bass Strait. Production from the Carnarvon Basin is mostly exported, while production from the Gippsland and Cooper- Eromanga basins is used to support domestic refining. The Carnarvon basin accounted for 64 per cent of Australia’s crude oil and condensate production in 2014–15. Table 8.1: Australia’s production of crude oil and condensate a , by basin, 2014–15 Crude oil Condensate Total crude oil and condensate ML ML ML ‘000 bbls Amadeus 42 7 48 303 Bonaparte 1,706 12 1,718 10,809 Carnarvon / Perth b 7,274 4,949 12,223 76,880 Cooper-Eromanga 2,062 256 2,318 14,582 Gippsland / Otway / Bass b 1,506 1,240 2,747 17,277 Surat-Bowen 5 1 6 40 Total 12,596 6,465 19,061 119,890 Notes: a) Data reported in this table is predominately on a gross basis, which excludes own-use and losses. However, for several companies that do not provide data to the APS, publically available quarterly production company data is used, which is reported on a net basis b) Data grouped for confidentiality reasons Source: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (2015) Australian Petroleum Statistics, September By volume, the four largest petroleum producers in Australia are BHP Billiton, Woodside, ExxonMobil and Santos. In 2014–15 output from these top four companies accounted for about half of Australia’s primary petroleum production. ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA 2015 95
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Energy in Australia 2015 WWW.INDUST
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Department of Industry, Innovation
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Contents Foreword v Data sources IX
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8. Petroleum 93 Overview 94 Primary
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Abbreviations and acronyms ABS AEMC
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Economic contribution The energy in
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Table 1.2: Australia’s energy pro
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Energy consumption Australia’s en
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Figure 1.5: Australia’s energy ex
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Box 1: Energy flows through the Aus
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Figure 1.9: Energy trade insight Au
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Overview Energy can be extracted or
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Map 2.1: Australia’s energy resou
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Oil Australia has limited resources
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Uranium Australia has the world’s
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Map 2.2: Australia’s solar energy
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Figure 2.4: Australia’s wind ener
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Overview Australia consumed 5,831 p
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Table 3.1: Energy consumption, inte
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Table 3.2: Australia’s primary en
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Table 3.3: Australia’s energy con
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Table 3.5: Australia’s energy bal
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Table 3.6: Total final energy consu
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Structure of the Australian Electri
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Generation from renewable fuels con
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Table 4.2: Top 10 electricity gener
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Page 126 and 127: Figure 9.13: Energy imports, top 10
Page 128 and 129: Figure 9.17: Coal fired electricity
Page 130 and 131: Prices Figure 9.21: OECD household
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