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Australia’s $27 billion warning: the fuel crisis is now showing up in the national accounts
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1308+ words) Australia’s dependence on imported fuel is no longer merely a question of what motorists pay at the service station. It is now large enough to alter the country’s trade position, weaken the terms of trade and contribute to a current…...
Hormuz exposed America’s depleted oil buffer — now Washington is turning to Venezuela
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1633+ words) The United States has responded to six months of global energy upheaval with a decision that would have seemed extraordinary only a few years ago. It is turning to Venezuela. President Donald Trump says oil obtained through America's newly announced…...
The Hormuz crisis is creating winners in Australia — while motorists and businesses pay the price
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1581+ words) Australia has so far managed to maintain its supplies of imported refined fuel despite the Strait of Hormuz crisis. But new figures from Ampol reveal another side of the energy shock: extraordinary refining profits are being generated as Asia competes…...
Iran threatens the escape routes around Hormuz — and the world’s oil safety valve is now at risk
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (1612+ words) For months, the international energy industry has been solving an enormous problem. If oil cannot safely move through the Strait of Hormuz, find another way. Saudi Arabia moved more crude westwards across the Arabian Peninsula towards the Red Sea. The…...
Iran opens Hormuz for Iraqi oil — but a new oil order may be emerging in the Gulf
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (1596+ words) The Strait of Hormuz is opening. But not in the way the world has been waiting for. Iran has granted permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the strategically critical waterway following negotiations between Baghdad and…...
The blockade is working — and China’s oil problem could become Australia’s fuel problem
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1585+ words) For much of the Iran war, the international oil market has demonstrated an extraordinary ability to adapt. When one supply route disappeared, another emerged. When tankers stopped sailing normally through the Strait of Hormuz, oil moved through alternative ports, pipelines…...
China is taking Russia’s oil from India — and Australia could pay at the fuel pump
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1623+ words) The Iran war has produced another unexpected consequence. And Australia needs the petrol, diesel and aviation fuel that Asian refineries manufacture from it. Those apparently separate facts are becoming part of the same story. China has sharply increased its purchases…...
The secret oil corridor through Hormuz — and why it may be keeping Australia’s fuel crisis from becoming much worse
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1604+ words) For months, publicly visible shipping data from the Strait of Hormuz has told an alarming story. Commercial traffic has fallen to a fraction of its pre-war level. Major Chinese shipping companies have stopped sending vessels through the waterway. Iran says…...