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15 years ago we were self sufficient in liquid fuels. Now we're fucked.
We have a lunatic in charge of 'climate change' and 'energy' which is like putting the fox in charge of the chooks.
Chris Bowen. He's a real cock sucker. Never had a real job, only ever in politics. Obsessed about solar and wind power and now just talking total bull shit. He, and previous woke governments, have allowed our fuel security to run down to this nightmare.
Note: vain. Obsessed about his hair. Has hair dye going on plus balding and brushing to make it go away. Cock sucker. Has sucked lots and lots of cock and licked a lot of ass. He is a mouth for hire. Cunt. I hate him...
Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the main impact will likely be on petrol supplies but has cautioned against panic buying.
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Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says a massive fire at one of the nation’s two oil refineries will not trigger an immediate escalation in the national fuel security plan nor lead to higher prices at the bowser, as he backs drilling for crude oil in Australia as long as projects stack up environmentally and financially.
Anthony Albanese has cut short his trip to Malaysia and will arrive at Viva Energy’s oil refinery in Geelong on Friday to receive an in-person briefing on the impact of the 13-hour fire, which began after a gas leak caused an explosion late on Wednesday night.
Speaking in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, the Prime Minister said the fire that consumed the Geelong refinery, which produces about 10 per cent of Australia’s fuel and about half of Victoria’s petrol, would have consequences for fuel supply but he was awaiting a “proper assessment”.
Energy experts are warning the fire is a major blow to the government’s aim to secure fuel supply if the Middle East war continues, predicting a hit to domestic production of petrol for at least three months, although there will be little impact on the refining of diesel and jet fuel.
Experts warned that the fire increased the risk of petrol and diesel rationing and required an even higher reliance on offshore fuel at a time of global shortages.
With the Iran war highlighting Australia’s lack of self-sufficiency, Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher said drilling oil out of Western Australia’s Bedout basin had “come very much to the top of our thinking” as long as it was supported by the government.
“What the current crisis has shown and highlighted is the importance of energy security and oil security,” Mr Gallagher said.
Despite this week declaring an expansion of fossil fuels was not a lesson from the Middle East war, Mr Bowen said he would welcome Santos’s proposal and the Queensland government’s push to drill in the Taroom Trough as long as the projects stacked up environmentally, economically and “in an engineering fashion”.
“Some people try and drag us to a culture war,” Mr Bowen said. “If there are sensible proposals to drill in Australia which will replace imports, great.”
Speaking in Malaysia as part of his Asian charm offensive to prevent Australia from being caught up in export controls, the Prime Minister revealed an extra 100 million litres of diesel had been secured under the government’s policy to underwrite the purchase of new fuel cargoes.
The Albanese government has also helped secure an extra 250,000 tonnes of agricultural-grade urea from Indonesia.
Mr Albanese and Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim signed a joint statement to continue energy trade on a “no surprise basis”, but Mr Ibrahim made clear he would prioritise the domestic market if there were shortages. “I did express our concern on the issue of diesel because our supply is inadequate in the medium term,” Mr Ibrahim said.
“Once the domestic requirements are met, there is clearly some excess (forecast). And we (have) given an assurance that the priority will be to Australia.”
Mr Albanese again played down the prospect of a gas tax in the budget that could hit existing export contracts, while several Labor sources have said it was unlikely there would be any changes to the taxation of the sector announced by Jim Chalmers in May.
The Treasurer on Thursday night said from Washington that the Viva refinery fire was a “serious setback” and felt like the “worst luck at the worst time”.
But Mr Bowen said the nation’s fuel supply was now guaranteed until June despite petrol production to be reduced at Viva Energy’s refinery. The Energy Minister said the fire limiting petrol production in the middle of a global oil supply crunch was “not a positive development” nor “good timing”, but played down the prospect of it directly forcing the nation into stage three of the fuel security plan.
Stage three of the plan would likely see more comprehensive but still voluntary requests to reduce fuel through working from home, catching public transport, car pooling and avoiding air travel.
“This is not a good development when it comes to what we’re managing, but we’re managing it,” Mr Bowen said. “This in and of itself – because Viva have told us that they’re very confident they can replace the petrol with imports – won’t lead to a change in the status of the four-point fuel plan.”
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Mr Bowen spoke after Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said there was “no doubt” the fire would need to be assessed against the national plan.
Ms Allan said it would only be known whether the nation would need to enter stage three measures once Viva undertook a full assessment of the damage. “We have a national plan in place should there be further pressures placed on supply about how we would work together to go to further stages in response,” the Premier said.
Viva Energy chief executive Scott Wyatt claimed production shortfalls of petrol could be offset by foreign imports. “We have a very strong import program right through the rest of the month and through May that we can then substitute lost production at Geelong and maintain supply to the market,” Mr Wyatt told Sky News.
He said units at the refinery unaffected by the blaze that produced diesel and jet fuel would operate at minimum capacity in the coming days, but argued it was not a “big loss of production in the scheme of things”.
Rystad Energy analyst Gero Farruggio said he did not think Australia could avoid entering stage three of the fuel security plan endorsed by national cabinet at the end of last month. “Getting any supplies are crucial right now and this is about 10 per cent of our domestic supplies,” he said.
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Mr Farruggio said the government should move to the next stage “sooner rather than later” to ensure Australia had sufficient supply to weather conflict in the Middle East.
MST Financial energy analyst Saul Kavonic said Australia would have to attempt to source more fuel offshore at a time of global shortages. “The government will now have to scramble additional fuel imports at much higher prices, on top of their existing efforts just to maintain our normal fuel import levels which was challenging enough as it is,” he said. “This increases the risk of fuel shortages and the need for stronger demand management measures to be taken earlier.’’
Angus Taylor said the fire would “clearly” have an impact on fuel supply. “This makes the job of this government even more important, to get more shipments of fuel coming to this country,” the Opposition Leader said.
The Geelong fire on Thursday morning. Picture: Facebook
WA Premier Roger Cook said his state had to be prepared for level three under the fuel security plan. “My teams are working so hard now to understand what we need to do to make sure we protect Western Australia from this international fuel shock,” he said. “That includes making sure that we can play our part in the event that we have to go to level three. Now, I hope that we don’t.”
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said the state government wouldn’t pressure their federal counterparts to move to the next step of the national fuel plan. “We will need to see the impact of the fire this morning (and) I agree with Minister Bowen that it’s likely to have an impact,” he said.
South Australian Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis said a decision on lifting the level of the national plan was a “matter primarily” for the commonwealth.
Additional reporting: Anthony Galloway, Thomas Henry, Paige Taylor
Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the main impact will likely be on petrol supplies but has cautioned against panic buying.
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Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen says a massive fire at one of the nation’s two oil refineries will not trigger an immediate escalation in the national fuel security plan nor lead to higher prices at the bowser, as he backs drilling for crude oil in Australia as long as projects stack up environmentally and financially.
Anthony Albanese has cut short his trip to Malaysia and will arrive at Viva Energy’s oil refinery in Geelong on Friday to receive an in-person briefing on the impact of the 13-hour fire, which began after a gas leak caused an explosion late on Wednesday night.
Speaking in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, the Prime Minister said the fire that consumed the Geelong refinery, which produces about 10 per cent of Australia’s fuel and about half of Victoria’s petrol, would have consequences for fuel supply but he was awaiting a “proper assessment”.
Energy experts are warning the fire is a major blow to the government’s aim to secure fuel supply if the Middle East war continues, predicting a hit to domestic production of petrol for at least three months, although there will be little impact on the refining of diesel and jet fuel.
Experts warned that the fire increased the risk of petrol and diesel rationing and required an even higher reliance on offshore fuel at a time of global shortages.
With the Iran war highlighting Australia’s lack of self-sufficiency, Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher said drilling oil out of Western Australia’s Bedout basin had “come very much to the top of our thinking” as long as it was supported by the government.
“What the current crisis has shown and highlighted is the importance of energy security and oil security,” Mr Gallagher said.
Despite this week declaring an expansion of fossil fuels was not a lesson from the Middle East war, Mr Bowen said he would welcome Santos’s proposal and the Queensland government’s push to drill in the Taroom Trough as long as the projects stacked up environmentally, economically and “in an engineering fashion”.
“Some people try and drag us to a culture war,” Mr Bowen said. “If there are sensible proposals to drill in Australia which will replace imports, great.”
Speaking in Malaysia as part of his Asian charm offensive to prevent Australia from being caught up in export controls, the Prime Minister revealed an extra 100 million litres of diesel had been secured under the government’s policy to underwrite the purchase of new fuel cargoes.
The Albanese government has also helped secure an extra 250,000 tonnes of agricultural-grade urea from Indonesia.
Mr Albanese and Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim signed a joint statement to continue energy trade on a “no surprise basis”, but Mr Ibrahim made clear he would prioritise the domestic market if there were shortages. “I did express our concern on the issue of diesel because our supply is inadequate in the medium term,” Mr Ibrahim said.
“Once the domestic requirements are met, there is clearly some excess (forecast). And we (have) given an assurance that the priority will be to Australia.”
Mr Albanese again played down the prospect of a gas tax in the budget that could hit existing export contracts, while several Labor sources have said it was unlikely there would be any changes to the taxation of the sector announced by Jim Chalmers in May.
The Treasurer on Thursday night said from Washington that the Viva refinery fire was a “serious setback” and felt like the “worst luck at the worst time”.
But Mr Bowen said the nation’s fuel supply was now guaranteed until June despite petrol production to be reduced at Viva Energy’s refinery. The Energy Minister said the fire limiting petrol production in the middle of a global oil supply crunch was “not a positive development” nor “good timing”, but played down the prospect of it directly forcing the nation into stage three of the fuel security plan.
Stage three of the plan would likely see more comprehensive but still voluntary requests to reduce fuel through working from home, catching public transport, car pooling and avoiding air travel.
“This is not a good development when it comes to what we’re managing, but we’re managing it,” Mr Bowen said. “This in and of itself – because Viva have told us that they’re very confident they can replace the petrol with imports – won’t lead to a change in the status of the four-point fuel plan.”
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Mr Bowen spoke after Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said there was “no doubt” the fire would need to be assessed against the national plan.
Ms Allan said it would only be known whether the nation would need to enter stage three measures once Viva undertook a full assessment of the damage. “We have a national plan in place should there be further pressures placed on supply about how we would work together to go to further stages in response,” the Premier said.
Viva Energy chief executive Scott Wyatt claimed production shortfalls of petrol could be offset by foreign imports. “We have a very strong import program right through the rest of the month and through May that we can then substitute lost production at Geelong and maintain supply to the market,” Mr Wyatt told Sky News.
He said units at the refinery unaffected by the blaze that produced diesel and jet fuel would operate at minimum capacity in the coming days, but argued it was not a “big loss of production in the scheme of things”.
Rystad Energy analyst Gero Farruggio said he did not think Australia could avoid entering stage three of the fuel security plan endorsed by national cabinet at the end of last month. “Getting any supplies are crucial right now and this is about 10 per cent of our domestic supplies,” he said.
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Mr Farruggio said the government should move to the next stage “sooner rather than later” to ensure Australia had sufficient supply to weather conflict in the Middle East.
MST Financial energy analyst Saul Kavonic said Australia would have to attempt to source more fuel offshore at a time of global shortages. “The government will now have to scramble additional fuel imports at much higher prices, on top of their existing efforts just to maintain our normal fuel import levels which was challenging enough as it is,” he said. “This increases the risk of fuel shortages and the need for stronger demand management measures to be taken earlier.’’
Angus Taylor said the fire would “clearly” have an impact on fuel supply. “This makes the job of this government even more important, to get more shipments of fuel coming to this country,” the Opposition Leader said.
The Geelong fire on Thursday morning. Picture: Facebook
WA Premier Roger Cook said his state had to be prepared for level three under the fuel security plan. “My teams are working so hard now to understand what we need to do to make sure we protect Western Australia from this international fuel shock,” he said. “That includes making sure that we can play our part in the event that we have to go to level three. Now, I hope that we don’t.”
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said the state government wouldn’t pressure their federal counterparts to move to the next step of the national fuel plan. “We will need to see the impact of the fire this morning (and) I agree with Minister Bowen that it’s likely to have an impact,” he said.
South Australian Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis said a decision on lifting the level of the national plan was a “matter primarily” for the commonwealth.
Additional reporting: Anthony Galloway, Thomas Henry, Paige Taylor
you can always tell when the jew has a hand in anything... the same things and laws, start happening all around the world... they really are evil horrible bastards..
I'm bi lingual. I read both English and American...
Bowser is a fuel outlet at a service station. Not that they give you any service these days...
Australian English has a lot of English words in it plus many US words. My son spends a lot of time watching US stuff and says 'side walk' and 'trash'. We then thrash him into repeating the correct English words like 'foot path' and 'rubbish' to correct him.
I'm bi lingual. I read both English and American...
Bowser is a fuel outlet at a service station. Not that they give you any service these days...
Australian English has a lot of English words in it plus many US words. My son spends a lot of time watching US stuff and says 'side walk' and 'trash'. We then thrash him into repeating the correct English words like 'foot path' and 'rubbish' to correct him.
Brumby's are a great animal. I've seen them up in the alps in New South Wales and Victoria. I've seen their stools steaming in the snow with tape worms in them so they get parasites for sure.
We have very activist national parks management in Aus. They really get into 'ethnic cleansing' when it comes to 'colonialist introduced' animals. Some arial shooting of bumbies but they still run free. They have a lot of public support too. Outside of PETA and those indoctrinated National Parks public servants...
how convenient for that to happen. just as something is in "danger", shit like this happens.
like here too. bill gates is pushing his bullshit poison food on america. no one is a willing participant. because lets face it... who wants lab grown meats and other types of food? ranches were lost in "wild fires" out in the state of Nebraska a few weeks ago. with hundreds and hundreds (maybe thousands) of head of cattle were lost. fire is still under investigation. but the word is that it might have happened from a spark from a power line.same shit with the chicken farms here too. its either a fire or a plane or some kind of bird disease that wipes them out. im not idiot enough to believe everything the govt says.
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