IMPORTS – AUSTRALIA

Price doubts over Forrest LNG plan

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Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 14 : 27-Feb-18

BlueScope CEO Mark Vasella is supportive of plans by a venture backed by Andrew Forrest to import LNG into the New South Wales market. Port Kembla is one of three sites envisaged for the project, and Vasella says this would be the best choice, as it is close to customers and infrastructure. Energy Users Association of Australia head Andrew Richards has also welcomed news of the project, while a spokesperson for AGL, which is considering a similar import project in Victoria, said it backs the idea of new supply.

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BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED – ASX BSL, AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL, ENERGY USERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA, JERA, WOOD MACKENZIE, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, GLENCORE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Twiggy, Japan Inc plan to ship LNG to NSW

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Original article by Matthew Stevens
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 2 : 26-Feb-18

Billionaire iron ore miner Andrew Forrest is believed to be the dominant partner in a new venture, Australian Industrial Energy. AIE, in which Japanese trading companies Marubeni and JERA are also involved, is planning to transport LNG to a yet-to-be decided port in New South Wales, where a re-gasification terminal would be established. It is understood that the volume of gas that the terminal would be capable of delivering is equivalent to about 70 per cent of total NSW demand.

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AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL ENERGY, MARUBENI CORPORATION, JERA, SANTOS LIMITED – ASX STO, SHELL COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED, SQUADRON ENERGY, DUET GROUP, TOYKO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INCORPORATED, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, AUSTRALIAN ENERGY MARKET OPERATOR LIMITED, BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED – ASX BSL, BRICKWORKS LIMITED – ASX BKW, QENOS PLASTICS PTY LTD, INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED – ASX IPL, ORICA LIMITED – ASX ORI, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL

Trade surplus heads back to $1b as iron ore shipments to China surge

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Original article by Stephen Letts
abc.net.au – Page: Online : 6-Oct-17

Australia has recorded a trade surplus of $A989m for August in seasonally-adjusted terms. This compares with a surplus of $A808m for July. The surplus was bolstered by strong growth in both the price of iron ore and the steel input’s export volumes, although shipments of coal and LNG were lower than in July. The total value of Australia’s exports rose by one per cent to $A32.2bn, while the value of imports was steady at $A31.2bn.

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JP MORGAN AUSTRALIA LIMITED

AGL bid to import LNG heats up

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Original article by Matt Chambers
The Australian – Page: 17 & 18 : 5-Jun-17

AGL Energy is expected to name the preferred site for its proposed LNG import terminal within a matter of weeks. Sites in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria are all said to be under consideration for the terminal, which is expected to cost between $200 million and $A300 million, with Western Port Bay in Victoria considered a possible option. AGL CEO Andy Vesey is understood to want to commence construction of the terminal in 2019, and for it to be operational in 2020-21.

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AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL, COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS, CHENIERE ENERGY INCORPORATED, QIC LIMITED, ENERGYAUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

AGL mulls gas import to beat supply crunch

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Original article by Matt Chambers
The Australian – Page: 19 & 22 : 15-Nov-16

The high domestic price of gas in Australia’s southeastern states and supply constraints may prompt AGL Energy to source natural gas from regions such as Asia, Europe or the Middle East. AGL will undertake a feasibility study on the proposal to build an LNG import terminal and processing facility, which would capitalise on a global oversupply of LNG. Shell Australia chairman Andrew Smith put forward a similar suggestion earlier in 2016.

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AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL, SHELL COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED

High LNG exports help wipe fuel import costs

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Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 9-Feb-16

EnergyQuest estimates that strong growth in LNG exports reduced Australia’s petroleum deficit to about $A4m in December 2015. It was the smallest petroleum deficit since August 2010, and followed the commencement of production at the three LNG processing plants at Gladstone in Queensland. Australia’s LNG production rose by 48 per cent year-on-year in December, although the downturn in the crude oil price resulted in LNG export revenue falling by 0.5 per to $A1.575bn.

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ENERGYQUEST PTY LTD, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL, CONOCOPHILLIPS, CHEVRON CORPORATION

Retailers slam new Aust Post US service

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Original article by Eli Greenblat
The Australian – Page: 17 : 15-Dec-14

Australia Post has launched its new ShopMate service, which allows consumers to order goods from US online retailers that ship only to domestic addresses. The parcels are being sent to a warehouse in the US and then forwarded to Australia. The move has been sharply criticised by the Australian National Retailers Association, which says it exacerbates the problem of no goods and services tax being charged for items shoppers buy over the internet from overseas. The lobby group is especially disappointed as Australia Post is a Federal Government business

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AUSTRALIA POST, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED, COLES GROUP LIMITED, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, DAVID JONES LIMITED, WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED, WESFARMERS BUNNINGS LIMITED, PREMIER INVESTMENTS LIMITED – ASX PMV, JUST GROUP LIMITED, HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN, MYER HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX MYR, NATIONAL ONLINE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Australia exposed on oil by Mid-East conflict

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Original article by Cameron Stewart
The Australian – Page: 4 : 20-Oct-14

The NRMA motorists’ lobbying body in New South Wales warns that the nation’s energy security is under threat by the rising level of fuel importation as well as the armed conflict in the Middle East. Director Graham Blight says the current stores of transport fuel are only three weeks’ worth or less, and the economy would be severely crippled if they were to be depleted. Some 90% of fuel is now being sourced from overseas, compared with just 60% in 2000

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NRMA LIMITED