Australia

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Australia was the world's largest coal exporter and the fourth largest LNG exporter in 2010
Australia's dependence on oil imports is projected to continue to increase as domestic consumption increases and production continues to slowly decline
Australian natural gas production and exports have been increasing since the mid-1990s
Coal is Australia's largest export commodity

Analysis Last Updated: October 2011

Overview data for Australia

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Australia	Asia & Oceania	OECD	World	Rank	Australia
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	526.36	8,936	21,620	87,329	28	481.75
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	409.67	7,625	14,908	74,136	31	368.40
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,023.12	26,544	46,501	87,605	18	1,045.60
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-496.76	-17,608	-24,882	--	18	-563.85
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	757	24,875	45,873	88,097	25	760
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3.32	40	224	1,474	29	1.43
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Australia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Australia
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,733	16,939	111,954	19		1,970
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,179	20,602	113,321	26		1,239
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	659	-3,425	--	81		728
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	110	539	6,637	12		110
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Australia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Australia
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	467.479	5,101	7,954	4		456.691
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	154.550	4,961	7,770	8		131.174
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	322.540	-3	--	107		313.558
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Australia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Australia
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	230.66	7,073	19,071	16		228.17
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	215.72	6,474	17,360	14		213.54
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	56.06	1,761	4,843	16		59.13
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2010					2011
		History	Australia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Australia
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	12.916	154	509	9		12.840
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.811	194	511	18		5.601
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	7,359	7,975	7,452	59		6,977
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Australia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank		Australia
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	423.71	13,840	31,502	15		392.29