Mr Geoff ArmitageProgram Manager, Data & Statistics

Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE)

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Australian Petroleum Statistics

Geoff ArmitageProgram Manager, Data & Statistics

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Overview

Purpose of the Australian Petroleum Statistics Users of the statistics Data coverage Data quality Database & reporting Impediments Improvements Future directions

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Purpose of the Australian Petroleum Statistics

To inform evidence based energy policy management and

development, competition and consumer information,

national & state reporting, national statistical accounts,

research and international reporting. The Australian Petroleum Statistics is collected monthly on a

voluntary basis, published monthly and used as the basis for

meeting Australia’s domestic and international reporting

obligations. The Australian Petroleum Statistics is a unique statistical

collection and does not duplicate any other statistical survey.

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Users of the statistics Commonwealth government departments

Industry, ABS, ACCC, BITRE, CER, PC, DoD State and territory governments Upstream petroleum companies Downstream petroleum companies, including refineries and

wholesalers Industry associations Financial and investment organisations (domestic and

foreign) International organisations

IEA, APEC, IEF, UN Foreign governments Research institutions Consultancies

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All petroleum liquid fuels and gases produced inland and

offshore Australia.

Data categories include: Indigenous production, by product Refinery inputs and outputs, by product Sales, by product Stocks, by product Exports, by product Imports, by product Domestic & international fuel prices and taxes

Data coverage

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Data quality

Substantive improvements since 1 July 2012 Additional oil & gas production companies Regular data validations against other datasets Collect additional data from:

Company quarterly ASX reportsCommonwealth, state & territory petroleum datasets

Audited statistical survey categories:Basins, sub-basins, fields, products, product densitiesFPSOs, oil, gas & LNG port and inland storage facilities

Developing statistical models to replace long term

estimates

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Database & reporting

Fixed database programme errors in database Data entry screens Stockholding coverage calculations Report functions

Developed new data export functions Developed automated data upload function and templates Migrated database to a virtual server environ with multiple

access points Implemented new backup procedures – 2 hourly and nightly Developed documentation on database processes, functions

and reporting Publication of monthly Australian Petroleum Statistics report

by 15th of each month

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Impediments

Voluntary nature of survey Refusal of companies to participate in survey

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Improvements

Additional staff resources Completed programme corrections to PSIMS database Completed corrections to statistical reporting functions Continuing improvements to data coverage and quality Continuing identification of new oil, gas and LNG projects Development of statistical models Reviewing petroleum stocks on water data Revising database programme code to automate generation

of international reports – IEA oil & gas MOS and IEF JODI

questionnaires

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Future directions

Development of statistical models Revision of estimated constant data with modelled data Development of dataset on diesel oil and fuel oil stocks held

by the mining sector Independent assessment of PSIMS database structure &

programme code Ongoing enhancements to PSIMS database Potential introduction of mandatory reporting regime

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Thank You

(geoff.armitage@bree.gov.au)