Market Definition
Australia’s petroleum industry consists of two broad areas of operation: upstream and downstream. Downstream operations are divided into three sectors—total supply (including refining and importing), wholesale and retail while upstream operations consist of the exploration, production, and export of crude oil. This paper emphasizes on the retail petroleum industry that distributes refined petroleum product to end-consumers throughout Australia, although the other sectors will also be covered in which they impact on Australia’s retail petroleum industry.
The petroleum product sold in the market has three differentiation, which is based on the quality represented by Research Octane Number (RON); such as Regular Unleaded Petrol 91 RON (RULP) and Premium Unleaded Petrol 95 and 98 RON (PULP) and another product which is petrol containing ethanol, E10. These products are supplied from upper vertical chain sectors which include refining, imports and wholesale. The products such as jet fuel, diesel, and gas fuel have a different market, thus, they are not considered.
Internal Rivalry
The retail fuel market in Australia is highly competitive and not regulated. There are approximately 6300 retail sites in 2013 with high number of retailers. According to Australia Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) in 2014, market share is dominated mainly by several companies such as Shell, British Petroleum, Caltex, Coles Express, and Woolworths respectively by 2, 13, 18,
Diverse and multi-faceted, the Canadian business market is one of the strongest functioning mixed market economies in the world. Within the Canadian economy, the oil and gas sector stands as one of the largest and most influential sectors. The oil and gas industry is unique as it affects almost every person and sector of the economy worldwide, whether it is through commodity or material input costs. In Canada, this growing industry could allow for the country to be the one of the “biggest energy producers in the world” leading to a massive paradigm shift globally.
Many people believe that gas and oil are found in huge subterranean caverns. Non-Renewable fossil fuels “supply Australia by more than 95% of their energy needed” (non-renewable energy). With an abundance amount of fossil fuels in the ground that means gas companies will need people to get it out therefore, a great deal of jobs will be
Monopolistic competition occurs when potential competitors of the company are trying to develop a differential marketing strategy in order to capture market share.
This report presents information regarding the industry, the primary operator of oil and gas field properties. The industry fuels its key buyers, the Natural Gas Distribution (22121) and the Petroleum Refining (32411) industries, with crude oil and natural gas. The industry continuously battles a shortage of available oil. In addition, many major oil fields have been in use for decades, slowly waning. Currently, the industry grosses among the most profitable in the US despite these and similar obstacles. The benefits of investing here
This research topic focuses on the rise of Canadian oil production and how Canada’s economy has reacted to this rise. Canada is in a very unique position in terms of oil production. Within Alberta, Canada has had an abundance of oil that it could produce. However, oil prices used to be a lot lower than what they have risen to in recent time. With these low oil prices, no one could justify producing the oil within the Alberta. This is due to the issue that the oil located in Alberta is mostly from oil sands (Facts about Alberta’s, n.d.). These result in oil that is mixed with oil, clay, water, etc. Therefore, due to the nature of the oil sands, to extract the oil it is much more expensive than oil that is not from oil sands
Of the all the oil fields throughout Canada, 25% are offshore locations in Newfoundland. 8% comes from either BC or Ontario and 67% of all onshore oil fields are in Alberta, which is defined by the term “Oil Country”. From these locations, pipelines are used to transport liquid oil to refineries. It is at these refineries the process of being turned into gasoline, diesel, and petroleum takes place. After this process, petroleum products are sent to distribution centres.
If a retailer prices its gasoline too high, and without regard to competition, the retailer's customers may take their business to another station with lower prices. If a retailer loses enough volume, the retailer may then reduce prices in order to retain its customers. When more people are on the road, typically in the summer months or during holidays, the price will increase. Crude oil is the greatest contributing factor when it comes to the price of gasoline. The resources it takes to remove it from the ground, then transport it, and then refine it are the factors involved in pricing. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has a big part in the price as well in both in the United States and around the world. Speculation of oil commodities can also affect the gasoline market. The second major factor that contributes to gasoline prices is refining. Oil refining is done by heating the oil with steam and only about 40 percent of what remains is gasoline. To produce more refineries must chemically change some of the other products that were produced. Distribution and marketing makes up the remaining 5%. The price of transporting crude oil to a refinery then gasoline to a point of distribution is passed on to the consumer. In addition the price to market the fuel brand is passed on to the consumer as well. Other factors affect gasoline prices such as extreme weather, war or natural disaster in areas where oil is produced can also in turn
The Australia retail sector is under huge pressures from many different forces. In the recent Lander & Rogers Briefing, Myer CEO Bernie Brooks referred to the current environment as ‘the third big revolution of the past 100 years’ for retail. This analysis will look at recent opinions and commentary on the Australian retail sector, with a focus on the potential consequences for the economic future for Myer. These commentaries will assist in highlighting the forces that are in play within the sector
The oil industry in Australia started with Commonwealth Oil Refineries, a collaboration between the Australian government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (later BP). Ties are strong in the media industry; Rupert Murdoch 's involvement in British newspapers and BSkyB is mentioned above, but Fremantle Media has gone the other way to acquire and merge Crackerjack Productions with the creators of Neighbors.
Mans continued reliance on fossil fuels such as coal and oil has driven the expansion and exploration for oil reserves in many of the worlds oceans including the coast of Western Australia. Whilst there is a strong push toward greener cleaner energy sources, the fossil fuel industry continues to draw on the support of the Australian Government and others, principally, due to the economic benefits and financial rewards for all. Australia has become extremely reliant on both imported and local sources of oil to fuel both commercial and private sectors. Local sources can be found in the ocean off the north coast of Western Australia, including the Montara Oil reserve in the Australia Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) operated by the Thai-based
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The oil and gas industry is crucial to the U.S. economy and plays a central role in its environment, society, and economic development . The U.S. consumes more oil than any other country. Products derived from oil include medicine, recreational sports items, cosmetics, plastic, chemicals, transportation liquids, etc... This is to say, crude oil is the most important natural resource of the industrialized nations, as it has assisted in the technical expansion and discovery of new sources and production of existing oil fields (Wintershall, 2015).
discounted value to compete with other conventional oil producers in the market [6, 7]. The position of
SANTOS is one of the leading company producers oil and gas in Australia and the name Santos is mean an acronym for South Australia Northern Territory Oil search. The business incorporated on 18 March 1954 and celebrated 60 years in 2014. In 1969 Santos had a commercially viable entered into gas sales agreements with some company in Australia. Santos is supplying gas to all mainland Australian and oil to domestic and international customers. The company’s core business was build on gas and oil discovered in the Cooper Basin. Santos is a partner and operator of natural gas processing facilities in South Australia and Queensland. On 22 August 2014 the company announced a major gas-condensate discovery at the Lasseter-1 also in WA-274-P in the
The purpose is to focus on the issues regarding the onshore and offshore petroleum resource of Australia and the role, which they play regarding the future energy of Australia. The report would discuss all the issue around onshore gas and how onshore gas activity affects the future of energy resource in Australia. Furthermore, the paper would shows the fact and legal issues surrounding the interest which compare with the petroleum activity and how the activity effect the landlord and the environment and significances of the activity on landlord and the environment. Lastly the paper would also discuss the regulatory reform, which should be implemented, on the onshore and offshore petroleum and their function and the reason for