ENERGY PRODUCTION
- Energy production in the form of electricity and crude oil fell in the March quarter 2009. In original terms, crude oil production decreased by 12% and electricity production by 2.7%. Natural gas production was fairly similar to that in the previous quarter.
- In annual terms, production increased for all major sources of energy in Western Australia, with natural gas increasing by 15%, crude oil by almost 11% and electricity by 6% in the twelve months ending March 2009.
3 Energy Production: Original |
|
 | | Energy |
| | Electricity
generated | Crude
oil | Natural
gas |
| Reference period | million kWh | megalitres | million m3 |
|
| 2006-2007 | 22 460 | 19 940 | 27 199 |
| 2007-2008 | 22 794 | 12 293 | 27 499 |
| 2007 | | | |
| December | 5 615 | 4 625 | 7 267 |
| 2008 | | | |
| March | 6 209 | 4 190 | 6 617 |
| June | 5 326 | 4 604 | 6 646 |
| September | 6 197 | 3 448 | 6 431 |
| December | 6 760 | 5 304 | 7 603 |
| 2009 | | | |
| March | 6 577 | 4 645 | 7 612 |
|
| Source: ABARE, Australian Mineral Statistics; ABS data available on request, Manufacturing Production, Australia, cat. no. 8301.0.55.001. |
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