Nesa identified Issues: Strait of Hormuz



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NESA Identified Issues: Strait of Hormuz




An economic assessment of a disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz on the Australian economy




Prepared for the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

25 July 2012




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For information on this report

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Contributing team members








Ken Willett




Yuan Chou




Guy Jakeman






Contents


Executive summary 5

1Introduction 13

2Methodology and approach 16

2.1Overall approach 16

2.2Estimation of elasticities 16

2.3Estimation of price impacts 18

2.4Economic modelling 18

3Significance of Middle East production 22

3.1The Strait of Hormuz 22

3.2 Production and exports 23

3.3Australia’s dependence on Middle East petroleum 24

3.4Alternative routes to the Strait of Hormuz 27

3.5Conditions leading up to closure 29

3.6Conditions during closure 31

3.7Policy responses 34

3.7.1International cooperation 34

3.7.2Liquid Fuels Emergency Act 1984 35

3.8Impact of different oil refinery scenarios 36

3.9Overall impact and aftermath 38

4The shock sequence 39

4.1The shock 40

4.2Elasticities 41

4.3The shock effects – elasticities and prices 42

4.3.1Weeks 1 to 4 43

4.3.2Week 5 44

4.3.3Week 6 46

4.3.4Week 7 47

4.3.5Week 8 and beyond 47

4.4Summary of effects 48

4.5Other possible scenarios 50

4.5.1Other analysts views 50

5Economic impacts 53

5.1Measures of macroeconomic impacts 53

5.2Results 54

5.2.1Impacts for Australia 55

5.2.2Impacts on other countries 58

5.2.3Liquid fuel consumption 58

5.3Comparison with Singapore product supply shock 59

5.4Implications of IEA collective action 61

5.5Implications of departure from the assumed scenario 64

6Key findings and conclusions 66

ATerms of reference 70

BMethodology 75

CAnalysis of Oil Shocks 81

BBibliography 116



List of boxes

List of figures

List of tables

Executive summary

ACIL Tasman was commissioned by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism to undertake an analysis of the economic impacts of a temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz using our computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, Tasman Global.



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