Monitoring of the Australian petroleum industry—Report of the ACCC into the prices, costs and profits of unleaded petrol in Australia 2012

Date published: 6th December 2012

The Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs directed the ACCC to monitor the prices, costs and profits of unleaded petrol products for a period of three years and report to him by 17 December each year.

This is the fifth report in the series of reports required to be given to the minister.

No printed version of this publication is available.

An electronic version of this publication is available at no cost.

ACCC Petrol Report 2012 Complete report.doc (9.1 MB)
ACCC Petrol Report 2012 Key points and summary.doc (828.0 KB)
Chapter 1 Background and objectives.doc (103.5 KB)
Chapter 2 ACCC activities related to the Australian petroleum industry.doc (95.5 KB)
Chapter 3 Developments in industry structure.doc (403.0 KB)
Chapter 4 International context.doc (502.5 KB)
Chapter 5 Ethanol blended petrol.doc (330.5 KB)
Chapter 6 Wholesale prices.doc (469.0 KB)
Chapter 7 Premium unleaded petrol.doc (472.0 KB)
Chapter 8 Retail prices.doc (659.0 KB)
Chapter 9 Retail prices in regional locations.doc (487.0 KB)
Chapter 10 Retail pricing analysis.doc (916.0 KB)
Chapter 11 Petrol pricing an international perspective.doc (840.0 KB)
Chapter 12 Financial performance of the downstream petroleum industry.doc (475.5 KB)
Chapter 13 Financial performance of the refinery and total supply sectors.doc (494.5 KB)
Chapter 14 Financial performance of the wholesale and retail sectors.doc (532.0 KB)
Chapter 15 Key trends in Australia’s petroleum industry.doc (147.0 KB)
Appendices (Appendices A - G).doc (2.1 MB)
ACCC Petrol Report 2012 Complete report.pdf (6.0 MB)
ACCC Petrol Report 2012 Key points and summary.pdf (877.0 KB)
Chapter 1 Background and objectives.pdf (185.1 KB)
Chapter 2 ACCC activities related to the Australian petroleum industry.pdf (79.7 KB)
Chapter 3 Developments in industry structure.pdf (295.2 KB)
Chapter 4 International context.pdf (389.4 KB)
Chapter 5 Ethanol blended petrol.pdf (254.2 KB)
Chapter 6 Wholesale prices.pdf (347.1 KB)
Chapter 7 Premium unleaded petrol.pdf (493.7 KB)
Chapter 8 Retail prices.pdf (543.5 KB)
Chapter 9 Retail prices in regional locations.pdf (377.2 KB)
Chapter 10 Retail pricing analysis.pdf (576.0 KB)
Chapter 11 Petrol pricing an international perspective.pdf (505.2 KB)
Chapter 12 Financial performance of the downstream petroleum industry.pdf (427.4 KB)
Chapter 13 Financial performance of the refinery and total supply sectors.pdf (427.3 KB)
Chapter 14 Financial performance of the wholesale and retail sectors.pdf (493.7 KB)
Chapter 15 Key trends in Australia’s petroleum industry.pdf (172.3 KB)
Appendices (Appendices A - G).pdf (1,012.9 KB)