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Posted May 16, 2012Today in Energy
Natural gas consumption reflects shifting sectoral patterns ›
U.S. natural gas consumption since 1997 reflects shifting patterns. Total U.S. natural gas consumption rose 7% between 1997 and 2011, but this modest growth masks bigger changes in individual sectors. Electric power is now the largest natural gas consuming sector and it shows perhaps the greatest sensitivity to price changes. More›
Source: EIA, Natural Gas Monthly.
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Data Highlights
Crude oil futures price
5/15/2012: $93.98/bbl
down$3.03 from week earlier
down$3.39 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
5/15/2012: $2.500/mmBtu
up$0.107 from week earlier
down$1.818 from year earlier
Retail gasoline price
5/14/2012: $3.754/gal
down$0.036 from week earlier
down$0.206 from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
5/11/2012: 381.6 mmbbl
up2.1 mmbbl from week earlier
up11.3 mmbbl from year earlier
Weekly coal production
5/5/2012: 17.885 million tons
down0.001 million tons from week earlier
down1.545 million tons from year earlier
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