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Prime Supplier Report

Jan 23, 2013
The latest Prime Supplier Report presents data collected through November 2012 on Form EIA—782C, "Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum Products Sold for Local Consumption." These data measure primary petroleum product deliveries into the States where they are locally marketed and consumed.

How much electric supply capacity is needed to keep U.S. electricity grids reliable?

Jan 23, 2013
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the electric reliability organization certified by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish and enforce reliability standards for three major electrical interconnections serving the United States, issues a reliability assessment each year.

Political risks focus attention on supply of Venezuelan oil to the United States

Jan 22, 2013
Uncertainty about the health of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, has raised interest in understanding Venezuela's contribution to U.S. oil supply. Venezuela, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ranks among the 15 largest global oil producers and is the United States's fourth-largest source of imported oil, behind Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico.

Short-Term Energy Outlook Supplement: Constraints in New England likely to affect regional energy prices this winter

Jan 18, 2013
As much colder temperatures move into the U.S. Northeast during the fourth week of January, a special EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook supplement looks at how natural gas supply constraints in New England affects the region's energy prices.

What were the key energy commodity price trends in 2012?

Jan 18, 2013
Energy commodity price trends varied widely during 2012. This article provides an overview of key energy commodity price trends in 2012.

Hydrocracking is an important source of diesel and jet fuel

Jan 18, 2013
A hydrocracking unit, or hydrocracker, takes gas oil, which is heavier and has a higher boiling range than distillate fuel oil, and cracks the heavy molecules into distillate and gasoline in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst. The hydrocracker upgrades low-quality heavy gas oils from the atmospheric or vacuum distillation tower, the fluid catalytic cracker, and the coking units into high-quality, clean-burning jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline.

South Korea Country Analysis Brief

Jan 17, 2013
South Korea, which lacks domestic energy reserves, is one of the world’s top energy importers. The country was the second largest importer of liquefied natural gas, the third largest importer of coal, and the fifth largest importer of crude oil in 2011. Despite its lack of resources, South Korea has some of the most advanced oil refineries in the world, and its companies are seeking overseas oil and gas opportunities.

EIA publishes historical data series on natural gas storage in salt caverns

Jan 17, 2013
In the January 17, 2013 Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report, EIA published historical data back to 2007 showing the breakout of working gas storage in salt caverns versus other types of storage facilities in the Producing Region (Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kansas).

South Africa Country Analysis Brief

Jan 17, 2013
South Africa produces small amounts of crude oil and natural gas and must rely on its domestic coal production to fuel its electricity sector and crude oil imports to feed its refineries. Additionally, South Africa has one of the world’s largest synthetic fuels industries and uses proprietary technology to convert coal and gas to liquid.

Large mergers drive changes in ownership of electric generating capacity in 2012

Jan 16, 2013
Electric power companies add physical capacity to their fleets in two primary ways: building new generators or buying existing generators from another company. The purchase and sale of power plants is a key business activity in the electric power sector.

2012 Brief: Natural gas liquids prices down in 2012

Jan 15, 2013
Daily spot prices for natural gas liquids—ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane, and natural gasoline—were generally down in 2012. Ethane and propane, the lower—priced NGL, shown as dashed lines in the chart, experienced the largest percentage declines relative to 2011 average prices. Prices for natural gasoline, isobutane, and normal butane, shown as solid lines, more closely track oil prices, shown as a dotted line.

2012 Brief: Coal prices and production in most basins down in 2012

Jan 14, 2013
Wholesale (spot) coal prices across all basins fell during the first half of 2012 before stabilizing in the latter half of the year. Competition between natural gas and coal for electric power generation drove price declines in the Appalachian and Powder River Basins, two key sources for thermal coal, through the summer.

EIA Releases Detailed End-Use Consumption and Expenditures data from the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS)

Jan 11, 2013
EIA has released detailed home energy consumption and expenditures (C&E) by end use. This release includes 2009 RECS total and average C&E for major end uses including space heating, air-conditioning, and appliances & electronics. Detailed tables contain statistics by a variety of structural, geographic, and household characteristics.

State Energy Data System: Lubricants for 2011

Jan 11, 2013
Annual state-level estimates of lubricant consumption, prices, and expenditures for 2011.

2012 Brief: Retail gasoline prices vary significantly across the country

Jan 11, 2013
Retail prices for regular grade gasoline in 2012 moved over wide ranges in many parts of the country. Many factors contributed to retail gasoline price movements, including crude oil price changes, refinery outages, grade specification changes, and other changes in gasoline supply and demand. As seen in the chart above, both the levels and ranges of retail prices varied significantly across the nation.

2012 Brief: Average 2012 crude oil prices remain near 2011 levels

Jan 10, 2013
Average crude oil prices in 2012 were at historically high levels for the second year in a row. Brent crude oil averaged $111.67 per barrel, slightly above last year's average of $111.26. West Texas Intermediate oil averaged $94.05 per barrel in 2012, down slightly from $94.88 in 2011.

Electricity Wholesale Market Data

Jan 10, 2013
Spreadsheets contain peak prices, volumes, and the number of transactions at ten electricity trading hubs covering most regions of the United States. Data from ICE (IntercontinentalExchange) through January 4, 2013.

2012 Brief: Average wholesale electricity prices down compared to last year

Jan 9, 2013
Average, on-peak (weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.) day-ahead electricity prices were lower across the entire United States in 2012 compared to 2011. In wholesale electric regions where prices declined in both 2011 and 2012, the drops in 2012 were generally larger.

Indonesia Country Analysis Brief

Jan 9, 2013
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world. Formerly a net oil exporter and OPEC member, Indonesia struggles to attract sufficient investment to meet growing domestic energy consumption because of inadequate infrastructure and a complex regulatory environment. At the same time, it was the world’s largest exporter of coal by weight and the eighth largest exporter of natural gas in 2011. The government seeks to meet energy demand at home by reorienting domestic energy production away from exports and increasing renewable energy production, particularly geothermal power.

Short-Term Energy Outlook - Market Prices and Uncertainty Report

Jan 8, 2013
In a continuation of the low price-volatility trend from much of fourth quarter 2012, Brent crude oil prices were relatively unchanged over the last month and remained in a narrow trading range. From December 3, 2012, to January 3, 2013, the average front month price of Brent crude oil was $109.48, only $0.02 per barrel lower than its November average. Over the same period, the WTI front month contract averaged $88.68 per barrel, an increase of $1.89 per barrel from its November average.

Short-Term Energy Outlook

Jan 8, 2013
EIA expects that the Brent crude oil spot price, which averaged $112 per barrel in 2012, will fall to an average of $105 per barrel in 2013 and $99 per barrel in 2014. The projected discount of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil to Brent, which averaged $18 per barrel in 2012, falls to an average of $16 per barrel in 2013 and $8 per barrel in 2014, as planned new pipeline capacity lowers the cost of moving Mid-continent crude oil to the Gulf Coast refining centers.

2012 Brief: Average wholesale natural gas prices fell 31% in 2012

Jan 8, 2013
Average wholesale (spot) prices for natural gas fell significantly throughout the United States in 2012 compared to 2011. The average wholesale price for natural gas at Henry Hub in Erath, Louisiana, a key benchmark location for pricing throughout the United States, fell from an average $4.02 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2011, to $2.77 per MMBtu in 2012. This was the lowest average annual price at Henry Hub since 1999.

Natural Gas Monthly

Jan 7, 2013
The December Natural Gas Monthly, which features data through October 2012, has been released. This issue contains extensive revisions to 2010 and 2011 data as a result of benchmarking to data published in the Natural Gas Annual 2011. These revisions primarily apply to statistics on production, underground storage, consumption, and prices by sector. Many 2012 monthly data series have been revised as well because of updated estimation parameters using 2011 annual data. Revised breakouts of gross production from shale and coalbed methane by state are available back to 2007 as well. The October 2012 monthly data show dry production of 2,058 billion cubic feet (Bcf), the highest month on record matched by the highest October on record for natural gas consumption of 1,888 Bcf.

Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report

Jan 7, 2013
Monthly natural gas gross withdrawals estimated from data collected on Form EIA-914 (Monthly Natural Gas Production Report) for Federal Offshore Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Other States and Lower 48 States. Alaska data are from the State of Alaska and included to obtain a U.S. Total.

2012 Brief: Coal and mid-continent crude oil prices declined during 2012

Jan 7, 2013
Coal and mid-continent crude oil (WTI) led energy commodity price declines in 2012. Natural gas was the only key energy commodity with a significant price increase when comparing January 1 to December 31. Heating oil, Brent crude oil, and wholesale gasoline (RBOB) ended 2012 close to the level at which they started the year.

Natural Gas Annual

Jan 7, 2013
The 2011 Natural Gas Annual shows newly revised natural gas gross production data from shale and coalbed methane from 2007 to 2011. Using data from the states and other sources, the data show gross production from shale reaching 30 percent of total gross production in 2011 after comprising only 8 percent of gross production in 2007. Conversely, gross production from coalbed methane, while around 2 trillion cubic feet a year since 2007, has been declining slightly each year, percentage-wise, since peaking at 8 percent of gross production in 2007, down to 6 percent in 2011.

Monthly coal- and natural gas-fired generation equal for first time in April 2012

Jan 4, 2013
Electric power data published in April 2012 show that, for the first time since EIA began collecting the data, generation from natural gas-fired plants is virtually equal to generation from coal-fired plants.

Angola Country Analysis Brief

Jan 3, 2013
In 2011, Angola produced over 1.8 million barrels of oil per day, ranking third in Africa behind Nigeria and Algeria. In addition, recent exploration success and the promise of a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal will help strengthen the country’s energy portfolio.

Electric generator dispatch depends on system demand and the relative cost of operation

Jan 3, 2013
The variable operating cost of electric power generators is a key factor in determining which units a power system operates (or "dispatches") to meet the demand for electricity.

Petroleum Marketing Monthly

Jan 2, 2013
In this edition of the Petroleum Marketing Monthly, data show crude oil prices declined in October. Refiner prices for finished petroleum products also largely decreased, while Prime Supplier sales data show consumption of finished petroleum products in the United States increased month-on-month.

Uprates can increase U.S. nuclear capacity substantially without building new reactors

Jan 2, 2013
Currently (as of July 2012), there are 104 commercial nuclear reactors in the United States. In 2011, these plants provided 786 billion kilowatthours of electricity, or nearly one-fifth of total generation.

Horizontal drilling boosts Pennsylvania’s natural gas production

Dec 31, 2012
Between 2009 and 2011, Pennsylvania's natural gas production more than quadrupled due to expanded horizontal drilling combined with hydraulic fracturing.

Petroleum Supply Monthly

Dec 28, 2012
Supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products on a national and regional level. The data series describe production, imports and exports, movements and inventories.

Monthly Biodiesel Production Report

Dec 28, 2012
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released new data today showing national and regional monthly biodiesel production for October 2012. In addition to biodiesel production, data included producer sales, producer stocks, and feedstock inputs.

Company Level Imports

Dec 28, 2012
Imports data at the company level collected from the EIA-814 Monthly Imports Report.

Arctic oil and natural gas resources

Dec 28, 2012
The Arctic holds an estimated 13% (90 billion barrels) of the world's undiscovered conventional oil resources and 30% of its undiscovered conventional natural gas resources, according to an assessment conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Quarterly Coal Distribution Report - Third Quarter 2012

Dec 27, 2012
Provides detailed U.S. domestic coal distribution data for July – September 2012, excluding waste coal and imports, by coal origin, coal destination, mode of transportation, and consuming sector. Quarterly coal distribution data for all years are preliminary and will be superseded by the release of the corresponding “Annual Coal Distribution Report.”

Electricity Wholesale Market Data

Dec 27, 2012
Spreadsheets contain peak prices, volumes, and the number of transactions at ten electricity trading hubs covering most regions of the United States. Data from ICE (IntercontinentalExchange) through December 21, 2012.

Access to alternative transportation fuel stations varies across the lower 48 states

Dec 27, 2012
Although gasoline remains by far the dominant transportation fuel, a variety of alternative fuels are currently in use, primarily by government and private fleets.

Key New England natural gas pipeline reflects seasonal flow changes

Dec 26, 2012
The Algonquin Gas Transmission (AGT) Company has traditionally operated near capacity only during the high-demand winter season.

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