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The mix of fuels used for electricity generation in the United States is changing

Nov 8, 2013
The mix of fuels used to generate the electricity in homes, factories, and businesses across the United States has changed in the past few years as coal, still the largest single fuel used for electricity, has lost some of its share of the generation market to natural gas and non-hydroelectric renewables.

Electric Sales, Revenue and Average Price

Nov 8, 2013
Contains spreadsheets with retail sales and revenue data from the 2012 Form EIA-861 and EIA-861S (Short Form). The data are final on electricity sales, revenue, and price. The geographic coverage is for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Japan is the second largest net importer of fossil fuels in the world

Nov 7, 2013
Japan ranked as the second largest net importer of fossil fuels in the world in 2012, trailing only China. This follows the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, after which Japan suspended operations at all of its nuclear power plants. The loss of nuclear capacity resulted in a shift in Japan's energy mix toward oil and natural gas. Japan is now the third largest oil consumer and importer in the world behind the United States and China. Furthermore, it ranks as the world's largest importer of liquefied natural gas and second largest importer of coal behind China.

2011 Annual State historical spreadsheets

Nov 7, 2013
Contains spreadsheets with retail electricity sales, revenue, customers and price data from the 2012 Form EIA-861. The files contain State-level and US Total-level data for electricity sales, revenue, customer and price, by sector. The data geographic coverage is the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

River disruptions and strikes lower U.S. petroleum product exports to Northwest Europe

Nov 6, 2013
Average exports to the Netherlands, the third largest export destination for U.S. petroleum products, fell by 33,000 barrels per day in the first eight months of 2013 (the latest data available) compared to 2012. The Netherlands ranks among the largest importers of petroleum products in the world; however, International Energy Agency statistics indicate that only 27% of such imports are consumed within the country. Recent disruptions to transport networks highlight the key role the Netherlands plays in delivering exported U.S. petroleum products to northwest Europe.

Production, depletion trends are keys to predicting natural gas and oil production

Nov 5, 2013
An accurate estimate of oil and natural gas production takes into account the volumes of new production from recently drilled wells coupled with the effects of declining production from existing wells, without distinctions for drilling rigs or wells that are specifically targeted for oil or natural gas. The new Drilling Productivity Report, recently released by the Energy Information Administration, uses this approach.

Drilling efficiency is a key driver of oil and natural gas production

Nov 4, 2013
Increases in drilling efficiency have contributed to the breakdown of traditional methods that seek to estimate oil and natural gas production based principally on rig counts. The Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) analyzes drilling efficiency using the average number of wells a rig can drill over a period of time as well as a measure of how productive each new well is expected to be.

Petroleum Marketing Monthly

Nov 1, 2013
In this edition of the Petroleum Marketing Monthly, preliminary August 2013 data show prices for crude oil and No. 2 distillates continued to rise, while refiner prices for gasoline declined at both the retail and wholesale levels. Prime Supplier data show both gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel consumption increased, while consumption of other distillates experienced modest increases.

State Energy Data System: Asphalt and Road Oil, Jet Fuel, and Lubricants Through 2012

Nov 1, 2013
Annual state-level estimates of energy consumption, prices, and expenditures for asphalt and road oil, jet fuel, and lubricants. For the first time, a full set of SEDS data files that incorporate the 2012 updates and revisions for 1960 through 2011 will be posted with each 2012 fuel release.

Enhanced oil recovery techniques helped Oman reverse recent production declines

Nov 1, 2013
Oman is the largest oil and natural gas producer in the Middle East that is not a member of OPEC. Oman's average annual crude oil production peaked in 2000 at 970,000 barrels per day (bbl/d), but dropped to just 710,000 bbl/d in 2007. Oman successfully arrested that decline, and annual crude oil production rose in each of the next five years, hitting 919,000 bbl/d in 2012. Improved enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques helped drive this turnaround, although the country also experienced some additional production gains as a result of recent discoveries.

Natural Gas Monthly

Oct 31, 2013
Beginning with this edition of the Natural Gas Monthly, Tables 4 and 5 now show LNG imports and exports data differentiated by method of shipment, either by vessel or by truck. Compressed natural gas is also shown separately. Gas that is re-exported (defined as shipments of LNG to foreign countries that were previously imported, offloaded into above-ground LNG storage tanks, and then subsequently reloaded onto tankers for delivery to other countries) is also shown in its own sub-category beginning this month.

Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report

Oct 31, 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.

Domestic Uranium Production Report

Oct 31, 2013
Third quarter 2013 update of uranium production in the United States and operating status of U.S. uranium mills and plants.

EIA's new map layers provide more detailed information on petroleum infrastructure

Oct 31, 2013
In recent years, midstream U.S. crude oil infrastructure has adapted to increased onshore oil production, leading to some changes in crude oil and petroleum product movement around the country. To help users understand and keep up with changes in petroleum infrastructure, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has added new petroleum layers to the maps on its State Energy Profiles and Energy Disruption pages.

The Availability and Price of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Produced in Countries Other Than Iran

Oct 31, 2013
The eleventh in a series of reports required by section 1245 (d) (4) (A) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which requires that, not later than 60 days from enactment and every 60 days thereafter, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) “submit to Congress a report on the availability and price of petroleum and petroleum products produced in countries other than Iran in the 60-day period preceding the submission of the report.”

Company Level Imports

Oct 30, 2013
Imports data at the company level collected from the EIA-814 Monthly Imports Report

Petroleum Supply Monthly

Oct 30, 2013
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

Oct 30, 2013
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released new data today showing national and regional monthly biodiesel production for August 2013. In addition to biodiesel production, data included producer sales, producer stocks, and feedstock inputs.

Marcellus natural gas pipeline projects to primarily benefit New York and New Jersey

Oct 30, 2013
Multiple pipeline expansion projects are expected to begin service this winter to increase natural gas takeaway capacity from the Appalachian Basin's Marcellus Shale play, where production has increased significantly over the past two years. These new projects are largely focused on flowing gas to the the New York/New Jersey and mid-Atlantic regions and would have limited benefit for consumers in New England

Japan Country Analysis Brief

Oct 29, 2013
Japan is one of the largest global importers of hydrocarbons as a result of limited domestic energy resources and a high level of energy consumption. After the Fukushima nuclear incident in early 2011, the country has become even more dependent on fossil fuels for its electricity use.

Electric power sales, revenue, and energy efficiency (Form EIA-861) final 2012 data

Oct 29, 2013
Updated spreadsheets for 2012 with detailed survey data from Form EIA-861 are now available. The files contain electricity sales, revenue, and price data, as well as Demand Side Management (DSM), green pricing, net metering, dispersed and distributed generation data. The geographic coverage for the data is the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories.

Drilling often results in both oil and natural gas production

Oct 29, 2013
In 2011 and 2012, more than 50% of new wells produced both oil and natural gas. Despite this phenomenon, many traditional methods for estimating oil and natural gas production attempt to track the development of oil and natural gas as separate rather than joint activities.

Monthly Energy Review

Oct 29, 2013
EIA's most comprehensive report on recent integrated energy statistics. Preliminary data indicate that, in July 2013, total energy consumption in the U.S. commercial sector equaled 1.5 quadrillion Btu, a 2-percent decrease from July 2012.

Kazakhstan Country Analysis Brief

Oct 28, 2013
With total liquids production estimated at 1.64 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2013, Kazakhstan is a major producer, but its continued growth in liquids production will depend on the development of its giant Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan fields as well as expansion of the oil export infrastructure. The Kashagan field, the largest known oil field outside the Middle East and the fifth largest in the world in terms of reserves, reported first production on September 11, 2013, eight years after the original scheduled startup date.

Rethinking rig count as a predictor of natural gas production

Oct 28, 2013
In the past, the number of gas-oriented drilling rigs in a particular region has been a common metric for estimating the production of natural gas. However, technological advances have led the way to the widespread use of new oil and natural gas extraction techniques that have opened up a hydrocarbon resource base dramatically larger than previous estimates.

Prime Supplier Report

Oct 25, 2013
The latest Prime Supplier Report presents data collected through August 2013 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.

Waste fuels are a significant energy source for U.S. manufacturers

Oct 25, 2013
Waste fuel accounted for 29% of U.S. manufacturing fuel use in 2010, according to EIA's latest Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey. Waste fuels are usually byproducts of onsite production processes; most have little-to-no economic value and are generally not able to be economically transported. Waste fuels accounted for 4,160 trillion British thermal units in 2010, and were used in a wide variety of manufacturing industries.

MISO adding four new electric territories in December

Oct 24, 2013
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) plans to integrate the operations of the transmission systems owned by four electric companies in the Gulf Coast region starting this December: the Entergy Corporation, which owns several transmission companies throughout Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana; the South Mississippi Electric Power Association in Mississippi; the Cleco Corporation in Louisiana; and the Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government, also in Louisiana.

Electric Power Monthly

Oct 24, 2013
Data in the October 2013 EPM are for August 2013, during which net generation in the United States fell 3.0 percent from the August 2012 level. Consumption of coal for power generation fell 1.0 percent compared to August 2012. The average retail price of electricity for August 2013 was 10.58 cents per kilowatthour, up 2.3 percent from what it had been in August 2012.

North America leads the world in production of shale gas

Oct 23, 2013
The United States and Canada are the only major producers of commercially viable natural gas from shale formations in the world, even though about a dozen other countries have conducted exploratory test wells, according to a joint EIA/ARI study released in June.

Drilling Productivity Report

Oct 22, 2013
EIA’s new Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) takes a fresh look at oil and natural gas production, starting with an assessment of how and where drilling for hydrocarbons is taking place. The DPR uses recent data on the total number of drilling rigs in operation along with estimates of drilling productivity and estimated changes in production from existing oil and natural gas wells to provide estimated changes in oil and natural gas production for six key fields. EIA's approach does not distinguish between oil-directed rigs and gas-directed rigs because once a well is completed it may produce both oil and gas; more than half of the wells produce both.

Highlights of new Drilling Productivity Report

Oct 22, 2013
EIA's new Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) takes a fresh look at oil and natural gas production, starting with an assessment of how and where drilling for hydrocarbons is taking place. The first edition of the DPR was released today.

EIA to release new Drilling Productivity Report

Oct 21, 2013
In the past few years, the United States has experienced a rapid increase in natural gas production from shale resources and oil production from shale and other tight resources. The production growth has centered largely in a few key geologic basins and has been driven by technological advances in drilling techniques.

U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2012

Oct 21, 2013
U.S. Energy Information Administration releases its online analysis of 2012 energy-related carbon dioxide emissions today. It indicates U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels were 5,290 million metric tons carbon dioxide in 2012, a decrease of almost 4 percent from the 2011 level. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions have declined in five of the last seven years and are the lowest they have been since 1994.

Electricity use by machine drives varies significantly by manufacturing industry

Oct 18, 2013
Machine drives, which are primarily electric motors, pumps, and fans, account for about half of the manufacturing sector's delivered electricity use and 8% of the sector's total fuel consumption. Their wide use across many industries results in a substantial impact on the demand placed on power grids. EIA's AEO2013 projects that the continuing increase in the energy efficiency of machine drives offsets an increase in industrial output, resulting in relatively flat levels of electricity consumption by machine drives.

Global nuclear generation capacity totaled more than 370 gigawatts in 2012

Oct 17, 2013
The first nuclear generating units were built in the 1950s, and, as of 2012, nuclear generating units have reached a global capacity of 370 gigawatts. Nuclear reactors were first used to generate electricity in 1951 at a small experimental reactor in the United States. Currently, 31 countries have nuclear power programs.

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