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U.S. expected to be largest producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013

Oct 4, 2013
The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that the United States will be the world's top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2013, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia. For the United States and Russia, total petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbon production, in energy content terms, is almost evenly split between petroleum and natural gas. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, heavily favors petroleum.

Nearly 80% of EIA's website users come from outside the energy industry

Oct 3, 2013
EIA's website, which provides independent and impartial energy information, has about 50,000 visitors each day. In August 2013 EIA conducted a voluntary customer survey that received almost 14,000 responses in one week. The largest single customer segment was business and industry, accounting for a little more than 50%, as has been the case over many years of conducting EIA customer surveys.

Quarterly Coal Report (QCR) April-June 2013

Oct 2, 2013
U.S. coal production during second quarter 2013 decreased 0.8% from first quarter 2013, but increased 0.8% year-over-year to 243.1 million short tons. During the first half of 2013, year-to-date production levels declined in both the Appalachian and Western Regions by 9.6% and 2.6%, respectively. While coal imports decreased 3.8% during the first six months of 2013, second quarter imports nearly doubled (92.8%) from first quarter 2013, and grew 18.4% from the same quarter in 2012 to 2.8 million short tons. Second quarter coal exports (29.4 million short tons) surpassed the five-year (2008-2012) second quarter average, but decreased 21.6% from second quarter 2012. All data for 2011 and prior years are final. All data for 2012 and 2013 are preliminary.

Top four U.S. coal companies supplied more than half of U.S. coal production in 2011

Oct 2, 2013
In the past two years, more than half of U.S. coal production was attributable to the top four coal producers, the result of changes in regional production as well as decades-long trends towards the concentration of coal production around the top few companies. Peabody Energy Corporation, Arch Coal Inc., Alpha Natural Resources LLC, and Cloud Peak Energy together supplied 575 million tons, or 52% of total U.S. coal production, in 2011, while more than 500 other companies supplied the remaining 48%.

Quarterly Coal Distribution Report (QCDR) – Second Quarter 2013

Oct 1, 2013
Provides detailed U.S. domestic coal distribution data for April – June 2013, 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.”

Natural gas-fired combustion turbines are generally used to meet peak electricity load

Oct 1, 2013
In 2012, there were 121 gigawatts of operating natural gas combustion turbines that contributed about 3% of overall electricity generation. The average capacity factors of these combustion turbines varied significantly by time of day and region, as shown in the graph above. Combustion turbines as addressed in this article do not include combined cycle unites that operate at higher efficiency than simple combustion turbines.

Brazil Country Analysis Brief

Oct 1, 2013
Brazil was the second largest holder of proven oil reserves and the largest producer of liquid fuels in South America in 2012.

Petroleum Marketing Monthly

Sep 30, 2013
In this issue of the Petroleum Marketing Monthly, preliminary data show crude oil prices increased during July, as did refiner prices for many finished petroleum products. Prime Supplier data show gasoline consumption declined, while consumption of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and other distillates experienced modest increases.

Lower railroad energy consumption reflects improved efficiency, reduced tonnage

Sep 30, 2013
Diesel fuel consumption by Class I railroads represented 12% of all diesel fuel demand in the transportation sector in the United States in 2012. Diesel fuel consumption in 2012 was higher than the low of 3.2 billion gallons used during the 2009 economic recession, but still 14% below the 2006 peak of 4.2 billion gallons, and slightly below the 3.7 billion gallons consumed during 2011.

Natural Gas Monthly

Sep 30, 2013
The September Natural Gas Monthly, with data through July 2013, has been released. • Monthly dry gas production for July 2013 was 2,077 billion cubic feet (Bcf) or 67.0 Bcf/day, a slight increase from the revised dry gas production for June 2013 of 2,000 or 66.7 Bcf/day. • Lower year on year demand for gas for electric generation brought total consumption of natural gas for July 2013 to 1,910 Bcf or 61.6 Bcf/day, an 8 percent decrease from the 2,073 Bcf or 66.9 Bcf/day in July of 2012.

Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report

Sep 30, 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.

Multiple factors push Western Europe to use less natural gas and more coal

Sep 27, 2013
In contrast to the United States, natural gas consumption in OECD Europe has been generally declining since 2011, and coal consumption has been generally increasing. A confluence of supply and demand factors, in both the natural gas and coal markets, as well as other economic constraints, have contributed to this phenomenon.

Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 2

Sep 27, 2013
Final monthly statistics for the supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products.

Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 1

Sep 27, 2013
Final annual data for the supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products.

Petroleum Supply Monthly

Sep 27, 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.

Company Level Imports

Sep 27, 2013
Imports data at the company level collected from the EIA-814 Monthly Imports Report

Monthly Biodiesel Production Report

Sep 27, 2013
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released new data today showing national and regional monthly biodiesel production for July 2013. In addition to biodiesel production, data included producer sales, producer stocks, and feedstock inputs.

Variability in electricity demand highlights potential roles for electricity storage

Sep 26, 2013
The availability of significant storage capacity could help to decouple electricity supply needs from variable electricity demand. However, based on this analysis of PJM Interconnection (PJM) hourly demand data from August 2012 to July 2013, a large amount of storage capacity would be required to reduce the variability in electricity supply needs over different time periods.

Monthly Energy Review

Sep 25, 2013
EIA's most comprehensive report on recent integrated energy statistics. Preliminary estimates indicate that June 2013 was the first month since 1982 in which renewable energy consumption exceeded that of petroleum in the residential sector.

Natural gas generation lower than last year because of differences in relative fuel prices

Sep 25, 2013
Total natural gas use for power generation in the United States was down 14% during the first seven months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, mostly because of higher natural gas prices relative to coal prices. High natural gas-fired generation in 2012 occurred as a result of the lowest spot natural gas prices in a decade—in fact, the two fuels contributed approximately equal shares of total generation in April 2012.

Prime Supplier Report

Sep 25, 2013
The latest Prime Supplier Report presents data collected through July 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.

Megatons to Megawatts program will conclude at the end of 2013

Sep 24, 2013
In February 1993, the Russian Federation and the United States signed a 20-year, government-to-government agreement for the conversion of 500 metric tons of Russian highly enriched uranium from nuclear warheads to low-enriched uranium to fuel U.S. nuclear reactors. The agreement became known as the Megatons to Megawatts™ program. Over the life of the Megatons to Megawatts program, the low-enriched uraniam produced under the agreement provided about one-third of the enrichment services needed to fabricate fuel for U.S. nuclear reactors.

Renewable generation provides a growing share of California's electricity

Sep 23, 2013
Most of the electricity used in California continues to come from in-state generators fueled by natural gas and imports from a variety of generation sources in other portions of the western interconnection. While the contribution of renewable generation has been increasing, the role of nuclear generation has dropped considerably since the shutdown of the two-unit San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in January 2012.

EIA to Modify Format of the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report to Better Serve Customers

Sep 23, 2013
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is announcing changes to the format of its Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR) to better serve its customers who make use of automated computer systems to collate information on changes in natural gas storage.

Oil futures price curve has steepened over the past six months

Sep 20, 2013
Crude oil futures contracts allow crude to be bought and sold for delivery at specific dates in the future, meaning market participants can lock in a price today for the future delivery of a barrel of oil. Over the past six months, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil has increased, but the prices of futures contracts for WTI further into the future have remained fairly flat.

Yemen Country Analysis Brief

Sep 19, 2013
Although Yemen is not a major hydrocarbon producer relative to some of the other countries in the Middle East, oil and natural gas resources are sufficient to enable exports. However, Yemen’s difficult security environment hinders the production and transport of those resources.

E85 motor fuel is increasingly price-competitive with gasoline in parts of the Midwest

Sep 19, 2013
The retail price of E85 motor fuel, which is gasoline blended with up to 85% ethanol, has fallen in recent months. While ethanol has been cheaper than regular gasoline on a per-gallon basis for several years, ethanol's lower energy content often meant that consumers paid more per mile when using higher ethanol blends such as E85. However, recent declines in E85 prices at stations offering that fuel in several Midwestern states have brought E85 close to price parity with regular gasoline on an energy content basis.

Electricity Wholesale Market Data

Sep 19, 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 September 13, 2013.

Genealogy of Major U.S. Refiners

Sep 18, 2013
The structure of the U.S. petroleum refining industry has changed substantially over the past several years. This genealogy presents a visual of the transactions from the past 25 years.

Kazakhstan consortium achieves first oil production from Kashagan field

Sep 18, 2013
During the week of September 9, the North Caspian Operating Company, led by Italian oil company Eni, reported starting production from Kashagan, the largest oil field to be discovered in the past 35 years. Since the field's discovery in June 2000, this consortium, including its four original members (Eni, Shell, Total, and ExxonMobil), has invested nearly $50 billion in the project in attempts to overcome technical, political, and geographical challenges, making Kashagan not only the largest oilfield outside the Middle East, but also one of the world's most expensive.

Most new residential solar PV projects in California program are not owned by homeowners

Sep 17, 2013
One of the biggest developments in the U.S. residential solar photovoltaic (PV) market over the past few years has been the significant growth of residential solar PV systems not owned by homeowners. These are often referred to as third-party-owned systems.

Rapid increases in electricity demand challenge both generating unit and system operators

Sep 16, 2013
Because supply and demand for electricity must balance in real-time, rapid changes in demand create operational challenges for the electric system and generating unit operators. For example, electricity demand in the Southwest Power Pool increased quickly in the morning hours of Monday, April 1, 2013. To satisfy rapid increase in demand, system operators sent dispatch signals to numerous generators to increase their output.

Nuclear outages begin to increase with the start of the fall refueling season

Sep 13, 2013
Outages at operational nuclear power plants were generally lower this summer than in recent years, reflecting the retirement of several units along with a lower number of generators in refueling outages. Beginning in early September, several units began to reduce their output to enter into refueling outages, bringing the total level of capacity in outage closer to the levels seen last year at this time.

Caspian countries are developing new oil and natural gas export capacity

Sep 12, 2013
The Caspian Sea region has the potential to export oil and natural gas to European, South Asian, and East Asian markets. With rising energy prices and growing global demand for oil and natural gas, Caspian region countries (which include Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran) are developing several approaches for increasing exports of oil and natural gas. Some countries cooperate and jointly develop oil export capacity, while others focus on attracting enough investment to create their own routes.

Oil and natural gas production is growing in Caspian Sea region

Sep 11, 2013
The Caspian Sea region, which includes Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran, is one of the oldest oil-producing areas in the world and is an increasingly important source of global energy production. The area has significant oil and natural gas reserves from both offshore deposits in the Caspian Sea itself and onshore fields in the region.

Short-Term Energy Outlook

Sep 10, 2013
Monthly average crude oil prices increased for the fourth consecutive month in August 2013, as supply disruptions in Libya increased and concerns over the conflict in Syria intensified. The U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) forecast for Brent crude oil spot price, which averaged $108 per barrel during the first half of 2013, averages $109 per barrel over the second half of 2013 and $102 per barrel in 2014, $5 per barrel and $2 per barrel higher than forecast in last month's STEO, respectively.

Azerbaijan Country Analysis Brief

Sep 10, 2013
Azerbaijan, wholly located within the South Caspian Sea basin, is among the oldest oil producers in the world. Oil and gas development and export is central to Azerbaijan's economic growth and the country is one of Caspian region's most important strategic export openings to the West.

Short-Term Energy Outlook - Market Prices and Uncertainty Report

Sep 10, 2013
The front month futures price for Brent, the world waterborne crude benchmark, increased by $5.72 per barrel to settle at $115.26 per barrel on September 5. Front month futures prices for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil also increased over the same time period but by a lesser amount, to settle at $108.37 per barrel on September 5.

Global crude oil supply disruptions and strong demand support high oil prices

Sep 10, 2013
While Brent crude oil spot prices have increased as much as $7 per barrel (6%) since the chemical weapons incident in Syria on August 21, 2013, market fundamentals had been moving Brent prices higher even earlier. From mid-April to August 20, Brent crude oil spot prices increased almost $15 per barrel (15%) because of increasing global refinery demand coupled with record levels of unexpected crude oil production outages, notably in Iraq and Libya.

Cooler-than-normal August relieves strain on Texas electricity market

Sep 9, 2013
August is typically the peak demand month for electricity in Texas, and sustained high temperatures can lead to stress on the electric grid. Although August saw temperatures rise above 105 degrees, the prolonged heat that can stress the grid beyond its capabilities did not materialize.

Vermont Yankee nuclear plant closure in 2014 will challenge New England energy markets

Sep 6, 2013
The pending closure of a 41-year-old nuclear plant located in Vermont will likely affect both natural gas and electricity markets throughout New England. Entergy Corporation's August 27 announcement of the closure of the Vermont Yankee plant cited economic challenges to continued operations at the 604-megawatt (MW) plant, which since 2007 has generated about 4% of New England's total annual electricity supply. The shutdown is expected in fourth-quarter 2014, when the plant's current fuel cycle ends.

Cost of Natural Gas Used in Manufacturing Sector Has Fallen

Sep 6, 2013
Natural gas has been an important exception to the trend of rising prices for energy sources used by manufacturers. Production of natural gas in the United States increased rapidly beginning in 2007 as a result of resources found in shale formations. That increase in supply has in turn lowered the price of natural gas to manufacturers

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