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U.S. crude oil production on track to surpass imports for first time since 1995

Mar 20, 2013
Monthly crude oil production in the United States is expected to exceed the amount of U.S. crude oil imports later this year for the first time since February 1995. The gap between monthly U.S. crude oil production and imports is projected to be almost 2 million barrels per day (bbl/d) by the end of next year—according to EIA's March 2013 Short-Term Energy Outlook.

2010 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) data

Mar 19, 2013
Total energy consumption in the manufacturing sector decreased by 17 percent from 2002 to 2010, according to data released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Manufacturing gross output decreased by only 3 percent over the same period. Taken together, these data indicate a significant decline in the amount of energy used per unit of gross manufacturing output. The significant decline in energy intensity reflects both improvements in energy efficiency and changes in the manufacturing output mix. Consumption of every fuel used for manufacturing declined over this period.

State Energy Data System: Total Petroleum for 2011

Mar 19, 2013
Annual state-level estimates of consumption, prices, and expenditures for total petroleum.

Bakken crude oil price differential to WTI narrows over last 14 months

Mar 19, 2013
Since the beginning of 2012, the price differential between crude oil produced in the Bakken region of the Williston basin, located mostly in North Dakota, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil varied as a result of transportation constraints. Rapidly growing production in the Bakken coupled with lagging takeaway infrastructure (pipelines and rail capacity) contributed to Bakken prices that were as much as $28 per barrel lower than WTI in early 2012.

India Country Analysis Brief

Mar 18, 2013
India is the fourth largest energy consumer in the world after the United States, China, and Russia. Although the country depends heavily on imported crude oil, mostly from the Middle East, Indian oil companies increasingly purchase stakes in overseas oil fields and have developed world-class refineries that export petroleum products around the world. Coal is India's primary source of energy, and coal supplies mostly go to the power sector. Because of insufficient fuel supply, the country suffers from a severe shortage of electricity generation, leading to rolling blackouts. India relies increasingly on imported natural gas to serve as a substitute for coal in electricity generation. Rural areas that lack access to the electric grid rely on traditional biomass such as firewood and animal dung for cooking, heating, and lighting.

North Dakota oil production reaches new high in 2012, drawing on unique supply chain

Mar 18, 2013
North Dakota crude oil production (including lease condensate) averaged an all-time high of 770,000 barrels per day in December 2012. About 75% of crude oil production in North Dakota is gathered and transported by truck to railcars leaving the state. Pipelines, which can be more efficient and less subject to winter storm disruptions than trucking, are still being built.

State Energy Data System: Liquefied Petroleum Gases for 2011

Mar 15, 2013
Annual state-level estimates of consumption, prices, and expenditures for liquefied petroleum gases.

Japan's fossil-fueled generation remains high because of continuing nuclear plant outages

Mar 15, 2013
Japan's use of fossil-fueled generation—the combined amount of electricity generated from natural gas, oil, and coal—was up 21% in 2012, compared to the level in 2011 after the Tohoku earthquake and related tsunami that led to the destruction of Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and subsequent outages at other plants.

AEO Retrospective Review: Evaluation of 2012 and Prior Reference Case Projections

Mar 15, 2013
The Annual Energy Outlook 2012 Retrospective Review provides a yearly comparison between realized energy outcomes and the Reference case projections included in previous AEOs beginning with 1994. This edition of the report adds the AEO 2012 projections and updates the historical data to incorporate the latest data revisions.

Above-normal outages of U.S. nuclear capacity persist at the start of 2013

Mar 14, 2013
Nuclear outages in 2012 were generally higher than in recent years because of extended forced and planned outages at four nuclear power plants, and they continued into the new year. Coupled with the beginning of spring refueling outages, outage levels in early 2013 are above those seen in the previous five years.

U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico reach record high in 2012

Mar 13, 2013
U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico grew by 24% to 1.69 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2012, the highest level since the data collection began in 1973. With imports now accounting for over 30% of its total supply, Mexico's natural gas use is also at its highest level ever.

Singapore Country Analysis Brief

Mar 12, 2013
Singapore's strategic location between the Indian and Pacific Oceans has allowed it to become one of Asia's major petrochemical and refining hubs. Many international energy companies operate retail networks and regional headquarters in Singapore, which has world-class refining facilities and infrastructure. However, the country has no domestic oil reserves and must import all of its crude oil.

Syrian unrest threatens potential role as an energy transit country

Mar 12, 2013
Syria's energy sector has been challenged since the onset of civil discord in March 2011, and it has been severely hindered by continuous fighting between government and opposition forces and the effects of international sanctions. Syria is not a major player in the global energy market, but due to its location has significant potential to be an important energy transit country. The current conflict is preventing Syria from realizing that potential.

Short Term Energy Outlook - Market Prices and Uncertainty Report

Mar 12, 2013
Crude oil prices declined in the latter half of February and into the first week of March. The Brent front month futures contract settled at $111.15 per barrel on March 7, $5.61 per barrel lower than its settlement price on February 1. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil front month futures price followed a similar price path to Brent, declining by $6.21 per barrel since February 1 to settle at $91.56 on March 7.

Short-Term Energy Outlook

Mar 12, 2013
• The weekly U.S. average regular gasoline retail price fell in early March for the first time since mid-December. The March 11 average was $3.71 per gallon, down $0.07 per gallon from February 25. EIA expects that lower crude oil prices will result in monthly average regular gasoline prices staying near the February average of $3.67 per gallon over the next few months, with the annual average regular gasoline retail price declining from $3.63 per gallon in 2012 to $3.55 per gallon in 2013 and $3.38 per gallon in 2014. Energy price forecasts are highly uncertain and the current values of futures and options contracts suggest that prices could differ significantly from this forecast.

Ethanol producers respond to market conditions

Mar 11, 2013
Beginning in summer 2012, the prices of ethanol and corn reached levels where production costs at relatively simple ethanol plants exceeded revenue. These simple plants, which are not able to recover corn oil, make up a diminishing portion of the ethanol industry. Reacting to the market conditions, several ethanol plants temporarily shut down. By January 2013, the number of idled ethanol plants had grown to at least 20.

State Energy Data System: Natural Gas for 2011

Mar 8, 2013
Annual state-level estimates of consumption, prices, and expenditures for natural gas.

New electric generators typically come online at the start of summer or in December

Mar 8, 2013
Utilities and other electric power plant developers tend to bring their new generators into commercial operation at certain times of the year.

Electricity Wholesale Market Data

Mar 7, 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 March 1, 2013.

Heating and cooling no longer majority of U.S. home energy use

Mar 7, 2013
For decades, space heating and cooling (space conditioning) accounted for more than half of all residential energy consumption. Estimates from the most recent Residential Energy Consumption Survey, collected in 2010 and 2011 and released in 2011 and 2012, show that 48% of energy consumption in U.S. homes in 2009 was for heating and cooling, down from 58% in 1993.

Two perspectives on household electricity use

Mar 6, 2013
Electricity and natural gas now account for approximately equal amounts of the energy consumed on site in U.S. households. But because it takes on average nearly three units of energy from primary fuels such as coal, natural gas, and nuclear fuel to generate one unit of electricity, increased electricity use has a disproportionate impact on the amount of total primary energy required to support site-level energy use.

Saudi Arabia was world's largest petroleum producer and net exporter in 2012

Mar 5, 2013
Saudi Arabia was the world's largest producer and exporter of petroleum and other liquids in 2012, producing an average of 11.6 million barrels per day (bbl/d) and exporting an estimated 8.6 million bbl/d (net). Saudi Arabia produces more than three times as much of these liquids as the next largest member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Iran), and as much as the rest of the Arab Middle East put together.

Homes show greatest seasonal variation in electricity use

Mar 4, 2013
Electricity use varies with the weather, as changes in temperature and humidity affect the demand for space heating and cooling. But the level of change between the seasons varies significantly across the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, with residential use showing the greatest seasonal variation.

U.S. energy intensity projected to continue its steady decline through 2040

Mar 1, 2013
In the United States, energy intensity has been declining steadily since the early 1970s and continues to decline in EIA's long-term projection. A country's energy intensity is usually defined as energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP).

Petroleum Marketing Monthly

Mar 1, 2013
In this issue of the Petroleum Marketing Monthly, final revisions to 2010 and 2011 monthly and annual crude oil statistics are included in Tables 1, 1A, and 18-27. Preliminary December 2012 data show crude oil price trends were mixed, while sales data for gasoline, diesel fuel, and other finished products show prices continued to decline. Prime Supplier data show U.S. consumption of gasoline and diesel fuel fell from November levels.

U.S. crude oil production tops 7 million barrels per day, highest since December 1992

Feb 28, 2013
U.S. crude oil production exceeded an average 7 million barrels per day in November and December 2012, the highest volume since December 1992. The end-of-year data were reported on February 27 in EIA's Petroleum Supply Monthly.

Natural Gas Monthly

Feb 28, 2013
The February 2013 Natural Gas Monthly, featuring data for December 2012, has been released. • Monthly dry production of 2,041 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 65.8 Bcf /day, decreased slightly over the revised November production of 1,994 Bcf, or 66.5 Bcf/day. December’s total consumption of 2,472 Bcf showed a two percent decrease year-on-year. • Preliminary annual totals for 2012 show record dry production of 24.0 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), a five percent increase over 2011. Gains in gas use for generation led to a consumption record of 25.5 Tcf, a four percent increase over 2011.

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

Feb 28, 2013
The seventh 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.”

Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report

Feb 28, 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.

Company Level Imports

Feb 27, 2013
Imports data at the company level collected from the EIA-814 Monthly Imports Report -- Includes crude oil imports from the Persian Gulf for January - December 2012

Power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides continue to decline in 2012

Feb 27, 2013
Emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x) from the electric power sector in 2012 declined to their lowest level since the passage of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

Petroleum Supply Monthly

Feb 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.

Monthly Biodiesel Production Report

Feb 27, 2013
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released new data today showing national and regional monthly biodiesel production for December 2012. In addition to biodiesel production, data included producer sales, producer stocks, and feedstock inputs.

Cellulosic biofuels begin to flow but in lower volumes than foreseen by statutory targets

Feb 26, 2013
Several companies combined to produce about 20,000 gallons of fuels using cellulosic biomass (e.g., wood waste, sugarcane bagasse) from commercial—scale facilities in late 2012. EIA estimates this output could grow to more than 5 million gallons in 2013, as operations ramp up at several plants.

Monthly Energy Review

Feb 25, 2013
EIA's most comprehensive report on recent integrated energy statistics. Preliminary data indicate that in November 2012, U.S. natural gas consumption totaled 2.2 quadrillion Btu, which represented 28 percent of U.S. total primary energy consumption.

Why have gasoline prices risen since the start of the year?

Feb 25, 2013
The average U.S. retail price for regular motor gasoline is up about 45 cents per gallon since the start of 2013, reaching $3.75 per gallon on February 18. The rise in gasoline prices is partly due to higher crude oil prices.

A wet December may boost hydropower output in California this year

Feb 22, 2013
A number of dry years have left California dealing with low water supply, but increased precipitation in December 2012 contributed to near-normal snowpack levels in the Sierra mountains this winter.

Prime Supplier Report

Feb 22, 2013
The latest Prime Supplier Report presents data collected through December 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.

Dry January lowers the Pacific Northwest water supply forecast for April through September

Feb 21, 2013
The Northwest River Forecast Center's most recent 2013 projections for April to September—typically the high hydro season—call for normal to below-normal water supply. This outlook is similar to last year's, and significantly lower than 2011, which was an exceptionally high water year. The water forecast is a key driver of EIA's short-term energy outlook for hydropower generation in the region.

Electricity Wholesale Market Data

Feb 21, 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 February 15, 2013.

Syria Country Analysis Brief

Feb 20, 2013
Syria’s energy sector faces a number of significant challenges as a result of escalating sanctions and damage to the country’s energy infrastructure. Syrian oil production dropped by nearly 60 percent between March 2011 and October 2012, and oil exports from the country are virtually nonexistent.

Dark spreads measure returns over fuel costs of coal-fired generation

Feb 20, 2013
The dark spread is a common metric used to estimate returns over fuel costs of coal-fired electric generators. A dark spread is the difference between the price received by a generator for electricity produced and the cost of coal needed to produce that electricity.

Gulf Coast crude stocks generally fall sharply in December because of inventory taxes

Feb 19, 2013
Crude oil inventories in the Gulf Coast often fall sharply in December, averaging a decline of nearly 8 million barrels in that month from 1981 through 2011. Preliminary data for December 2012 show a decline of more than 12.5 million barrels in the region, bringing end-of-year crude inventories to approximately 165 million barrels.

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