American Samoa

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American Samoa is nearly 100 percent dependent on imported fossil fuels, including diesel fuel for its electric power generation.
As of January 2012, the average electricity price in American Samoa was 49 cents per kilowatthour.
A significant amount of American Samoa's electricity is used to pump and treat drinking water.
American Samoa Power Authority's largest solar facility, a new 1.75-megawatt photovoltaic array near Pago Pago's airport, is expected to replace 7 percent of electricity generation from diesel fuel.
American Samoa Power Authority has set up 11 measuring stations to assess where wind turbines could be built.

Analysis Last Updated: July 2012

Overview data for American Samoa

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	American Samoa	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	American Samoa
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.00	8,936	87,329	128	0.00
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.00	7,625	74,136	93	0.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4.00	26,544	87,605	131	4.00 ^FFF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-4.00	-17,608	--	120	-4.00
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	24,875	88,097	110	0
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.00	40	1,474	90	0.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	American Samoa	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	American Samoa
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	16,939	111,954	89	0
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	20,602	113,321	109	0
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	-3,425	--	64	NA
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA	539	6,637	91	NA
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	American Samoa	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	American Samoa
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	5,101	7,954	68	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	4,961	7,770	114	0.000
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	-3	--	85	0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	American Samoa	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	American Samoa
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.18	7,073	19,071	185	0.16
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.17	6,474	17,360	188	0.15
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.06	1,761	4,843	180	0.06
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	American Samoa	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	American Samoa
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	.000	144	487	180	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.009	183	488	182	0.004
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	15,365	8,124	7,461	15	7,612
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010				2011
		History	American Samoa	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	American Samoa
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.28	13,840	31,502	192	0.43