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Posted June 20, 2013Today in Energy
Industrial sector natural gas use rising ›
Natural gas use for industrial purposes was more than 3%, or 0.6 billion cubic feet per day, greater during the first five months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012. Higher industrial gas usage reflects recent economic gains and sustained, historically low natural gas prices that have provided operators of natural gas-intensive industrial facilities in the United States a cost advantage relative to competing facilities that rely on higher-cost energy sources. More›
Source: EIA, Bentek Energy LLC.
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Data Highlights
WTI crude oil futures price
6/18/2013: $98.44/bbl
up$3.06 from week earlier
up$15.17 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
6/18/2013: $3.905/mmBtu
up$0.181 from week earlier
up$1.270 from year earlier
Retail gasoline price
6/17/2013: $3.626/gal
down$0.029 from week earlier
up$0.093 from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
6/14/2013: 394.1 mmbbl
up0.3 mmbbl from week earlier
up6.8 mmbbl from year earlier
Weekly coal production
6/8/2013: 18.185 million tons
down0.402 million tons from week earlier
down1.069 million tons from year earlier
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