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Posted May 7, 2024 Today in Energy ›

U.S. West Coast refinery demand for hydrogen increasingly met by merchant suppliers ›

U.S. West Coast refiners are using more hydrogen purchased from merchant suppliers than from their own production. From 2012 to 2022, hydrogen purchased by refiners in the region increased 29% to about 550 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d). Over the same period, on-site refinery-produced hydrogen production from natural gas fell 20% to about 330 MMcf/d. Merchant suppliers accounted for more than 62% of the hydrogen consumed by West Coast refineries in 2022. More

annual west coast refinery demand for hydrogen

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Refinery Capacity Report

Data Highlights

WTI crude oil futures price

5/6/2024: NA/barrel

NA from week earlier
NA from year earlier

Natural gas futures price

5/6/2024: NA/MMBtu

NA from week earlier
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Retail gasoline price

5/6/2024: $3.643/gal

down$0.010 from week earlier
up$0.110 from year earlier

Retail diesel price

5/6/2024: $3.894/gal

down$0.053 from week earlier
down$0.028 from year earlier

Weekly coal production

4/27/2024: 7.649 million tons

down0.258 million tons from week earlier
down3.352 million tons from year earlier