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Kazakhstan Country Analysis Brief
Sep 18, 2012
Kazakhstan is a major oil producer and continued development of its giant oilfields Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan will be key to its future oil production growth. However, the country is land-locked and lies a great distance from international oil markets, and development of additional export capacity will be necessary for production growth.
Russia Country Analysis Brief
Sep 18, 2012
Russia ranks among top two of the world’s natural gas and oil producer, and it is a major exporter of both. Russia’s economy largely depends on energy exports. The energy sector is Russia is dominated by domestic firms, and although some efforts were made to attract investment, foreign companies continue to experience difficulties operating in Russia.
Canada Country Analysis Brief
Sep 18, 2012
Canada is the largest foreign supplier of energy to the United States and is an especially significant producer of conventional and unconventional oil, natural gas, and hydroelectricity. Canada's unconventional oil sands are a significant contributor to the recent and expected growth in the world's liquid fuel supply and comprise the vast majority of the country's proven oil reserves, which rank third globally.
Peak Underground Working Natural Gas Storage Capacity
Sep 12, 2012
The annual update of the Peak Underground Working Natural Gas Storage Capacity report, featuring working gas capacity levels as of April 2012, has been released. The demonstrated peak working gas capacity for U.S. underground working natural gas storage for the lower-48 States is estimated at 4,239 billion cubic feet (Bcf) as of April 30, 2012, an increase about 3 percent since last year at this time. Working gas design capacity also increased by about 1 percent, to 4,498 Bcf. The field-level data as of December 31, 2011 are available in the Natural Gas Information Query System.
Short-Term Energy Outlook - Market Prices and Uncertainty Report
Sep 11, 2012
Crude oil prices rose during the first half of August and were relatively constant during the second half of the month, remaining at the higher levels. The Brent and WTI crude oil benchmarks settled at $113.49 and $95.53 per barrel, respectively, on September 6, with Brent increasing by $7.53 per barrel and WTI increasing by $6.62 per barrel since August 1. Both Brent and WTI have been in narrow trading ranges over the last few weeks, with settlement prices for Brent and WTI staying within $3 dollar per barrel ranges since August 17.
Short-Term Energy Outlook
Sep 11, 2012
Higher crude oil prices, refinery outages, a pipeline disruption, and concerns over Hurricane Isaac's impact on the Gulf Coast, the United States' major refining region, contributed to higher gasoline prices during August. EIA has increased the average regular-gasoline retail price forecast for the third quarter of 2012 to $3.66 per gallon from $3.49 per gallon in last month's Outlook. EIA expects retail gasoline prices to begin declining later this month as the gasoline market recovers and transitions from summer-grade to winter-grade gasoline specifications.
STEO radio spots
Sep 11, 2012
EIA launched its energy news radio service with the release of the September Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). EIA's radio service provides free short broadcast stories on EIA energy data reports and analysis to radio stations nationwide. The initial stories focus on the outlook for U.S. crude oil and natural gas production. You can also sign up for an RSS feed to receive notice of the latest EIA broadcast energy stories automatically.
Wholesale Market Data
Sep 6, 2012
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 August 31, 2012.
Petroleum Marketing Monthly
Sep 4, 2012
In the latest issue of the Petroleum Marketing Monthly, data show crude oil prices underwent considerable decline in June 2012, as did prices for finished petroleum products. Prime Supplier sales data show consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, and other finished petroleum products increased again during June.
China Country Analysis Brief
Sep 4, 2012
China’s robust economic growth and thirst for energy resources in the past decade has driven it to become one of the top global energy consumers. China has the largest oil and gas production in the Asia-Pacific region and the largest coal production in the world, but the country’s escalating energy demand is increasing its reliance on imports and greater energy supply security.
Natural Gas Monthly
Aug 31, 2012
The August Natural Gas Monthly, featuring data for June 2012, has been released. It was another record-setting month for total consumption of natural gas for June with 1,847 Billion cubic feet (Bcf) consumed, 12 percent above the previous high for total consumption reached for June in 2011. Deliveries of natural gas to the electric power sector of 884 Bcf led the strong consumption trend, again reflecting continued displacement of coal with natural gas and coming in at more than 25 percent of electric power use for June 2011. Dry natural gas production for June stayed relatively stable for the third straight month at 1,961 Bcf or 65.4 Bcf per day.
Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report
Aug 31, 2012
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.
Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
Aug 30, 2012
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released new data today showing national and regional monthly biodiesel production for June 2012. In addition to biodiesel production, data included producer sales, producer stocks, and feedstock inputs.
Company Level Imports
Aug 30, 2012
Imports data at the company level collected from the EIA-814 Monthly Imports Report -- Includes crude oil imports from the Persian Gulf for January - June 2012
Working and Net Available Shell Storage Capacity
Aug 30, 2012
Revised 2011 Storage Capacity data: March 2011
September 2011
Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 2
Aug 30, 2012
Final monthly statistics for the supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products.
Petroleum Supply Annual, Volume 1
Aug 30, 2012
Final annual data for the supply and disposition of crude oil and petroleum products.
Petroleum Supply Monthly
Aug 30, 2012
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 Energy Review
Aug 29, 2012
EIA's most comprehensive report on recent integrated energy statistics. Preliminary data indicate that, in May 2012, total energy consumption in the U.S. residential sector equaled 1.4 quadrillion Btu, which was virtually unchanged from May 2011.
What is the role of hydroelectric power in the United States?
Aug 29, 2012
The importance of hydropower as a source of electricity generation varies by geographic region. While hydropower accounted for 8% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2011, it provided over half of the electricity in the Pacific Northwest. Because hydroelectric generation relies on precipitation, it varies widely from month to month and year to year.
Norway Country Analysis Brief
Aug 28, 2012
Norway, the largest holder of natural gas and oil reserves in Europe, provides much of the oil and gas consumed on the continent. Norway is the second largest exporter of natural gas in the world after Russia, and the seventh largest exporter of oil.
Hurricane Isaac: Energy-related information
Aug 27, 2012
Energy-related information
Electricity Monthly Update
Aug 24, 2012
This issue contains a feature article detailing weather events and their effects on electricity outages. Also, for the first month since October 2011, the monthly average spot price for Henry Hub natural gas ($2.53 / MMBtu) was higher than the monthly average spot price for Central Appalachian coal ($2.46 / MMBtu). Coal stocks decreased for the second month in a row, after increasing for eight straight months from August 2011 to April 2012. Twenty-nine States had as many or more cooling degree days than June of last year, and 42 had more than the 30-year normal.
Electric Power Monthly
Aug 24, 2012
Data are for June 2012, during which net generation in the United States fell 1.7 percent from the June 2011 level. Consumption of coal for power generation fell 14.7 percent compared to June 2011. The average retail price of electricity for June 2012 was 10.18 cents per kilowatthour, down 1.6 percent from where it had been in June 2011.
The Availability and Price of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Produced in Countries Other Than Iran
Aug 24, 2012
The fourth 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.”
Bolivia Country Analysis Brief
Aug 23, 2012
Hydrocarbons are an important element of Bolivia’s economy, one of the poorest and least developed in Latin America. Its energy sector was nationalized in 2006, although the state has implemented policies to incentivize private firms to build new investments and increase production.
Electricity Wholesale Market Data
Aug 23, 2012
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 August 17, 2012.
Oman Country Analysis Brief
Aug 22, 2012
Facing declining oil production, Oman continues to be the region’s leading non-OPEC oil exporter. This is largely attributed to Oman’s implementation of novel enhanced oil recovery methods.
World Oil Transit Chokepoints
Aug 22, 2012
Large volumes of global oil shipments are moved by tankers through chokepoints, or narrow channels along widely used global sea routes. The blockage of a chokepoint, even temporarily, can lead to substantial increases in total energy costs.
