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Posted September 27, 2012Today in Energy
Iraqi crude oil production approaching highest level in decades ›
Estimated Iraqi oil production surpassed 3 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in July 2012, the highest level since the end of the Gulf War in 1990. Increased investment in Iraq's petroleum industry and export infrastructure underpin these production gains. However, many factors still constrain the Iraqi oil industry from reaching its full production potential. More›
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook.
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Data Highlights
Crude oil futures price
9/26/2012: $89.98/bbl
down$2.00 from week earlier
up$5.53 from year earlierNatural gas futures price
9/26/2012: $3.023/mmBtu
up$0.261 from week earlier
down$0.804 from year earlierWeekly coal production
9/22/2012: 19.349 million tons
down0.854 million tons from week earlier
down2.309 million tons from year earlierNatural gas inventories
9/21/2012: 3,576 Bcf
up80 Bcf from week earlier
up296 Bcf from year earlierCrude oil inventories
9/21/2012: 365.2 mmbbl
down2.4 mmbbl from week earlier
up24.2 mmbbl from year earlierOutlooks
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