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Petroleum refineries vary by level of complexity

Oct 11, 2012
A refinery is an industrial complex that manufactures petroleum products, such as gasoline, from crude oil and other feedstocks. Many different types of refineries exist across the country. What differentiates one refinery from another are their capacities and the types of processing units used to produce these petroleum products.

Short-Term Energy Outlook

Oct 10, 2012
EIA projects average household expenditures for heating oil and natural gas will increase by 19 percent and 15 percent, respectively, this winter (October 1 through March 31) compared with last winter. Projected household expenditures are 5 percent higher for electricity and 13 percent higher for propane this winter.

U.S. households forecast to use more heating fuels this winter compared with last winter

Oct 10, 2012
U.S. households are expected to use more heating fuel this winter compared with last winter because temperatures are expected to be near normal this winter compared with last winter's above-normal temperatures in many parts of the country.

Short-Term Energy Outlook - Market Prices and Uncertainty Report

Oct 10, 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.

Natural Gas Exports from Iran

Oct 9, 2012
This assessment of the natural gas sector in Iran, with a focus on Iran’s natural gas exports, was prepared pursuant to section 505 (a) of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law No: 112-158). As requested, it includes: (1) an assessment of exports of natural gas from Iran; (2) an identification of the countries that purchase the most natural gas from Iran; (3) an assessment of alternative supplies of natural gas available to those countries; (4) an assessment of the impact a reduction in exports of natural gas from Iran would have on global natural gas supplies and the price of natural gas, especially in countries identified under number (2); and (5) such other information as the Administrator considers appropriate.

EIA improves state-level monthly oil production estimates with up to 10 years of revisions

Oct 9, 2012
With the release of the 2011 Petroleum Supply Annual (PSA), the U.S. Energy Information Administration revised state-level monthly crude oil (including lease condensate) production estimates going back to January 2002. Changes for total U.S. production do not exceed 2% (112,000 barrels per day, or bbl/d) for any given month.

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Territorial disputes hamper exploration and production of resources in the East China Sea

Oct 5, 2012
The East China Sea may have abundant hydrocarbon resources, especially natural gas, although the region is underexplored. China and Japan, the two largest energy consumers in Asia, are both interested in using natural gas from the East China Sea to meet rising domestic demand. However, unresolved territorial disputes make exploration and development of these resources difficult.

Electricity Wholesale Market Data

Oct 4, 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 September 28, 2012.

Combined heat and power technology fills an important energy niche

Oct 4, 2012
Combined heat and power (CHP), also called cogeneration, is an efficient approach to generating electric power and useful thermal energy for heating or cooling from a single fuel source. Instead of purchasing electricity from the grid and producing heat in an on-site furnace or boiler, a CHP generator provides both energy services in one energy-efficient step.

Quarterly Coal Report, April through June 2012

Oct 4, 2012
Provides detailed quarterly coal data for April-June 2012, adjustments for 2011 through the first quarter of 2012, and aggregated quarterly historical coal data for 2006 through second quarter 2012. Form EIA-3 frame analysis has resulted in the addition of 33 refined coal and manufacturing facilities. All data for 2010 and prior years are final. All data for 2011 are final, with the exception of coal production and electric power sector consumption and stocks. All data for 2012 are preliminary.

Venezuela Country Analysis Brief

Oct 3, 2012
In 2011, the U.S. imported over 950 thousand barrels per day from Venezuela. As Venezuela develops its 513 billion barrel reserve of crude oil in the Orinoco Belt, U.S. import numbers may increase in the future.

Key New England natural gas pipeline reflects seasonal flow changes

Oct 3, 2012
The Algonquin Gas Transmission (AGT) Company, a main source of natural gas supply into New England, has traditionally operated near capacity only during the high-demand winter season. But so far in 2012, it has operated at much higher levels year-round.

Regulators approve first commercial hydrokinetic projects in the United States

Oct 2, 2012
New hydrokinetic energy technologies that generate electricity by harnessing the energy from ocean waves, tides, and river currents are advancing toward commercial development in the United States. They are not expected to add major power supplies anytime soon, but federal regulators this year approved licenses for two hydrokinetic energy projects to produce electricity from wave power buoys anchored off the Oregon coast and from underwater turbines driven by the current in New York City's East River.

2011 Annual State historical spreadsheets

Oct 2, 2012
Contain retail electricity sales, revenue, customers and price data from the 2011 Form EIA-861. The files contain State-level and US Total-level data for electricity sales, revenue, customer and price, by sector. The data geographic coverage is the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

U.S. marketed natural gas production levels off in the first half of 2012

Oct 1, 2012
U.S. marketed natural gas production has flattened since late 2011, mainly in response to lower natural gas prices. Nevertheless, volumes remain at historically high levels. From January through July 2012, marketed natural gas production set a record high for the first seven months of any year, averaging 68.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), up nearly 4 Bcf/d, or 5.9%, from the same period a year earlier.

Petroleum Marketing Monthly

Oct 1, 2012
In this issue of the Petroleum Marketing Monthly, July 2012 data show crude oil prices were on the rise again, while prices for finished petroleum products show mixed trends. Prime Supplier sales data show consumption of gasoline and diesel fuel declining month-on-month, as did many of the other surveyed petroleum products. Also, updated information covering state motor fuels taxes and fees for gasoline and diesel fuel are presented in Table EN1.

EIA's electricity data API

Oct 1, 2012
The agency's first-ever Application Programming Interface (API) gives developers access to data on electricity generation, retail sales, and average prices, and the types of fuel that are used to generate electricity at the state and national levels. Electricity generation and fuel consumption data for individual power plants with more than 1 megawatt of capacity also are available.

Natural Gas Monthly

Sep 28, 2012
The September Natural Gas Monthly, featuring data for July 2012, has been released. This issue features a new price series, natural gas liquid composite spot price, which combines natural gas liquid production from natural gas processing plants and daily spot prices of natural gas liquids from Mont Belvieu, Texas. The Henry Hub natural gas spot price is also included. Natural gas used for electric power reached 1,088 billion cubic feet (Bcf) for July, leading to another monthly record for natural gas consumption of 2,045 Bcf, the highest July on record. Dry production for July stayed relatively stable for the fourth straight month at 2,024 Bcf or 65.3 Bcf per day.

Monthly Natural Gas Gross Production Report

Sep 28, 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.

Increases in oil prices affect broader measures of inflation

Sep 28, 2012
While a barrel of light sweet crude oil may never make it onto the shopping list of the typical U.S. consumer, the effects of world oil price hikes on consumer prices have been highly correlated for some time. Over the past ten years, the Chained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI-U)—a measure of change in the cost of living—for energy has approximately tracked the movements of the international Brent crude oil price.

Company Level Imports

Sep 27, 2012
Imports data at the company level collected from the EIA-814 Monthly Imports Report

Monthly Biodiesel Production Report

Sep 27, 2012
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released new data today showing national and regional monthly biodiesel production for July 2012. In addition to biodiesel production, data included producer sales, producer stocks, and feedstock inputs.

Petroleum Supply Monthly

Sep 27, 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.

Annual Energy Review

Sep 27, 2012
EIA's most comprehensive record of historical annual integrated energy statistics. U.S. primary energy production reached a record high of 78 quadrillion Btu in 2011. Primary energy consumption equaled 97 quadrillion Btu in 2011, down slightly from the 2010 level.

Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price

Sep 27, 2012
Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price updated with 2011 data.

Iraqi crude oil production approaching highest level in decades

Sep 27, 2012
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.

Solar Photovoltaic Cell/Module Shipments Report 2011

Sep 26, 2012
Total shipments of PV modules were up nearly 43 percent in 2011 from the 2010 level, hitting a new record high of 3,772,075 peak kilowatts.

Monthly Energy Review

Sep 26, 2012
EIA's most comprehensive report on recent integrated energy statistics. Preliminary data indicate that, in June 2012, total energy consumption in the U.S. commercial sector equaled 1.4 quadrillion Btu, a 1-percent decrease from June 2011.

Attributes of crude oil at U.S. refineries vary by region

Sep 26, 2012
Crude oil has unique qualities and commands different prices depending on these qualities. In addition to quality considerations, location and local refining capability influence a crude's value. Two key characteristics of crude oil are density and sulfur content. Density ranges from light to heavy, while sulfur content is characterized as sweet or sour

Industries consumed more than 30% of U.S. energy in 2011

Sep 25, 2012
The U.S. industrial sector was responsible for more than 30% of total U.S. energy consumption in 2011. While the term "industrial sector" may sound remote to the general public, its impact on daily life is highlighted by the wide range of industrial activities represented by the products and equipment found at a local supermarket.

East China Sea Regional Analysis Brief

Sep 25, 2012
Though underexplored, the East China Sea may have abundant oil and natural gas resources. Both China and Japan are interested in extracting hydrocarbon resources, especially natural gas, from the East China Sea to help meet domestic demand. However, unresolved territorial disputes regarding the China/Japan sea boundary and sovereignty over several contested islands continue to hinder exploration and development in the area.

Electricity Monthly Update

Sep 24, 2012
This issue contains a feature article that discusses the energy efficiency resource standards of each State. Also, July 2012 was the hottest July on record for the continental United States. However, population-weighted cooling degree days actually decreased by 0.7 percent from July 2011. The average cost of electricity fell in all sectors compared to July 2011, with total average revenues decreasing 2.1 percent from the previous year. Coal stocks decreased for the third month in a row, after increasing for eight straight months from August 2011 to April 2012.

EIA improves its monthly propane imports series

Sep 24, 2012
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently updated its Petroleum Supply Monthly data series for propane as part of a continual effort to improve the quality of its information. As a result, EIA's May 2012 Petroleum Supply Monthly data showed a sharp apparent increase (71 thousand barrels per day) in U.S. imports of propane compared to April 2012.

Electric Power Monthly

Sep 24, 2012
Data are for July 2012, during which net generation in the United States fell 0.8 percent from the July 2011 level. Consumption of coal for power generation fell 14.7 percent compared to July 2011. The average retail price of electricity for July 2012 was 10.35 cents per kilowatthour, down 2.1 percent from where it had been in July 2011.

Green Pricing and Net Metering Programs 2010

Sep 24, 2012
This report provides detailed information on the number of electric industry participants and their customers in these programs for 2010. The number of customers in green pricing programs grew by 8 percent in 2010, reaching a new high of 1,216,582 out of a nationwide customer base of 144,140,258. The number of net metering customers reached a new high of 155,841 in 2010, 61 percent more than in 2009.

Prime Supplier Report

Sep 24, 2012
The latest Prime Supplier Report presents data collected through July 2012 on Form EIA—782C, "Monthly Report of Prime Supplier Sales of Petroleum Products Sold for Local Consumption." These data measure primary petroleum product deliveries into the States where they are locally marketed and consumed.

Economic growth continues to drive China's growing need for energy

Sep 21, 2012
China is the world's largest energy consumer. China's economy, which has grown at an average real rate of about 10 percent per year over the last 10 years, is a key driver of the increase in energy consumption, both in China and internationally. Economic growth in China is still robust—China's gross domestic product grew an estimated 7.8% in the first half of 2012—but its growth is slower than in recent years, as is its growth in energy consumption. EIA's China Country Analysis Brief details its energy use, production, and industry.

Form EIA-861 Annual Data File for 2011

Sep 20, 2012
Contains spreadsheets with retail and wholesale electricity sales and revenue data from the 2011 Form EIA-861. The files contain electricity sales, revenue and price data, as well as Demand Side Management (DSM), Green Pricing, Net Metering, Dispersed and Distributed generation data. The data covers all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories.

Electricity Wholesale Market Data

Sep 20, 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 September 14, 2012.

Trading Point: Central Appalachian (CAPP) coal spot prices affect markets for coal and electric power

Sep 20, 2012
Central Appalachian (CAPP) coal spot prices are the most widely referenced prices for eastern coal in the United States. Coal producers, electric utilities, merchant generators, non-utility industrial coal users, and other energy marketers use CAPP spot prices as a benchmark in both physical and financial transactions for short-term and long-term contracts. Changes in CAPP spot prices can affect fuel procurement and power dispatch decisions.

Trading Point: Central Appalachian (CAPP) is the nation's benchmark price for eastern coal

Sep 19, 2012
Central Appalachian (CAPP) coal spot prices are the most widely referenced prices for eastern coal in the United States. Coal producers, electric utilities, merchant generators, non-utility industrial coal users, and other energy marketers use CAPP spot prices as a benchmark in both physical and financial transactions for short-term and long-term contracts.

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.

More recycling raises average energy content of waste used to generate electricity

Sep 18, 2012
Most municipal solid waste (MSW) used to generate electricity contains both biogenic and non-biogenic components. As consumers recycle or recover more biogenic waste (such as food waste and yard clippings) and discard more non-biogenic waste (such as plastics and metals), the biogenic portion of municipal solid waste decreases. Since non-biogenic material has a higher heat content, the average heat content of MSW as a whole is increasing, making it a more efficient fuel for producing electricity.

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.

Municipal solid waste plants convert garbage to electricity

Sep 17, 2012
Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste (MSW) to generate electricity or heat. At the plant, MSW is unloaded from collection trucks and shredded or processed to ease handling. The waste is fed into a combustion chamber to be burned. The heat released from burning the MSW is used to produce steam, which turns a turbine to generate electricity.

Projected Alaska North Slope oil production at risk beyond 2025 if oil prices drop sharply

Sep 14, 2012
Oil production on Alaska's North Slope, which has been declining since 1988, is transported to market through the TransAlaska Pipeline System (TAPS). Because TAPS needs to maintain throughput above a minimum threshold level to remain operational, its projected lifetime depends on continued investment in North Slope oil production that itself depends on future oil prices. In the Annual Energy Outlook 2012 low oil price case, North Slope production would cease and TAPS would be decommissioned, which could occur as early as 2026.

EIA survey shows Gulf Coast natural gas plants recovering from hurricane outages

Sep 13, 2012
In response to Hurricane Isaac, EIA invoked its emergency-activation survey Form EIA-757B. The survey showed that Isaac caused considerable disruption to natural gas processing infrastructure.

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