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Posted October 12, 2012Today in Energy
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New application of existing techniques in old fields helps Russia increase oil production ›
Russia was the world's largest producer of crude oil in 2011. As Russia's use of multistage hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling has increased, preliminary Russian crude oil production figures indicate that production has risen in 2012. More›
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics and International Energy Agency.
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Administrator Adam Sieminski reviews "EIA Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook;" introduces EIA's new state energy portal at the 2012 Winter Fuels Outlook Conference. ›
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Data Highlights
Crude oil futures price
10/11/2012: $92.07/bbl
up$0.36 from week earlier
up$6.50 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
10/11/2012: $3.604/mmBtu
up$0.198 from week earlier
up$0.115 from year earlier
Weekly coal production
10/6/2012: 19.037 million tons
down0.062 million tons from week earlier
down2.982 million tons from year earlier
Natural gas inventories
10/5/2012: 3,725 Bcf
up72 Bcf from week earlier
up236 Bcf from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
10/5/2012: 366.4 mmbbl
up1.7 mmbbl from week earlier
up28.7 mmbbl from year earlier
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