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Posted October 26, 2012Today in Energy
Industrial onsite generation increasingly relies on natural gas ›
Onsite generating capacity in the industrial sector produced 142 million megawatthours of electricity in 2011. Of that, 58% was from natural gas, up from 51% in 2000. Onsite generation is used when some or all of an industrial plant's electricity needs can be provided more economically onsite than by purchasing power from the electric grid. More›
Source: EIA, Power Plant Operations Report.
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Data Highlights
Crude oil futures price
10/25/2012: $86.05/bbl
down$6.05 from week earlier
down$4.15 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
10/25/2012: $3.434/mmBtu
down$0.153 from week earlier
down$0.156 from year earlier
Weekly coal production
10/20/2012: 19.185 million tons
up0.150 million tons from week earlier
down2.395 million tons from year earlier
Natural gas inventories
10/19/2012: 3,843 Bcf
up67 Bcf from week earlier
up153 Bcf from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
10/19/2012: 375.1 mmbbl
up5.9 mmbbl from week earlier
up37.5 mmbbl from year earlier
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