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EIA expects U.S. crude oil production to remain relatively flat through 2021
The amount of working natural gas in storage in the United States ended the natural gas injection, or refill, season (April 1–October 31) at 3,920 billion cubic feet (Bcf), according to interpolated data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report...
Natural gas inventories end the injection season near the record high
The amount of working natural gas in storage in the United States ended the natural gas injection, or refill, season (April 1–October 31) at 3,920 billion cubic feet (Bcf), according to interpolated data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report...
Interregional electricity trade in India affects shares of solar and coal-fired generation
With more than 1.3 billion people, India is the second-most populous country in the world and has the third-highest energy consumption level after China and the United States. To help meet the country’s energy needs, India is expanding its electric transmission infrastructure to improve...
2020 could be a record year for U.S. wind turbine installations
According to data collected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), project developers expect more than 23 gigawatts (GW) of wind turbine generating capacity to come online in the United States in 2020, far more than the previous record of 13.2 GW added in 2012. Only 5.0 GW of capacity...
U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions fell in 2019, mainly in electric generation
After rising by 3% in 2018, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell 3% in the United States in 2019. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2019 analysis, total energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 were about 150...
U.S. refinery runs remain lower than the five-year range
Since April, when responses to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reduced demand for refined products such as gasoline, distillate fuel, and jet fuel, gross inputs of crude oil and other raw materials to U.S. refineries (refinery runs) have been lower than the five-year range (2015—19)...
U.S. power customers experienced an average of nearly five hours of interruptions in 2019
Interruptions in electricity service to customers vary in frequency and duration across the nearly 3,000 electric distribution systems that serve about 155 million customers in the United States. In 2019, U.S. customers experienced an average of 3.2 hours of interruptions during major events and 1.5...
Power sector consumed 30% less coal in first-half 2020 than in first-half 2019
From January to June 2020, the electric power sector consumed 184.8 million short tons (MMst) of coal, 30% less than during the same period in 2019. After setting an annual record of 1,045 MMst in 2007, coal consumption in the electric power sector has been declining. This decline is happening as...
In 2019, the U.S. imported $13 billion of energy goods from Mexico, exported $34 billion
In every year since 2015, the value of U.S. energy exports to Mexico has exceeded the value of energy imports from Mexico. In 2019, the value of selected energy imports-crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas-fell to $13 billion, and the value of energy exports remained nearly equal to the...
OPEC members’ net oil export revenue in 2020 expected to drop to lowest level since 2002
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will earn about $323 billion in net oil export revenues in 2020. If realized, this forecast revenue would be the lowest in 18 years. Lower crude oil prices and...
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