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After record injections, natural gas storage levels now within 7% of 5-year average

November 7, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report Working natural gas in storage ended October at 3,571 billion cubic feet (Bcf), a record increase of 2,734 Bcf during the April 1 to October 31 injection season, and within 7% of the average of the last five end-of-season storage levels. While […]

Texas leads nation in growth in oil and natural gas production jobs during 2013

November 5, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on U.S. Department of Labor, Note: Oil and natural gas production jobs comprise the North American Industry Classifications System (NAICS) categories for oil and gas extraction, support activities for oil and gas operations, and drilling oil and gas wells. Texas added more than 19,000 new private […]

North Dakota aims to reduce natural gas flaring

October 20, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on About one-third of the natural gas North Dakota has produced in recent years has been that decrease the amount of flared gas over the next several years. The first target of 26% flared is set for fourth-quarter 2014, with continued decreases in flaring reaching 10% […]

Newly released heat content data allow for state-to-state natural gas comparisons

October 14, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, The heat content of natural gas, or the amount of energy released when a volume of gas is burned, varies according to the extent that gases with higher heat content than methane are included in delivered gas. EIA is now publishing the heat content of end-use natural […]

California drought leads to less hydropower, increased natural gas generation

October 6, 2014 Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture The drought in California continues to increase in severity since California’s governor declared a state of drought emergency in January 2014. As of September 30, 58% of the state was classified as experiencing exceptional drought, the most intense drought category. These dry conditions limit hydropower generation, requiring […]

Natural gas storage injections typically continue beyond the end of October

October 1, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, In natural gas markets, analysts refer to the storage injection season as running from April 1 through October 31 of each year, but these dates are not strict cutoff points. In each of the past 11 years, going back to the first full year of EIA’s weekly […]

Everywhere but Northeast, fewer homes choose natural gas as heating fuel

September 25, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Census Bureau . LPG is liquefied petroleum gas. On a national basis, natural gas has long been the dominant choice for primary heating fuel in the residential sector. Lately, electricity has been gaining market share while natural gas, distillate fuel oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum […]

Russia looks beyond West Siberia for future oil and natural gas growth

September 19, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Eastern Bloc Research, IHS EDINNote: Crude oil includes lease condensate production; Northwest & Arctic includes Kaliningrad.Note: . Russia was the world’s largest producer of crude oil (including lease condensate) and the world’s second-largest producer of dry natural gas in 2013. In 2013, production of crude oil and […]

Natural gas storage deficit to five-year average continues to narrow

September 12, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Republished September 12, 2014, 10:20 a.m., the end date on the second graph was corrected. Storage injections have continued to outpace the five-year (2009-13) average this summer, with inventories as of September 5 at 2,801 billion cubic feet (Bcf), according to data from the , with stocks […]

Reasons for projected natural gas-fired generation growth vary by region

August 15, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Reference case Note: Values for the Northeast Power Coordinating Committee, Midwest Reliability Organization, and Western Electricity Coordinating Council regions account only for the portions of these regions within the United States. Totals exclude electric generation in the end-use sector, which is largely onsite industrial generation. WECC is […]

Natural gas injection season continues on pace for record refill

July 28, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Note: STEO denotes EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook Nearly midway through the summer storage injection season, working natural gas in storage is on pace to meet EIA’s expectations for a record overall build. The current projects a record build of close to 2,600 billion cubic feet (Bcf) from […]

Metal-based durables manufacturers are fueled by electricity and natural gas

August 1, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Unlike many manufacturing industries, the energy used for the production of metal-based durables (MBD) is mostly electricity and natural gas, rather than other fossil fuels (residual fuel oil, diesel, liquefied petroleum gases, natural gas liquids, and coal) or renewable sources. MBD producers are therefore well-positioned to benefit […]

Oil and natural gas resource categories reflect varying degrees of certainty

July 17, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information AdministrationNote: Resource categories are not drawn to scale relative to the actual size of each resource category. The graphic shown above is applicable only to oil and natural gas resources. Crude oil and natural gas resources are the estimated oil and natural gas volumes that might be produced […]

Projected growth in natural gas-fired generation is influenced by resource availability

June 13, 2014 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Note: All generation values are for net generation. Different scenarios of natural gas resource availability in the (AEO2014) Reference case, High Oil and Gas Resource case, and Low Oil and Gas Resource case affect the growth of natural gas-fired electric generation. As increasing amounts of natural gas […]

Energy Talk – China, Russia and East Siberian natural gas

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The recent agreement between Russia and China for the sale of some 38 billion cu m of natural gas a year for 30 years, at a reported price of $ 400 billion ends a long-going negotiation between the two countries over the price of that supply. (Which works out at roughly $ 10 a thousand […]

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