(Thu, 25 Oct 2018) Imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the 28 countries that make up the European Union (EU-28) averaged 5.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2017, increasing for the third consecutive year but remaining below their 2011 peak. In 2017, imports of LNG into EU-28 accounted for 13% of the global total.
(Wed, 24 Oct 2018) EIAâs October 2018 <em>Short-Term Energy Outlook</em> (STEO) forecasts Brent crude oil spot prices, which averaged $79 per barrel (b) in September, to average $81/b in the fourth quarter of 2018, before falling to an average of $75/b in 2019. However, the effects of the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the re-imposition of sanctions on Iran, and the potential response from members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other countries pose significant uncertainty to the forecast.
(Tue, 23 Oct 2018) Iran's crude oil exports and production have declined since the May 2018 announcement by the United States that it would withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and reinstate sanctions against Iran.
(Fri, 19 Oct 2018) Some manufacturing plants can take advantage of relative price differences and cope with supply shortages by switching the fuels used in their furnaces, boilers, ovens, and other combustors. In the United States, the capability of the manufacturing sector to switch the fuels it uses has declined in recent decades, as described in a new report from EIAâs 2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS).
(Fri, 19 Oct 2018) Working gas stocks in the Midwest region are likely to end the refill season at their lowest levels since 2014.
(Thu, 18 Oct 2018) The October 9, 2018 rupture of Enbridgeâs BC natural gas pipeline near Prince George, British Columbia, continues to affect natural gas supply, electricity generation, and petroleum refining in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The BC Pipeline links natural gas production in northeastern British Columbia with distribution markets in Canada as well as Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
(Wed, 17 Oct 2018) The average annual capacity factors for natural gas-fired generators in the PJM Interconnectionâthe largest competitive wholesale electricity market in the United Statesâhave increased in recent years, reflecting greater use of natural gas-fired generators in the region.
(Fri, 12 Oct 2018) EIA forecasts that natural gas inventories will reach 3,263 billion cubic feet (Bcf) at the end of October in its recently released October <em>Short-Term Energy Outlook</em> (STEO), the lowest end-of-October level for U.S. natural gas inventories since 2005. Lingering cold temperatures in April 2018, the coldest April in the past 21 years, delayed the start of the natural gas storage refill season by about four weeks.
(Fri, 12 Oct 2018) This site contains spreadsheets with retail electricity sales, revenue, customers and price data from the 2017 Form EIA-861 (latest website update: October 12, 2018). 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.
(Thu, 11 Oct 2018) Reduced Canadian natural gas imports as a result of the BC Pipeline rupture may require shifts in how the Pacific Northwest uses energy infrastructure, including storage.
