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Global gas-to-liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan

(Wed, 04 Oct 2017) EIA’s <em>International Energy Outlook 2017</em> (IEO2017) projects that liquids produced at gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants will increase as two large-scale projects are completed in South Africa and Uzbekistan. Most of the new GTL capacity will come from the conversion of Sasol’s coal-to-liquids plant in Secunda, South Africa, to a GTL facility. That conversion is expected to be completed by 2024.

October 03, 2017 By 0 Comments Read more...

State taxes on gasoline in 2017 up 4.5% from 2016

(Tue, 03 Oct 2017) In EIA’s latest update of state gasoline and diesel fuel taxes data, the simple average of taxes and fees on gasoline levied by the states and the District of Columbia in effect as of July 1, 2017 was 27.9 cents per gallon (¢/gal), up 4.5% from the same time last year.

October 02, 2017 By 0 Comments Read more...

Nuclear power plant outages were relatively low this summer

(Thu, 28 Sep 2017) U.S. nuclear power plant outages averaged 4.6 gigawatts (GW) during the summer of 2017 (June through August), 10% lower than outages during the summer of 2016. Nuclear outages were highest in June, averaging 7.4 GW, but then averaged 3.8 GW in July and 2.6 GW in August.

September 27, 2017 By 0 Comments Read more...

Chinese coal-fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables

(Wed, 27 Sep 2017) Coal-fired electricity generation in China, the world’s largest coal consumer, is expected to remain flat through 2040, according to EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2017 (IEO2017). Other fuels, such as renewables, natural gas, and nuclear power, are expected to make up increasing shares of China’s electricity generation.

September 26, 2017 By 0 Comments Read more...

National Oil and Gas Gateway consolidates well-level data from participating states

(Tue, 26 Sep 2017) The National Oil and Gas Gateway is the first publicly available website with oil and natural gas well-level data from multiple states. The website was created as a collaborative initiative among the U.S. Energy Information Administration; the Groundwater Protection Council (GWPC) and its member states; and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Oil and Natural Gas, part of the Office of Fossil Energy.

September 25, 2017 By 0 Comments Read more...

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