energy

Release date: February 15, 2017  |  Next release date: February 23, 2017 U.S. crude oil production increases following higher drilling activity U.S. crude oil production increased for the second consecutive month in November 2016, the first consecutive monthly increase since April 2015. Increased drilling activity in the Permian in Texas and New Mexico as well as the start of […]Read More

Release date: February 23, 2017  |  Next release date: March 1, 2017 U.S. crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Iraq combined recently approached five-year high, but are expected to decline In November 2016, high production and seasonally low internal demand contributed to record crude oil exports from Iraq and near-record exports from Saudi Arabia (according to the Joint […]Read More

Release date: January 5, 2017  |  Next release date: January 11, 2017 Today’s This Week in Petroleum article was originally published on August 31, 2016. The accompanying charts and tables have been updated to reflect data from the latest Weekly Petroleum Status Report for the week ending December 30. EIA now using near-real-time export data to provide better weekly […]Read More

Release date: January 11, 2017  |  Next release date: January 19, 2017 This Week in Petroleum 15th AnniversaryThis week marks 15 years since This Week in Petroleum (TWIP) was first published. TWIP was created to add analysis and context to EIA petroleum and liquid fuels data and market trends. Over the years, topics have ranged from crude imports to […]Read More

Release date: January 19, 2017  |  Next release date: January 25, 2017 Hydrocarbon gas liquids becoming a key factor in overall liquid fuel balance changes Hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) — a group of products that includes ethane, propane, normal butane, isobutane, natural gasoline, and refinery olefins — have traditionally accounted for only minor changes in global liquid fuels production […]Read More

Release date: December 29, 2016  |  Next release date: January 5, 2017 Happy Holidays On behalf of the authors, support staff, and the many others at EIA who make This Week In Petroleum possible, best wishes for a safe and happy new year. This Week In Petroleum will return January 11, 2017. Accompanying charts and tables have been updated […]Read More

Release date: December 21, 2016  |  Next release date: December 29, 2016 Strategic Petroleum Reserve sales under recently enacted laws are expected to start in January 2017 The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy recently announced that it will sell crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as early as January 2017. The announcement came after […]Read More

Release date: December 14, 2016  |  Next release date: December 21, 2016 Quarterly upstream earnings positive for the first time since 2014 Oil production companies recorded positive earnings from their upstream (exploration and production) operations in the third quarter of 2016 for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2014. According to recently released earnings statements from 102 […]Read More

Release date: November 16, 2016  |  Next release date: November 23, 2016 Planned refinery outages through year-end not expected to constrain availability of transportation fuels A recently released report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) finds that planned refinery maintenance is not expected to affect adversely the supply of gasoline, jet fuel, and distillate fuel in the United […]Read More

Release date: November 23, 2016  |  Next release date: November 30, 2016 Tighter marine fuel sulfur limits will spark changes by both refiners and vessel operators The sulfur content of transportation fuels has been declining for many years due to increasingly stringent regulations. In the United States, federal and state regulations limit the amount of sulfur present in motor […]Read More

Release date: November 30, 2016  |  Next release date: December 7, 2016 U.S. gasoline inventories, consumption, production, and exports all increased over the past year As of November 25, U.S. gasoline inventories reached 226.1 million barrels, a 9.3 million barrel increase from the same time last year and the highest level for this time of year since at least […]Read More

Release date: December 7, 2016  |  Next release date: December 14, 2016 OPEC production cuts reflected in EIA forecast; HGL production grows through 2017 In EIA’s December Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), both the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil 2017 price forecasts increased by about one dollar per barrel (b) from the November STEO, with prices expected […]Read More