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Venezuela’s crude oil production declines amid economic, political instability

March 13, 2018 Markham Hislop

Outages from wildfires in Alberta, Canada and militancy in Nigeria slowed the decline in Venezuela’s exports Venezuela’s crude oil production has been on a downward trend for two decades, but it has experienced significant decreases [Read more]

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Investment in tight oil, oil sands, and deepwater drives long-term oil production growth

March 9, 2018 Markham Hislop

After 2030, as oil prices continue to increase, more investment in resources expected to result in increased production Upstream investment in crude oil and liquids production is highly sensitive to crude oil prices, particularly production [Read more]

jet fuel imports
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US West Coast jet fuel imports increase to meet growing demand, Canada not a supplier

March 6, 2018 Markham Hislop

 West Coast jet fuel imports primarily from South Korea, China, and Japan Net imports of jet fuel into the West Coast (defined as Petroleum Administration for Defense District, or PADD, 5) have increased in recent years [Read more]

USA

Positive US ethanol fuel margins are driving consistent production growth

March 6, 2018 Markham Hislop

US ethanol consumption increased 1% in 2017, same expect to 2019 Estimated ethanol production margins at U.S. corn ethanol plants averaged 22 cents per gallon (gal) in 2017. Last year was the fifth consecutive year [Read more]

industrial
USA

Natural gas expected to remain most-consumed fuel in U.S. industrial sector

March 1, 2018 Markham Hislop

EIA projects natural gas produced in Appalachian and Permian basins will account for most production growth EIA expects a 40% increase in natural gas consumed in the U.S. industrial sector, from 9.8 quadrillion British thermal [Read more]

tight oil
USA

‘Tight oil’ in American shale basins remains leading source of future US crude oil production – EIA

February 22, 2018 Markham Hislop

 Tight oil estimated to make up 77% of total US production by 2050 EIA’s recently released Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case projects that U.S. tight oil production will generally increase through the early 2040s, when [Read more]

legislation
USA

Congressional bills mandate 100 million barrels of oil sales from US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

February 21, 2018 Markham Hislop

Commercial stocks of crude oil provide 452 million barrels, equivalent to another 172 days of import protection Recent legislation has directed the sale of more than 100 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic [Read more]

energy exporter
USA

United States projected to become a net energy exporter by 2022

February 12, 2018 Markham Hislop

 By 2030, US net petroleum exports will total 5.3 million b/d EIA projects that the United States will become a net energy exporter in 2022 in the newly released Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case, primarily [Read more]

co2 emissions
USA

US energy-related CO2 emissions expected to rise slightly in 2018, remain flat in 2019

February 8, 2018 Markham Hislop

US energy-related CO2 emissions declined by 861 million metric tons, 14% from 2005 to 2017 In the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA projects that CO2 emissions will rise 1.8 per cent, from 5,143 million metric tons [Read more]

crude oil production
USA

US monthly crude oil production exceeds 10 million b/d, highest since 1970

February 2, 2018 Markham Hislop

Production continued to increase through price fluctuations in Bakken and Permian basins U.S. crude oil production reached 10.038 million barrels per day (b/d) in Nov. 2017, according to EIA’s latest Petroleum Supply Monthly. Nov. production is [Read more]

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EIA forecasts 3.3 million b/d crude oil consumption growth, flat prices through 2019

January 11, 2018 Markham Hislop

Global petroleum consumption grew by 1.4MM b/d in 2017 (to 98.4MM b/d), will grow by 1.7MM b/d in 2018, 1.6MM b/d in 2019 The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Jan. Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts Brent crude oil to average [Read more]

USA

Nearly all US power plants retired in past decade were powered by fossil fuels

January 9, 2018 Markham Hislop

Since 2008, most retirements in Texas were generators using natural gas steam and petroleum technologies Nearly all of the utility-scale power plants in the United States that were retired from 2008 through 2017 were fueled [Read more]

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by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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