As new pipeline projects and expansions are completed, the difference between the Henry Hub national benchmark price and daily spot natural gas prices at pricing hubs in the Appalachian region has narrowed. …read more Source:: TODAY IN ENERGY
Month: August 2017 (page 2)
EIA’s Drilling Productivity Report adds Anadarko region, aggregates Marcellus and Utica
To provide more complete coverage of U.S. crude oil and natural gas production, EIA is expanding the Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) to cover the Anadarko region, which covers most of the production from the Anadarko Basin in 24 counties in…
South Carolina utilities stop construction of new nuclear reactors
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation, and South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) announced on July 31 that they are halting construction of two new nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear power plant.…
The Strait of Malacca, a key oil trade chokepoint, links the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Nearly one-third of the 61% of total global petroleum and other liquids production that moved on maritime routes in 2015 transited the Strait of Malacca, the second-largest oil trade chokepoint in the world after the Strait of Hormuz. …read more…
Total U.S. energy expenditures in 2015 were the lowest in more than a decade
Expenditures for delivered energy in the United States in 2015 totaled $1.127 trillion, a 20% decrease in real terms from 2014, according to recently released data from EIA’s State Energy Data System. Adjusted for inflation, total energy expenditures in 2015…
United States expected to become a net exporter of natural gas this year
EIA’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook projects that the United States will export more natural gas than it imports in 2017. The United States has been a net exporter for three of the past four months, and is expected to continue…
In new trend, U.S. natural gas exports exceeded imports in 3 of the first 5 months of 2017
The United States exported more natural gas than it imported in February, April, and May of 2017 according to the latest EIA’s Natural Gas Monthly. The United States has been a net natural gas importer (on an average annual basis)…
Solar eclipse on August 21 will affect photovoltaic generators across the country
On August 21, a solar eclipse will obscure the sunlight needed to generate electricity at approximately 1,900 utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the United States. …read more Source:: TODAY IN ENERGY
Three important oil trade chokepoints are located around the Arabian Peninsula
Nearly 59 million barrels per day (b/d) of global petroleum and other liquids production moved on maritime routes in 2015, or almost 61% of the world total. Many of these products transited the Suez Canal and SUMED Pipeline, the Bab…
Many states have adopted policies to encourage energy efficiency
As of July 2017, thirty states and the District of Columbia have adopted energy efficiency policies-either mandated requirements, voluntary goals, or pilot programs—designed to lower the growth of electricity consumption by using electricity more efficiently. …read more Source:: TODAY IN…
