The Petra Nova facility, a coal-fired power plant located near Houston, Texas, is one of only two operating power plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the world, and it is the only such facility in the United States.…
Month: October 2017
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regains ability to certificate natural gas pipelines
Three new pipeline projects in the northeast received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in October, the first projects to be approved since February. …read more Source:: TODAY IN ENERGY
Haynesville shale gas production increases to highest levels since end of 2013
Recent increases in drilling activity and well production rates are raising natural gas production levels in the Haynesville region, according to EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Marketed natural gas production in Haynesville reached 6.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d)…
Gulf Coast refinery runs are approaching levels seen prior to Hurricane Harvey
For the week ending October 20, 2017, gross inputs to petroleum refineries in the U.S. Gulf Coast averaged 8.8 million barrels per day (b/d), or about 324,000 b/d higher than the previous five-year range for mid-October, based on data in…
China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption
Global natural gas consumption is expected to grow from 340 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2015 to 485 Bcf/d by 2040, primarily in countries in Asia and in the Middle East, based on projections in EIA’s latest International…
Puerto Rico’s electricity service is slow to return after Hurricane Maria
More than one month after Hurricane Maria made landfall, electricity service has not been restored to most residents of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. As of Monday morning, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority had partially restored service to…
September unplanned global oil supply disruptions fall to lowest level since January 2012
Unplanned global supply disruptions fell to 1.6 million barrels per day (b/d) in September, the lowest level since January 2012. Over the past six months, unplanned oil supply disruptions have fallen by more than 1.0 million b/d, as outages in…
Australian domestic natural gas prices increase as LNG exports rise
Australia became the world’s second-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2015 and is likely to overtake Qatar as the world’s largest LNG exporter by 2019. …read more Source:: TODAY IN ENERGY
Intensity of U.S. energy use in manufacturing decreases as output outpaces fuel use
The energy intensity of U.S. manufacturing has continued to decrease, according to the latest data from EIA’s Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS). From 2010 to 2014, manufacturing fuel consumption increased by 4.7%, while real gross output increased by 9.6%-or more…
Crude oil and petroleum product exports reach record levels in the first half of 2017
Crude oil exports in the first half of 2017 increased by more than 300,000 barrels per day (b/d) from the first half of 2016 to 784,000 b/d, a 57% increase. Petroleum product exports also grew over the same period. Crude…
