US Energy Information Administration news
EIA: Energy-related CO2 emissions projected to remain at current levels until 2050
The US Energy Administration is projecting the stabilisation of energy-related CO2 emissions around current levels for over four decades.
US Gulf Coast refinery demand for hydrogen increasingly met by merchant suppliers
As demand for hydrogen increases, US Gulf Coast refiners are consuming more hydrogen from merchant suppliers than from their own production.
EIA: The US imports and exports substantial volumes of petroleum
US net trade of petroleum has fallen in recent years, reaching 2.3 million bpd in 2018.
EIA: natural gas processing capacity increased in Lower 48 states between 2014 and 2017
The US Energy Information Administration has estimated that natural gas processing plant capacity increased by about 5% in the Lower 48 states on a net basis between 2014 and 2017.
EIA: US expands its role as world’s leading ethane exporter
US exports of ethane have increased from nearly nothing in 2013 to an average of 260 000 bpd through the first 10 months of 2018.
EIA: US expected to export more energy than it imports by 2020
The US is projected to export more petroleum and other liquids than it imports within the decade.
EIA: Changes in marine fuel sulfur limits will put temporary upward pressure on diesel margins
EIA’s analysis indicates that the price effects that result from implementing the new IMO standard will be most acute in 2020 and will diminish over time.
For one week in November, the US was a net exporter of crude oil and petroleum products
During the week ending November 30, 2018, the United States exported more crude oil and petroleum products than it imported for the first time in weekly data going back to 1991.
US LNG export capacity to more than double by the end of 2019
EIA projects that US LNG export capacity will become the third largest in the world behind Australia and Qatar by the end of 2019.
November US natural gas prices increased beyond previous market expectations
On 23 November, the natural gas spot price at the Henry Hub in Louisiana, US, was US$4.70/million Btu, the highest price since a temporary spike in January 2018.