US Energy Information Administration news
US dry natural gas production continued to increase in 2015
US dry natural gas production increased by 4.5% in 2015 compared to 2014, according to the EIA’s Natural Gas Annual.
US oil and natural gas proved reserves decrease
According to the EIA, US oil and natural gas proved reserves decrease in 2015 due to lower prices.
EIA: continued biomass-based diesel growth due to final 2017 RFS targets
On 23 November, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final rule for the 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme year, with higher targets than those initially proposed in May.
EIA: residential energy consumption expected to increase from last winter
EIA’s Short Term Energy Outlook projects that the average residential customer will consume 4% more electricity over December through March compared with the same period last winter.
Recent OPEC agreement reflected in EIA forecast
In EIA’s December Short Term Energy Outlook, both the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil 2017 price forecasts increased by about US$1/bbl from November.
EIA: New England natural gas market
LNG imports into New England have typically met a significant portion of natural gas demand, but they have declined because of a variety of market conditions.