(Thu, 05 Apr 2018) Interruptions in electricity service vary by frequency and duration across the many electric distribution systems that serve about 145 million customers in the United States. In 2016, customers experienced an average of 1.3 interruptions and went without power for four hours during the year.
Last year, Blackstone announced a $40 billion infrastructure fund with a huge commitment from the Saudis. It hasn’t come together as planned.
(Wed, 04 Apr 2018) Annual average U.S. crude oil production reached 9.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2017, an increase of 464,000 b/d from 2016 levels after declining by 551,000 b/d in 2016. In November 2017, monthly U.S. crude oil production reached 10.07 million b/d, the highest monthly level of crude oil production in U.S. history.
The roads in Central African Republic present more obstacles than solutions.
(Tue, 03 Apr 2018) U.S. retail electricity sales fell by 80 billion kilowatthours (kWh) in 2017, the largest drop since the economic recession in 2009. The 2% decrease in 2017 reflects lower retail sales in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors and is largely attributable to milder weather
US E&P companies needing cash for drilling are likely to hear good news from banks currently preparing to size up borrowing profiles, as upstream activity continues to tick higher.
In about 20 months, the shipping industry is going to start burning a fuel that today they know next to nothing about.
(Mon, 02 Apr 2018) Over the past four years, relatively little new underground natural gas storage capacity was built in the Lower 48 states. EIA measures natural gas storage capacity in two ways: design capacity and demonstrated maximum working gas volume (or demonstrated peak). In 2017, design capacity grew by about 1%, and demonstrated peak fell by 1%
(Fri, 30 Mar 2018) EIA projects U.S. coal dispositionâdomestic demand and coal exportsâto remain relatively flat through 2050 in the <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2018</em> (AEO2018) Reference case, even as many coal-fired power plants are retired. Coal disposition for the next three decades averages 750 million short tons per year (MMst), down from the peak of nearly 1.2 million tons in 2008.
In a meandering speech, Mr. Trump seemed to undercut his own administration’s initiatives, including on infrastructure and a trade agreement with South Korea.
