According to the eia article U.S. crude oil production will increase to new records in 2023 and 2024 by Matthew French, Alexander DeKeyserling, Naser Ameen (1/25/2023): …we forecast that crude oil production in the United States will average 12.4 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2023 and 12.8 million b/d …
Read More »What should we know about oil markets?
The World Bank blog post Oil prices remain volatile amid demand pessimism and constrained supply by Peter Nagle and Kaltrina Temaj (12/16/2022) is a overview of the oil market. There are seven graphs but one, U.S. strategic reserves, caught my attention and is copied here. The United States and other …
Read More »How much natural gas does the industrial sector use?
The eia post Natural gas consumption in the industrial sector has grown slowly in recent years by Mike Kopalek (12/12/2022) provides the graph copied here. What may be more interesting is what all this natural gas is used for. A few highlights: Natural gas used to produce fertilizer is one …
Read More »Where is the coal and the coal jobs?
An interesting post by the eia and the title answers the question: Most U.S. coal is mined in the West, but most coal mining jobs are in the East by Elesia Fasching (11/8/2022). In 2021, 60% of the country’s coal was produced in the western United States, but only 28% …
Read More »How much nuclear power does California use?
From the eia article Nuclear power provided about 10% of California’s total electricity supply (9/19/2022) by Slade Johnson and Katherine Antonio: In 2021, three nuclear power plants supplied about 10% of California’s electricity. Diablo Canyon, located in San Luis Obispo County, is California’s last operating nuclear power plant, and it supplied …
Read More »Which electricity generation uses the least land?
The Our World in Data article How does the land use of different electricity sources compare? by Hannah Ritchie (6/16/2022) looks to answer this question. Here is what they consider: To capture the whole picture we compare these footprints based on life-cycle assessments. These cover the land use of the …
Read More »Which regions use the most AC?
From the eia article Nearly 90% of U.S. household used air conditioning in 2020 by Ross Beall and Bill McNary (5/31/2022): In 2020, the Midwest Census Region and South Census Region had the highest percentages of households using AC, at 92% and 93%, respectively. The lowest percentage of households using …
Read More »How much do the top ten oil producers produce?
Our World in Data now has a Fossil Fuels Data Explorer. You can create a time series of the top ten oil producers, download the image, and post it on your favorite blog, which I did. Each of the top three more than doubles any producer in the 4-10 spot. …
Read More »What are the sources of methane emissions in the U.S.?
The iea has a Methane Tracker Data Explorer which has information of methane emissions by country or for the world. In 2021 the U.S. emitted 31,460 kt of methane which is 8.8% of the global emissions. There are various graphs, such as the one copied here, and links to download …
Read More »Who is going to use more electricity in the home?
The eia article Use of electricity in houses to grow more quickly in developing economies by Courtney Sourmehi (11/5/2021) is a good example of the difference between totals and per capita. Reference case, we project that residential buildings outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will consume more …
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