EIA DISCUSSION ARTICLE

Featured Articles for Mar 10, 2010

Forecast & Analysis

Big Oil Comes To Uganda

By Matthew Curtin A DOW JONES COLUMN Finding oil is one thing. Bringing it to market is another... Full Story

Shale Gas Can Transform U.S. Power Generation

By Jim Efstathiou Jr. March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Technology to develop natural gas from hard-to-access rock formations will expand U.S... Full Story

Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending March 5, 2010

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 13.9 million barrels per day during the week ending March 5, 149 thousand barrels per day below the previous week's average. Refineries operated at 80... Full Story

Athamas Hedge Fund Will Sell More Wood, Fewer Carbon Credits

By Mathew Carr March 10 (Bloomberg) -- A forestry and carbon hedge fund proposed by Athamas SA will focus on wood rather than carbon credits after United Nations climate talks in... Full Story

EIA: 2010 OPEC Outlook Revised Up By 30,000 B/D To 29.50M B/D

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. raised its forecast for OPEC crude oil output this year but slightly lowered the growth rate for 2011... Full Story

EIA Sees US Crude Inventories +8.6M Bbls In Mar

[Dow Jones]--US crude oil inventories are expected to rise 8.6 mln bbls from Feb to end Mar at 350.3 mln bbls, the EIA said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook released Tue. That's up 2... Full Story

Top Stories

Climate Panel Review Set After Skeptics Flag Errors

By Bill Varner March 10 (Bloomberg) -- An independent review of the United Nations climate change panel will be conducted following reports of mistakes in analyzing the melting of... Full Story

Obama Encounters Disagreement At White House Climate Meeting

By Siobhan Hughes and Ian Talley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Obama administration's ambitions for broad reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions across... Full Story

Kerry Says ‘Great Deal’ of Consensus Reached on Climate Policy

By Catherine Dodge and Kim Chipman March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John Kerry said a bipartisan group of lawmakers achieved a “great deal of consensus” on energy policy at the White... Full Story

OPEC Raises Forecast for Oil Demand on Lower NGL Estimate

By Alexander Kwiatkowski March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said it will need to pump more crude than previously forecast this year after cutting... Full Story

IEA Economist Predicts 'Era Of Cheap Energy Is Over'

By Tom Barkley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The chief economist of the International Energy Agency said predicted Tuesday that the "era of cheap energy is over," with... Full Story

CFTC Should Cede Electric Oversight, GOP Member Says

By Simon Lomax March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission should cede oversight of certain contracts on U.S... Full Story

Financial

Oil Rises to Eight-Week High, Gasoline Surges on Fuel Supplies

By Mark Shenk March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose to an eight-week high and gasoline surged after a government report showed that U.S... Full Story

OIL FUTURES: Nymex Crude Flat, Oil Inventory Jump Feared

By Brian Baskin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Crude futures were nearly unchanged Wednesday, avoiding adding to the previous day's losses due to strength in... Full Story

US GAS: Futures Slip On Weather Forecasts, Supplies

By Christine Buurma Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Natural gas futures slipped Wednesday as warm-weather forecasts and robust supplies continued to pressure the... Full Story

Crude Oil Falls Before Report Forecast to Show Supply Gain

By Mark Shenk March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell before a report forecast to show that supplies rose for a sixth week in the U.S... Full Story

OIL FUTURES: Crude Oil Trends Down On Stronger Dollar

By Edward Welsch Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Crude oil settled slightly lower as the stronger dollar weighed on prices, though futures hovered near their highest point in eight... Full Story

Natural Gas Falls in New York as Weather Cuts Heating Demand

By Asjylyn Loder March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Natural gas futures fell to a three- month low for the second straight day as mild weather cut heating demand for the fuel, reducing the need to draw... Full Story

Releases

Husky Energy Announces a Successful Medium Term Notes Offering

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Husky Energy Inc. (TSX:HSE) announced today that the Company has agreed to issue $700 million in medium term notes... Full Story

Natural Gas Demand To Recover - ConocoPhillips CEO

HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Natural gas is not a "transition fuel" to cleaner sources of energy but instead it is something that will be part of the U.S... Full Story

Power Recovery to Boost Calpine, NRG Before Utilities

By Katarzyna Klimasinska March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Calpine Corp. and NRG Energy Inc., the biggest independent power producers in the U.S... Full Story

Anadarko To Buy Back Up To $1B Of Debt, Plans Note Sale

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (APC) said it will buy back up to $1 billion of its outstanding debt, saying it will sell at least $500 million in notes to fund the purchases... Full Story

Chevron: Production To Grow 1% Per Year Through 2014

By Isabel Ordonez Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Chevron Corp. (CVX) said Tuesday its production would grow about 1% through 2014 and 4% to 5% from 2014 to 2017... Full Story

Chevron to Sell Refinery, Cut 2,000 Jobs Through 2011

By Joe Carroll March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S... Full Story

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NATURAL GAS STORAGE*
EIA report for week ending 2/26/10 Our prediction for week ending 3/5/10
1,737 -1,621
Weekly change
-116 down -116 downest

Commodity Prices ($)

Natural Gas4.470
Crude Oil81.95
Heating Oil2.0931