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U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION EIA to Restore 10:30 AM Release Time for Weekly Petroleum and Natural Gas Data EIA will move the standard release time of the Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR) and the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report (WNGSR) back to the original time of 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) in early January. The change is effective beginning with the WPSR release on Wednesday, January 7, and with the WNGSR release on Thursday January 8. Since early June 2008, EIA has delayed the scheduled release of the WPSR and WNGSR as part of a larger effort to assure that the data remain physically inaccessible before the release time. EIA loads these reports behind an electronic ‘‘gate’’ that prevents access to the data before the release time. At the release time, the gate is removed, and interested parties can access the information. Over the past several months, EIA has thoroughly tested its electronic gate system and eliminated all identified problems, materially reducing the likelihood of an inadvertent early release of either weekly product. The day and time at which the weekly reports are released will continue to vary from the standard practice during certain weeks that include a Federal holiday. The official schedule with dates and times for those releases are available for the WPSR at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/fwd/wpsrsch.html and for the WNGSR at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/ngs/schedule.html. The changes to the release times outlined above do not reflect EIA's response to comments received as a result of the October 15, 2008, Federal Register notice that requested public input on the process and technologies used for disseminating the WPSR and the WNGSR. The public comment period closed on November 14, 2008. The comments received are currently under review.
EIA Press Contact: National Energy Information Center, 202/586-8800 EIA-2008-15 Contact:
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