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Annual Energy Outlook 2012
Release Date: June 25, 2012 | Next Early Release Date: January 23, 2013 | Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)
Oil/Liquids
Executive Summary
- Domestic crude oil production increases....Read full section
- With modest economic growth, increased efficiency, growing domestic production, and continued adoption of nonpetroleum liquids, net imports of petroleum and other liquids make up a smaller share of total U.S. energy consumption ...Read full section
Market Trends
- Oil price cases depict uncertainty in world oil markets.... Read full section
- Trends in petroleum and other liquids markets are defined largely by the developing nations... Read full section
- Production from resources other than crude oil and natural gas liquids increases... Read full section
- Renewable energy sources lead rise in primary energy consumption... Read full section
- Transportation uses lead growth in consumption of petroleum and other liquids... Read full section
- Biofuels and natural gas liquids lead growth in total petroleum and other liquids supply... Read full section
- U.S. crude oil production increases, led by lower 48 onshore production... Read full section
- U.S. crude oil production varies with price and resource assumptions... Read full section
- U.S. net imports of petroleum and other liquids fall in the Reference case... Read full section
- U.S. consumption of cellulosic biofuels exceeds renewable fuels standard in 2035... Read full section
- Infrastructure hurdles limit near-term growth in consumption of E15 and E85 fuels... Read full section
- Shifts in fuel consumption guide future investment decisions for refiners... Read full section
Issues in Focus
- Oil price and production trends in AEO2012.... Read full section
- Changing structure of the refining industry... Read full section
- Potential impact of minimum pipeline throughput constraints on Alaska North Slope oil production... Read full section
- U.S. crude oil and natural gas resource uncertainty... Read full section
- Evolving Marcellus shale gas resource estimates... Read full section
Legislation and Regulations
- Introduction....Read full section
- Greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption standards for heavy-duty vehicles, model years 2014 through 2018... Read full section