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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)
International oil markets
Executive Summary
- Natural gas production increases throughout the projection period, allowing the United States to transition from a net importer to a net exporter of natural gas....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
- U.S. reliance on imported natural gas from Canada declines as exports grow...Read full section
- China and India account for half of growth in world energy use...Read full section
- After Fukushima, prospects for nuclear power dim in Japan and Europe but not elsewhere...Read full section
- Wind power leads rise in world renewable generation, solar power also grows rapidly...Read full section
- With rising domestic production, the United States become a net exporter of natural gas...Read full section
- The U.S. becomes a net natural gas exporter...Read full section