Radio Spots for 2021
Ready-to-broadcast news stories. Transcripts provided so radio spots can be re-recorded in whole or in part.
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January 12, 2021 |
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $42 per barrel in 2020, down $23 from 2019. Declining consumption and rising global oil inventories during the first half of 2020 caused spot prices to fall to $18 per barrel in April, the lowest price in real terms since February 1999. However, a rise in oil consumption and limits to production during the second half of the year pushed Brent prices to a monthly average of $50 per barrel in December.
In its January Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA expects restrained oil production from members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners to keep Brent prices in the mid-$50 per barrel range during the first quarter of 2021.
EIA expects global oil consumption and production to rise through 2022 as global oil inventories decline during much of that period. EIA expects that Brent prices will average $53 per barrel in both 2021 and 2022.
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| Transcript: | http://www.eia.gov/pressroom/radio/transcript/steo_crude_oil_prices_01122021.pdf |
| Length of mp3: | 00:01:09 |
| Size of mp3: | 1.1 mb |
| More on this topic: | http://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/ |
| Date: |
January 12, 2021 |
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that, in 2020, the United States exported an average of 7.6 billion cubic feet per day more natural gas than it imported. Because of rising liquefied natural gas and pipeline exports, the United States has been a net exporter of natural gas since the second quarter of 2017. EIA forecasts net natural gas exports will continue to rise, averaging 9.8 billion cubic feet per day in 2021 and 10.7 billion cubic feet per day in 2022.
In its January Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA estimates that the United States exported 9.8 billion cubic feet per day of liquefied natural gas in December, an increase of 0.4 billion cubic feet per day over the previous record set in November 2020. The increase in U.S. LNG exports was driven by rising natural gas prices in Europe and Asia; reduced global supply of LNG resulting from several unplanned outages at LNG export facilities worldwide; and cold weather in key LNG-consuming markets, particularly Asia. U.S. LNG exports are expected to continue to rise through the forecast period, increasing by 30% in 2021 and by 42% in 2022 compared with 2020.
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| Transcript: | http://www.eia.gov/pressroom/radio/transcript/steo_lng_exports_01122021.pdf |
| Length of mp3: | 00:01:21 |
| Size of mp3: | 1.2 mb |
| More on this topic: | http://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/ |
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January 12, 2021 |
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The U.S. average retail price for on-highway diesel fuel rose to $2.67 a gallon on Monday. That’s up 3 cents from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Diesel prices were highest in the West Coast states, at $3.14 a gallon, up 2.3 cents from last week. Prices were lowest in the Gulf Coast region at $2.43 a gallon, up 3.1 cents from a week ago.
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| Transcript: | https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/radio/transcript/diesel_price_01122021.pdf |
| Length of mp3: | 00:00:31 |
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| More on this topic: | https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/ |
| Date: |
January 12, 2021 |
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The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $2.32 a gallon on Monday. That’s up 6.8 cents from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Pump prices were highest in the West Coast states at $2.85 a gallon, up 4.3 cents from last week. Prices were lowest in the Gulf Coast states at $2.02 a gallon, up 9 cents from last week.
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| Transcript: | https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/radio/transcript/gasoline_price_01122021_long.pdf |
| Length of mp3: | 00:00:30 |
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| More on this topic: | https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/ |
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January 5, 2021 |
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The U.S. average retail price for on-highway diesel fuel rose to $2.64 a gallon on Monday. That’s up 5-tenths of a penny from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Diesel prices were highest in the West Coast states, at $3.12 a gallon, up 3-tenths of a penny from last week. Prices were lowest in the Gulf Coast region at $2.40 a gallon, up 5-tenths of a penny from a week ago.
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| Transcript: | https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/radio/transcript/diesel_price_01052021.pdf |
| Length of mp3: | 00:00:31 |
| Size of mp3: | 0.5 mb |
| More on this topic: | https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/ |
| Date: |
January 5, 2021 |
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The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $2.25 a gallon on Monday. That’s up 6-tenths of a penny from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Pump prices were highest in the West Coast states at $2.81 a gallon, up 1.5 cents from last week. Prices were lowest in the Gulf Coast states at $1.93 a gallon, seeing no movement from last week.
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| Transcript: | https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/radio/transcript/gasoline_price_01052021_long.pdf |
| Length of mp3: | 00:00:30 |
| Size of mp3: | 0.5 mb |
| More on this topic: | https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/ |
