September 12, 2011 Energy Data Highlights Crude oil futures price 9/8/2011: $89.05/bbl up$0.12 from week earlier up$14.38 from year earlier Natural gas futures price 9/8/2011: $3.980/mmBtu down$0.070 from week earlier up$0.170 from year earlier Weekly coal production 9/3/2011: 20.986 million tons down0.167 million tons from week earlier down0.825 million tons from year earlier Natural gas inventories 9/2/2011: 3,025 Bcfup64 Bcf from week earlier down131 Bcf from year earlier Crude oil inventories 9/2/2011: 353.1 mmbbl down4.0 mmbbl from week earlier down6.8 mmbbl from year earlier http://www.eia.gov/ Natural Gas/ Power News EIA Storage Release 9/1/11 (Actual): +64 BcfPrevious Week: +55 Bcf-4.2% Change from 1 Year Ago -1.9% Change 5-year Average Power outage may have caused more than $100M in losses to area The electrical grid collapse that cut off power to 2 million customers of San Diego Gas & Electric Co. may have resulted in $97 million to $118 million in losses, according to an independent analysis of the economic impact http://www.nctimes.com/business/article_a52214fe-cb47-506d-86bd- 817f34045189.html#ixzz1Xk1GfyBn Follow
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Texas Heat Wave, August 2011: Nature and Effects of an Electricity Supply ShortageA prolonged August heat wave in Texas produced two periods of very highwholesale prices in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the wholesalemarket operator for most of the State. Day-ahead, on-peak wholesale powerprices for August 2011 rose far above the range of prices seen during the previous
five Augusts (see chart above).http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=3010
Wildfires weaken natural gas demand in TexasWildfires, fed by a historic drought, have so far spared oil and gas operations in
Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, but they’ve had another impact on the energysector: a drop in natural gas consumption.http://fuelfix.com/blog/2011/09/09/report-wildfires-weaken-natural-gas-demand-in-texas/#loopbegin
EU starts negotiations on Caspian pipeline to bring gas to Europe
Today the European Union has adopted a mandate to negotiate a legally bindingtreaty between the EU, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to build a Trans CaspianPipeline System. This is the first time that the European Union has proposed atreaty in support of an infrastructure project. The treaty will be concluded by theEU after decision by all 27 Member States that the European Commission shouldlead the negotiations on behalf of them all. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1023&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
OPEC Daily Basket Price 9/9/2011 – $110.40
(9/8/2011 – $112.15)
Recent Rig Counts
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U.S. 9 Sept11
1958 -10 2 Sept 11 +304 10 Sept 10
Canada 9 Sept11
515 -2 2 Sept 11 +132 10 Sept 10
International August2011 1183 +33 July 2011 +81 August 2010
Oil fell on Monday on deepening concerns over Europe's sovereign debt crisis and
slowing global growth. Worries that Greece may default on its debts rose after
finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized economies pledged a
coordinated response to the global slowdown but offered no specific steps to
support their economies
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44479194
U.S. Crude Falls More Than $1 on Economic Concerns
U.S. crude fell more than $1 as markets opened on Monday in Asia, on concernabout slowing global economic growth and Europe's deepening sovereign debt
crisis. News that production Libyan oil production would resume in days and that
the OPEC member country is set to reach full pre-war output levels within a year
was another bearish factor, especially for Brent. Brent and U.S. crude ended the
week near unchanged, after prices had jumped earlier in the week on tropical
weather threats to U.S. production and strong equities after a ruling by Germany's
top court briefly soothed euro zone fears.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44479436
Economic concerns hit oil and metals
Economic worries gripped commodities markets in European morning trading, withselling depressing oil and industrial metals. Commodities, including gold, wereaffected by the dollar’s “haven rally” given the weakness of the euro. High qualityglobal journalism requires investment. Supply worries supporting crude oil priceslast week gave way to concerns about the global macro economic situation anddemand for oil. The ICE Brent October contract traded down $1.44 a barrel at$111.33 and Nymex October West Texas Intermediate fell $1.25 a barrel to $85.99http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/12fd7594-dd1c-11e0-b4f2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1XjmkEbn6
Oil Prices to Keep Rising in 2011: Analyst
Oil prices will gradually rise throughout the rest of the year despite a weakening in
demand growth, Neil Atkinson, director of energy research and analysis at
Datamonitor told CNBC on Monday. "Because of supply management and a slight
weakening in demand growth, prices are more likely to rise gradually," Atkinson
said. "The statistics will show that demand growth is weakening especially in the
OECD countries.On the supply side we have stocks that are adequate. They are
not very tight but we don't have a significant amount of spare capacity and that is
under the control of Saudi Arabia and the other Middle Eastern countries,"
Atkinson told CNBC.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44482406
OPEC cuts oil demand forecast on growth concerns
OPEC sharply revised down its forecast for world oil demand for this year and
expected consumption would remain weak in 2012, citing on Monday waning
Oil Tanker Sailing for Libya’s Mellitah as First Cargo From West Offered
An oil tanker is sailing to the Libyan port of Mellitah, a sign the nation may beresuming energy exports after months of fighting that led to the ouster of