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Energy Week in Review #11/2022
Date published: 2022-11-24
Date modified: 2022-11-24
Reading time: 00:02:09
Crude Oil
Between November 16 and November 21, 2022, the WTI (Western Texas Intermediate) crude oil contracts closed trading at US$ 79.74, losing 8.2% in a week, and US$ 1.42 more than a year ago. The spread with Brent Crude Oil Spot Price on November 21, was US$8.7.
U.S. oil production averaged 12.100 million barrels per day, 0.00% more than 1 week ago, but 0.500 MMB/D more than 1 year ago.
Crude Oil and Petroleum Products imports to the U.S. equated to 8.670 MMB/D, up 0.816 MMB/D from one week ago and a decrease of 0.107 MMB/D compared to one year back. On the other hand, U.S. Crude Oil and Petroleum exports reached 9.927 MMB/D, 0.040 MMB/D up from one week ago and exceeding 2.416 MMB/D relative to one year ago.
U.S. crude oil refinery net inputs reached 16.410 MMB/D, up 0.258 MMB/D from one week ago and up 0.779 MMB/D compared to the same period last year.
Regarding the number of days of crude oil supply in the U.S., the week ended with the mark of 26.8, 0.6 days less than one week ago, and down 1.1 days compared to one year ago.
In relation to petroleum derivatives, we had the following price changes during the week:
| Product (NY Harbor) |
Price per gallon |
% Change |
US$ Change 1 Year |
| Conventional Gasoline | US$ 2.712 | -7.44% | US$ 0.437 |
| Heating Oil | US$ 3.365 | -22.38% | US$ 1.131 |
| Diesel Fuel (Ultra-low-sulfur) | US$ 3.192 | -4.20% | US$ 0.881 |
| Kerosene | US$ 3.125 | -3.61% | US$ 0.927 |
Natural Gas
The Henry Hub spot price rose by US$ 0.370 from November 15, to close at US$ 6.270 MMBtu on November 21. Compared to one year ago, the NG price increased by US 1.340 MMBtu.
The total supply of U.S. natural gas was 113.3 billion cubic feet in the week ending on 11/21, which is 0 bcf/d more than a week ago and 6.5 bcf/d more than a year ago. Concerning U.S. demand, the last measured week reached 90.4 bcf/d, up 0 bcf/d from a week ago and up 2.4bcf/d during a year.
Electricity
The most recent U.S. price indicators for electricity (07/2022) indicate an average residential retail price of US$ 15.46/kWh (9.57% in one year), an average industrial price of US$ 9.43/kWh (26.41% in one year) and an average transportation price of 12.26/kWh (16.98% in one year).
Electricity Generation (Megawatthours - daily average):
| Source | 11/21/2022 | % Change 1 Week | % Change 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind | 52,648 | 95.17% | -29.18% |
| Solar | 10,110 | -4.06% | 6.74% |
| Hydro | 25,620 | -0.46% | -12.89% |
| Other | 9,328 | 17.51% | 7.22% |
| Petroleum | 927 | -31.05% | -6.46% |
| Natural Gas | 157,238 | -4.33% | 6.83% |
| Coal | 89,341 | 27.55% | 10.09% |
| Nuclear | 90,721 | 20.41% | -2.61% |
| Total | 435,931 | 14.04% | -1.91% |
EIA Price Forecast
|
Energy Type |
Forecast 12/2023 |
|
WTI (dollars per barrel) |
92.00 |
|
Brent (dollars per barrel) |
98.00 |
|
Natural Gas (dollars per thousand cubic feet) |
5.82 |
|
Electricity - Residential Retail (cents per kilowatt-hour) |
14.35 |
Fuel prices in the European Union – November 21, 2022
| Euro-super 95 (I) |
Automotive gas oil | Heating gas oil | Fuel oil | |
| 1000L | 1000L | 1000L | t | |
| Austria | 1,666 | 1,852 | 1,515.04 | 815.9 |
| Belgium | 1,832.56 | 1,880.29 | 1,134.9 | 464.35 |
| Bulgaria | 1,407.61 | 1,654.36 | 1,444.96 | |
| Croatia | 1,586.08 | 1,886.91 | 1,345.71 | 945.84 |
| Cyprus | 1,532.57 | 1,830.46 | 1,345.68 | 995.37 |
| Czechia | 1,677.53 | 1,777.14 | 1,251.81 | N.A |
| Denmark | 1,981.8 | 1,905.16 | 2,018.5 | 1,277.81 |
| Estonia | 1,675 | 1,668 | 1,367 | |
| Finland | 1,993 | 2,184 | 1,676 | |
| France | 1,782.84 | 1,905.88 | 1,448.25 | 710.08 |
| Germany | 1,791 | 1,905 | 1,476.62 | |
| Greece | 2,052 | 1,994 | 1,245 | 667.83 |
| Hungary | 1,257.5 | 1,549.33 | 1,549.33 | 941.31 |
| Ireland | 1,800.1 | 2,006.8 | 1,119.85 | 957.73 |
| Italy | 1,697.11 | 1,809.92 | 1,742.17 | 676.22 |
| Latvia | 1,752.32 | 1,874.33 | 1,442.25 | |
| Lithuania | 1,646.85 | 1,830.66 | 1,157.34 | |
| Luxembourg | 1,591 | 1,737 | 1,170 | |
| Malta | 1,340 | 1,210 | 1,000 | |
| Netherlands | 1,849.72 | 1,844.03 | 1,902 | 745 |
| Poland | 1,398.12 | 1,653.23 | 1,396.35 | 729.87 |
| Portugal | 1,703 | 1,701 | 1,713 | 993.86 |
| Romania | 1,539.24 | 1,796.32 | 1,960.26 | 747.55 |
| Slovakia | 1,670 | 1,804 | 735.87 | |
| Slovenia | 1,492.67 | 1,740.14 | 1,440.02 | |
| Spain | 1,764.66 | 1,876.78 | 1,293.61 | 682.24 |
| Sweden | 1,793.8 | 2,236.76 | 1,503.74 | 1,007.98 |
| CE/EC/EG EUR27_2020 (IV) Weighted average |
1729.617848 | 1851.302651 | 1435.022384 | 759.9492085 |
This weekly Energy Report was crafted by Planck E with sources from: https://www.eia.gov/ and https://energy.ec.europa.eu/
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