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Posted May 22, 2024 Today in Energy ›

Forecast strong hurricane season presents risk for U.S. oil and natural gas industry ›

Meteorologists are forecasting a particularly intense Atlantic hurricane season this year; they expect 20–25 named storms with a possibility of 30 or more, according to reports from AccuWeather in April. Colorado State University similarly forecasts an estimated 23 named storms this year. The potential for a stronger hurricane season suggests heightened risk for weather-related production outages in the U.S. oil and natural gas industry. More

monthly U.S. crude oil field production

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly

Data Highlights

WTI crude oil futures price

5/21/2024: NA/barrel

NA from week earlier
NA from year earlier

Natural gas futures price

5/21/2024: NA/MMBtu

NA from week earlier
NA from year earlier

Retail gasoline price

5/20/2024: $3.584/gal

down$0.024 from week earlier
up$0.050 from year earlier

Crude oil inventories

5/17/2024: 458.8 million barrels

up1.8 million barrels from week earlier
up3.7 million barrels from year earlier

Weekly coal production

5/11/2024: 7.813 million tons

down0.029 million tons from week earlier
down3.070 million tons from year earlier