Every number here comes from a US government source. Prices, production, storage and demand come from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Consumer Price Index we use to adjust for inflation comes from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). All of it is free and public. We collect it, check it and explain it, and the Sources and methods page lists every series we use.
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Questions about the data
Weekly. The EIA publishes most of these figures each week for the week before, and we refresh the page after each release. Monthly figures, such as natural gas production, arrive about two months after the month they describe. Every number on the page shows the date it covers.
A dollar bought more in 1990 than it does now, so an old price and a new one are not directly comparable. We convert past prices into today's money using the Consumer Price Index. That way a price from any year can be compared fairly with this week's.
No. This guide explains the oil and gas market using public data. It is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything, and nothing here predicts prices or the results of any investment.
Most people don't know how much reliable energy data the US government makes public, or how to read it. We work with this data every day, so we put it in one place and explain it plainly.
