Fuel Price and Supply Resources

Below is a selection of links relating to fuel price and supply. The DPS welcomes suggestions for other links of a similar nature. Links will be posted at the DPS' sole discretion.

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Government Sites

The Energy Information Administration - The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration web site is a rich resource for news, historical and current data, and analysis on all energy sources and uses. This is the first place to check for energy information. The Annual Energy Report home page is an outstanding resource for historical data.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics - The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) maintains a wide range of data sets on employment, prices and living conditions (including the Consumer Price Index), compensation and working conditions, and productivity and technology. The Selective Access page is a good place to start looking for information.
State of Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services - BGS maintains a page containing rack prices on a weekly basis for Vermont's market area.

Commodity Market Information

Bloomberg.Com - Bloomberg offers the Commodity Mover's Page which features a frequently updated futures prices of crude oil, heating oil, and natural gas as well as other commodities. They also offer energy news briefs.
INO.COM - This company provides information on a variety of commodity exchanges. Their New York Mercantile Exchange page starts off with energy futures.
OilNergy - Among other features this site offers information on spot market prices from the two previous trading days.
Reuters Limited - Reuters offers energy news and information on cash and futures prices.
TFC Commodity Charts - This organization offers an online short course on commodity markets for the novice as well as commodity charts.

How Much Oil is There?

CAVEAT: The following links are provided without any warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained therein, or the value of the services or goods that may be offered. The opinions expressed on the linked pages are not the opinions of the Department of Public Service or the State of Vermont. They are presented solely as a resource for interested individuals.

USDOE Energy Information Administration - The Long Term World Oil Supply (A Resource Base / Production Path Analysis) is one of many offered by the EIA. The World Oil Market projects that crude prices will not rise beyond $25 per barrel before 2015. Other analysis are available here.
U.S. Geological Survey - The U.S. Department of the Interior's USGS World Energy Assessment offers a sophisticated and detailed statistical analysis.
International Energy Agency - The IEA plans to release World Energy Outlook 2000 on November 20, 2000. The site offers energy statistics, data, and news.
Community Office for Resource Efficiency - CORE's petroleum primer When will the Joy Ride End? offers a perspective on our past, present and future use of petroleum.
The Hubbert Peak of Oil Production - Geophysicist M. King Hubbert correctly predicted a decline in US oil extraction rates. This page named after him, includes data, analysis and recommendations regarding the rate of global oil extraction. It contains, for example, an article published in the March 1998 issue of Scientific American entitled The End of Cheap Oil.