April 14, 2009
U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged nearly 14.3 million barrels per day during the week ending April 3, up 129 thousand barrels per day from the previous week's average. Refineries operated at 81.8 percent of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging nearly 9.0 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased last week, averaging 3.9 million barrels per day.
April 14, 2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff today signed an agreement that clarifies their agencies’ jurisdictional responsibilities for leasing and licensing renewable energy projects on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf.
March 25, 2009
President Obama struck an optimistic note last night on the prospects for signing a major global warming law, pledging also to craft a bill that takes into account economic concerns and the country's regional differences over energy production.
