According to the latest U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) total energy consumption per capita ranking among U.S. states, which shows data up to 2021, Alaska had the highest energy demand per capita in the region in 2021, with 932 million Btu.
Louisiana ranked a close second that year with 925 million Btu, while North Dakota was third with 905 million Btu, the ranking showed. Wyoming placed fourth, with 870 million Btu, Iowa was fifth, with 490 million Btu, Texas was sixth, with 486 million Btu, and West Virginia was seventh, with 478 million Btu, the EIA figures revealed.
Rounding out the top 10, South Dakota placed eighth, with 458 million Btu, Nebraska was ninth, with 457 million Btu, and Oklahoma was tenth, with 414 million Btu, the EIA ranking outlined.
According to the EIA’s latest total energy production ranking among U.S. states, which also showed data up to 2021 and excluded federal offshore production, Texas was the top state in terms of total energy output in 2021, with 23.844 quadrillion Btu. Pennsylvania ranked a distant second, with 10.151 quadrillion Btu, while Wyoming was third, with 6.032 quadrillion Btu, the EIA figures showed.
New Mexico placed fourth, with 5.505 quadrillion Btu, West Viriginia was fifth, with 5.497 quadrillion Btu, North Dakota was sixth, with 4.310 quadrillion Btu, Oklahoma was seventh, with 4.187 quadrillion Btu, Louisiana was eighth, with 4.105 quadrillion Btu, Colorado was ninth, with 3.630 quadrillion Btu, and Ohio was tenth, with 3.042 quadrillion Btu, according to the EIA ranking.
Crude Oil Production by State
The EIA’s latest crude oil production ranking among U.S. states, which showed figures up to March 2023 and also excluded federal offshore production, highlighted that Texas was the top crude oil producer in the region as of March this year, with 5.398 million barrels per day.
New Mexico placed second in the ranking, with 1.857 million barrels per day, North Dakota was third, with 1.102 million barrels per day, Colorado was fourth, with 450 million barrels per day, and Oklahoma was fifth, with 440 million barrels per day, according to the ranking.
Alaska was sixth, with 434 million barrels per day, California was seventh, with 311 million barrels per day, Wyoming was eighth, with 252 million barrels per day, Utah was ninth, with 139 million barrels per day, and Louisiana was tenth, with 96 million barrels per day, the ranking outlined.
U.S. Energy Consumption, Production
Total energy consumption in the U.S. will average 99.39 quadrillion Btu in 2023 and 100.76 quadrillion Btu in 2024, according to the EIA’s July STEO, which highlighted that this figure averaged 100.41 quadrillion Btu back in 2022.
In 2023, U.S. liquid fuels demand will come in at 20.44 million barrels per day, natural gas demand will come in at 89.02 billion cubic feet per day, coal demand will be 410 million short tons, electricity demand will be 10.91 billion kilowatt hours per day, and renewable consumption will be 13.83 quadrillion Btu, the July STEO projected.
Looking at U.S. energy production, the EIA’s latest STEO forecast that U.S. crude oil output will average 12.56 million barrels per day this year and 12.85 million barrels per day in 2024. U.S. crude oil production came in at 11.89 million barrels per day last year, the STEO highlighted.
Dry natural gas production in the U.S. will average 102.35 billion cubic feet per day in 2023 and 102.40 billion cubic feet per day in 2024, while U.S. coal production will average 572 million short tons this year and 460 million short tons next year, the latest STEO projected.
Previous Forecast
In its previous STEO, which was released in June, the EIA projected that total energy consumption in the U.S. will average 99.56 quadrillion Btu in 2023 and 100.56 quadrillion Btu in 2024.
In that STEO, U.S. liquid fuels demand were forecast to come in at 20.43 million barrels per day, natural gas demand was forecast to come in at 88.64 billion cubic feet per day, coal demand was expected to average 417 million short tons, electricity demand was expected to be 10.99 billion kilowatt hours per day, and renewable consumption was anticipated to come in at 13.93 quadrillion Btu, in 2023.
The EIA’s previous STEO forecast that U.S. crude oil output would average 12.61 million barrels per day this year and 12.77 million barrels per day in 2024. Back in that STEO, dry natural gas production in the U.S. was expected to average 102.74 billion cubic feet per day in 2023 and 103.04 billion cubic feet per day in 2024, while U.S. coal production was expected to average 559 million short tons this year and 478 million short tons next year.
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