Dataset

Energy production, consumption & prices

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Production, consumption and price data for the whole US energy sector, petroleum, natural gas, electricity, crude inventories, renewables and CO2 emissions, plus international series, served by the open EIA API v2.

Dataset card

The U.S. Energy Information Administration publishes energy production, consumption, and price data as a public-domain resource. It covers crude oil, electricity, natural gas, and emissions-related topics.

What this dataset contains

The dataset aggregates U.S. energy statistics published by the EIA, spanning production volumes, consumption levels, and pricing across major fuels. Tagged subject areas include crude oil, electricity, natural gas, and emissions. No download counts, sample rows, or column definitions were disclosed in the source record, so specific series identifiers cannot be confirmed.

Structure and fields

The publisher has not documented a schema in the provided record, and the column list is listed as unknown. EIA releases of this family typically expose fields such as period, commodity or sector, value, and units, but those names are not confirmed here. Without a verified schema, downstream users should consult the EIA's own API and bulk-file documentation before ingesting the data.

How analysts use it

Energy market and utility-sector analysts commonly use EIA series to track supply-demand balances, refine price forecasts for crude oil, natural gas, and power, and monitor emissions trends tied to ESG mandates. Macro and commodities funds may also cross-reference the figures with inventory, weather, and shipping data. Because the dataset is public domain, it can be redistributed into internal research workflows without licensing friction.

Documentation & references 2
  1. U.S. EIA/Energy production, consumption & prices: listing on the provider website
  2. U.S. EIA: official website

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