Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas production would increase U.S. crude oil production by an additional 780,000 barrels per day by 2027, according to a government study.
The report, prepared by the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration for Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, says petroleum from the area would cut U.S. [...]

The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report that natural gas inventories held in underground storage in the lower 48 states rose by 85 billion cubic feet to more than 1.61 trillion cubic feet for the week ending May 16.
The inventory level was slightly below the five-year average of nearly 1.62 trillion [...]

Runaway oil prices blew past $130 a barrel for the first time Wednesday and kept going, while gasoline prices persisted in their own relentless climb, rising above $3.80 a gallon.
Wednesday’s rally was fed in part by a report from the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration, which said crude inventories fell last week, when analysts expected [...]

Crude-oil inventories fell unexpectedly last week after four straight weeks of gains.
For the week ended May 16, crude-oil inventories dropped by 5.4 million barrels to 320.4 million barrels, which is 6.5 percent below year-ago levels, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its weekly report.
Analysts expected a gain of 900,000 barrels, according to [...]

The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration says carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. increased last year, compared with emission levels in 2006.
EIA says 5.98 million tons of carbon dioxide went into the air in 2007, a 1.6 percent increase from the year before. EIA blames greater demand for heating and cooling, as well as “higher [...]

The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report that natural-gas inventories held in underground storage in the lower 48 states rose by 93 billion cubic feet to about 1.53 trillion cubic feet for the week ended May 9.
The inventory level was slightly above the five-year average, but well below last year’s storage [...]

In its weekly report, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) said gasoline inventories fell by 1.7 million barrels, or 0.8 percent, to 210.2 million barrels last week — 5.9 percent above year-ago levels, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report.
Analysts expected stockpiles of gasoline to fall by only 800,000 barrels, [...]