Our 15-year oil price index chart shows that oil prices in November of 2008 are roughly equal to the oil prices of November 2005. The graph also shows that there was a small spike in prices in 2006, followed by a large spike that began in January 2007 and peaked in July 2008.
A 25 year chart showing the changes in the IMF oil price index puts recent changes in the price of crude oil in perspective. The chart below, showing the oil price index since November of 1983, displays the impressive run-up that started around July of 2007.
The energy statistics section now includes regional production and consumption charts. The regions available are:
Production and consumption numbers are available for coal, crude oil, dry natural gas, hydroelectric power, natural gas plant liquids, nuclear power, and alternative fuels. Leave me a comment if you find the new charts useful.
A quick note to let you know that thanks to the United States Department of Energy, I now have complete production and consumption numbers for crude oil, dry natural gas, coal, nuclear, and hydroelectric power. The data covers the period 1980-2004, and it is presented in nice charts and tables.
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has detailed data about US Crude Oil imports by country of origin. I used their data to create a chart showing US imports of crude oil and other petroleum products from 1993 to 2005. The chart shows that the top exporter of crude oil to the US is Mexico, followed by Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. If all goes well I will be adding similar charts to IndexMundi for easy visualization of oil & gas production, supply, and distribution data.
