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Crude Oil
Compares domestic crude oil first purchase price averages for the United States from January 2014 to February 2022 with a derived monthly average of petroleum products supplied in the United States. Product supplied is a metric of petroleum consumption.
Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Natural Gas
Shows average Residential and Citygate prices for natural gas in the United States from January 2014 through February 2022. "Residential Price" is the price of gas used in private dwellings, including apartments, for heating, cooking, water heating, and other household uses. "Citygate Price" is the price measured at a point where the distributing gas utility receives gas from a natural gas pipeline company or transmission system.
Data from U.S. Energy Information Administration.
U.S. Natural Gas and Crude Oil Rotary Rigs
Annual numbers shown are 52 or 53-week averages. The graph illustrates trends in the numbers of rotary rigs in operation as reported on a weekly basis for the period from 1988 to 2013. It also shows the relative distribution of rotary rigs by drilling objective (crude oil or natural gas). A small number of rigs were used for other miscellaneous purposes. These would include service wells, injection wells, and stratigraphic tests.