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Tables 11.1a and 11.1b Sources United States Table 3.1. All Other Countries and World, Annual Data 1973-1979: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Annual 1981, Table 8. 1980 forward: [...]

Introduction With the closure of Smurfit-Stone Container Frenchtown and the dismal economic conditions in Montana s forest products industry, developing a biomass energy industry is becoming increasingly important for the [...]

As the first decade of the new millennium draws to a close, CW reviews the stories and trends that had the biggest impact on industry over the past 10 years. [...]

Tables 11.1a and 11.1b Sources United States Table 3.1. All Other Countries and World, Annual Data 1973-1979: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Annual 1981, Table 8. 1980 forward: [...]

Note. Renewable Energy Production and Consumption. In Table 10.1, renewable energy consumption consists of: conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil-fueled plants heat rate); geothermal electricity net [...]

Note. Classification of Power Plants Into Energy Use Sectors. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) classifies power plants (both electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power plants) into energy-use sectors based on the North [...]

Note 1. Coal Production. Preliminary monthly estimates of national coal production are the sum of weekly estimates developed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and published in the Weekly [...]

Note 1. Petroleum Survey Respondents. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) uses a number of sources and methods to maintain the survey respondent lists. On a regular basis, survey managers [...]

Note. Merchandise Trade Value. Imports data presented are based on the customs values. Those values do not include insurance and freight and are consequently lower than the cost, insurance, and [...]

Abstract The impacts of additional log sorting on production and cost per ton for mechanized, tree-length southern pine harvesting systems were evaluated. The analysis included evaluation of extensive data sets [...]

Tables 11.1 a and 11.1b Sources United States Table 3.1. All Other Countries and World, Annual Data 1973-1979: Energy Information Administration (ETA), International Energy Annual 1981, Table 8. 1980 forward: [...]

Note. Renewable Energy Production and Consumption. In Table 10.1, renewable energy consumption consists of: conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil-fueled plants heat rate); geothermal electricity net [...]

Note 1. Operable Nuclear Reactors. A reactor is generally defined as operable while it possessed a full-power license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its predecessor the Atomic Energy Commission, [...]

Note. Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) classifies power plants (both electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power plants) into energy-use sectors based on the North American Industry [...]

Note 1. Petroleum Survey Respondents. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) uses a number of sources and methods to maintain the survey respondent lists. On a regular basis, survey managers review [...]

Note 1. Natural Gas Production. Annual data--Final annual data are from the Energy Information Aministration (EIA) Natural Gas Annual (NGA). Estimated monthly data--Data for the two most recent months presented [...]

Note. Merchandise Trade Value. Imports data presented are based on the customs values. Those values do not include insurance and freight and are consequently lower than the cost, insurance, and [...]

Table 5. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and their products, not seasonally adjusted Industry Product Industry and product (1) code code Primary products 333512-P Metal [...]

Table 5. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and their products, not seasonally adjusted Industry Product Industry and product (1) code code Stock continuous business forms [...]

Traditional energy states managed to avoid the early stages of the recent national recession, buoyed by record-high crude oil and natural gas prices. Both production and exploration for crude oil and natural gas expanded rapidly in response to the spike in energy prices, propelling strong job and income gains in the energy states. But the strong performance of the energy states through the early stages of the recession subsequently reversed itself under the weight of collapsing energy prices. These states began to underperform non-energy states by the second quarter of 2009. These gyrations in economic activity are reminiscent of the volatility experienced during the 1970s and early 1980s, suggesting that the energy cycle is alive and well in the energy states. This article examines the economic performance of the energy states in the recent energy price spike and recessionary cycle. The way the economies of the energy states respond to changes in energy prices remains important to businesses, households, and policymakers within these states. The article finds that the economies of the energy states remain highly sensitive to changes in energy prices and follow a much different economic cycle than non-energy states. The energy states posted far stronger job growth prior to the recession, entered the recession much later and with more momentum, and have posted smaller cumulative job losses than non-energy states. Most of the energy states were nearly as reliant on the energy sector as a source of state earnings in 2008 as they were at the peak of the prior cycle in 1982. There are two clear tiers of energy states. Both tiers far outperformed the non-energy states in the recession. The economies of top tier states expanded considerably faster than second tier states before the recession and posted meaningful job gains for nearly a year after the nation entered recession. Following the collapse in energy prices, both tiers weakened considerably and have begun to perform much like the rest of the nation. The article also finds that the historical ranks of the energy states are poised for a shuffling. Unconventional natural gas production will move some second tier states closer to the top as other states enter the ranks of the major oil and gas producers for the first time. The first section of the article describes the economic characteristics of energy states. The second section examines the performance of energy states in the recent energy price cycle and recession. The third section examines shifts within the ranks of the energy states. The final section evaluates the implications of the findings for current and future energy states., I. WHAT IS AN ENERGY STATE? The concept of the energy state developed gradually more than a century ago as the nation's first commercial oil fields created boom conditions in [...]

As Montana celebrates the 100th anniversary of state forestry, mills continue to close, production is at a fraction of historic levels, and the prospects for the state s wood products [...]

The thermal conversion factors presented in the following tables can be used to estimate the heat content in British thermal units (Btu) of a given amount of energy measured in [...]

Tables 11.1a and 11.1b Sources United States Table 3.1. All Other Countries and World, Annual Data 1973-1979: Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Annual 1981, Table 8. 1980 forward: EIA, [...]

Note. Renewable Energy Production and Consumption. In Table 10.1, renewable energy consumption consists of: conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil-fueled plants heat rate); geothermal electricity net [...]

Note. Classification of Power Plants Into EnergyUse Sectors. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) classifies power plants (both electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power plants) into energy-use sectors based on the North American Industry [...]

Note 1. Operable Nuclear Reactors. A reactor is generally defined as operable while it possessed a full-power license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or its predecessor the Atomic Energy Commission, [...]

Note 1. Petroleum Survey Respondents. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) uses a number of sources and methods to maintain the survey respondent lists. On a regular basis, survey managers review [...]

Note 1. Natural Gas Production. Annual data--Final annual data are from the Energy Information Aministration (EIA) Natural Gas Annual (NGA). Estimated monthly data--Data for the two most recent months presented [...]

Note. Merchandise Trade Value. Imports data presented are based on the customs values. Those values do not include insurance and freight and are consequently lower than the cost, insurance, and [...]

Table 6. Producer price indexes and percent changes for commodity and service groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted [1982=100 unless otherwise indicated] Commodity Commodity Other index code base Goods [...]

Table 6. Producer price indexes and percent changes for commodity and service groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted [1982=100 unless otherwise indicated] Commodity Commodity Other index code base Axial [...]

Table 5. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and their products, not seasonally adjusted Industry and product (1) Industry Product code code Other industrial machinery manufacturing [...]

Table 5. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and their products, not seasonally adjusted Industry and product (1) Industry Product code code Stationery and related product [...]

Table 5. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and their products, not seasonally adjusted Industry and product (1) Industry Product code code Logging 1133 Logging 11331 [...]

Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Grouping Commodity Unadjus- code ted index May 2009 (1) Finished [...]