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Trends and story ideas in the energy markets

SABEW 2012 Drilling Deep Investigative Reporting Workshop Oklahoma City -- July 13, 2012 Margot Habiby. Trends and story ideas in the energy markets. Defining the trend. What are the biggest energy-related stories you have recently read about or written?. Topics in the news.

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Trends and story ideas in the energy markets

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  1. SABEW 2012 Drilling Deep Investigative Reporting Workshop Oklahoma City -- July 13, 2012 Margot Habiby Trends and story ideas in the energy markets

  2. Defining the trend What are the biggest energy-related stories you have recently read about or written?

  3. Topics in the news • Reducing dependence on foreign suppliers • Developing U.S. self-sufficiency • High oil prices and their economic impact • Regulation • Keystone XL pipeline • Natural gas surplus/shale production • Fracking safety • Chesapeake Energy • Renewables

  4. U.S. energy self sufficiency • The U.S. could become the world’s biggest energy producer by 2020 • Domestic oil and gas production are rising • Fuel efficiency is improving • Domestic demand is declining

  5. How do you report it? • Break down the topic • At least one solid data hook to illustrate your point is key • Find that surprising factoid and then build from there

  6. Examples

  7. Where do you find the data?

  8. The Big Three monthly oil reports • Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) from the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration • Oil Market Report from the International Energy Agency • OPEC ‘s Monthly Oil Market Report All contain supply and demand projections and assessments of current conditions

  9. Major weekly reports • U.S. Energy Department • Weekly Petroleum Status Report 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays • Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 10:30 a.m. Eastern time on Thursdays • American Petroleum Institute • Weekly Statistical Bulletin 4:30 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesdays

  10. Data sources • Governments • Non-governmental organizations • Companies • Industry groups • Bloomberg

  11. Government sources • U.S. Energy Department • U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission • Bureau of Ocean Energy Management • Bureau of Transportation Statistics • FERC • State governments/regulators • The Oklahoma Corporation Commission • The Texas Railroad Commission • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality • Municipal governments

  12. Non-governmental organizations • International Energy Agency (IEA) • Paris-based adviser to 28 industrialized nations • OPEC • 12 members produce about 40% of the world’s oil • United Nations • Joint Organizations Data Initiative to improve transparency of global energy data

  13. Companies • BP Statistical Review of World Energy • Exxon Mobil’s annual Outlook for Energy • MasterCard’s weekly SpendingPulse report • Baker Hughes Inc. rig count

  14. Industry Groups • American Petroleum Institute (API) • AAA • Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)

  15. Bloomberg

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