Short-Term Energy Outlook

November 2018. Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Forecast highlights Global liquid fuels Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $81 per barrel (b) in October, up $2/b from September. Despite the increase in monthly average prices, Brent spot prices declined from $85/b on October 1 to $75/b on October 31. EIA expects Brent spot prices will average $72 in 2019 and that West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices will average about $7/b lower than Brent prices next year. NYMEX. WTI futures and options contract values for February 2019 delivery that traded during the five-day period ending November 1, 2018, suggest a range of $53/b to $83/b encompasses the market expectation for February WTI prices at the 95% confidence level. EIA estimates that crude oil production averaged million barrels per day (b/d).

• Planned additions to U.S. wind and solar capacity in 2021 and 2022 increase electricity generation from those sources in our forecast . We estimate that the U.S. electric power sector added 14. 6 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity in 2020 . We expect 17.0 GW of new wind capacity will come online in 2021 and 6.9 GW in 2022.

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