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Price summary (historical and forecast)
	2023	2024	2025	2026
WTI Crude Oil^a dollars per barrel	77.58	76.60	63.58	47.77
Brent Crude Oil dollars per barrel	82.41	80.56	67.22	51.43
Gasoline^b dollars per gallon	3.52	3.31	3.07	2.88
Diesel^c dollars per gallon	4.22	3.76	3.66	3.47
Heating Oil^d dollars per gallon	3.84	3.61	3.55	3.27
Natural Gas^d dollars per thousand cubic feet	15.35	14.55	14.80	14.67
Electricity^d cents per kilowatthour	16.00	16.48	17.19	17.90
^aWest Texas Intermediate. ^bAverage regular pump price. Note: Italics indicate forecast. Data source: Short-Term Energy Outlook	^cOn-highway retail. ^dU.S. Residential average.

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Updated Data Series
08/12/2025Monthly short-term forecasts to 2026
04/15/2025Annual projections to 2050
10/11/2023International projections to 2050

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Short-Term Energy Outlook
Released August 12, 2025 | tags: CO2 OECD OPEC STEO WTI alternative fuels +coal consumption/demand crude oil distillate fuel electric generation electricity emissions environment exports/imports forecasts/projections gasoline heating oil hydroelectric inventories/stocks liquid fuels monthly most popular natural gas non-OPEC nuclear oil/petroleum petroleum products prices production/supply renewables spot prices total energy
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Annual Energy Outlook
Released April 15, 2025 | tags: AEO NEMS all fuel sources alternative fuels annual buildings +coal commercial consumption/demand electric generation environment exports/imports forecasts/projections most popular natural gas nuclear oil/petroleum policy prices production/supply renewables residential resources total energy transportation
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AEO Table Browser
Released March 16, 2023 | tags: AEO NEMS all fuel sources alternative fuels annual buildings +coal commercial consumption/demand electric generation environment exports/imports forecasts/projections most popular natural gas nuclear oil/petroleum policy prices production/supply renewables residential resources total energy transportation
Report Types: Analysis, Forecast

Short-Term Energy Outlook
Released August 12, 2025 | tags: CO2 OECD OPEC STEO WTI alternative fuels +coal consumption/demand crude oil distillate fuel electric generation electricity emissions environment exports/imports forecasts/projections gasoline heating oil hydroelectric inventories/stocks liquid fuels monthly most popular natural gas non-OPEC nuclear oil/petroleum petroleum products prices production/supply renewables spot prices total energy
Report Type: Analysis

Natural gas remains the largest source of hydrogen in our long-term projections
Released August 04, 2025 | tags: AEO forecasts/projections hydrogen industrial methane natural gas +transportation
Report Type: Analysis

We expect rapid electricity demand growth in Texas and the mid-Atlantic
Released July 31, 2025 | tags: Mid-Atlantic STEO Texas consumption/demand electricity forecasts/projections +generation states
Report Type: Analysis

Eastern U.S. natural gas increasingly meets LNG-fueled demand growth in AEO2025
Released July 29, 2025 | tags: AEO Gulf Coast Haynesville Henry Hub LNG Marcellus +Permian consumption/demand exports/imports forecasts/projections map natural gas prices production/supply
Report Type: Analysis

Coal-fired power plants are well-stocked this year
Released July 23, 2025 | tags: STEO coal consumption/demand electricity forecasts/projections generation +inventories/stocks power plants production/supply
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