Energy

 

• Southwest Economy, Fourth Quarter 2019

  Snapshot: Energy Sector Sees More Weakness

  Softening oil prices and price expectations, negative stock market returns and tightening credit conditions are putting downward pressure on energy industry activity and employment.

  December 30, 2019

• Surveys

  Dallas Fed Energy Survey

  Activity in the oil and gas sector dipped again in fourth quarter 2019, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

  December 27, 2019

• Don’t expect U.S. shale producers to respond quickly to geopolitical disruption

  Higher oil prices due to supply disruptions and increased geopolitical risk are unlikely to generate significantly more U.S. oil production in the short term.

  October 03, 2019

• Crude oil price changes quicker to register at gasoline pump

  How big an impact should we expect on gasoline prices? Based on recent research, most of the initial effect showed up quickly at the pump.

  October 01, 2019

• Surveys

  Dallas Fed Energy Survey

  Activity in the oil and gas sector declined in third quarter 2019, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

  September 25, 2019

• Oil and gas sector increasingly influences U.S. business fixed investment

  As U.S. oil production has more than doubled over the past decade, the oil and gas sector has become more important to growth in non-residential investment.

  September 24, 2019

• Solving a puzzle: More nonrenewable resources without higher prices

  Economic intuition suggests nonrenewable resources such as metals or fossil fuels become scarcer and more expensive over time. However, a new dataset covering the years 1700 to 2018 indicates otherwise.

  August 27, 2019

• GDP gain realized in shale boom’s first 10 years

  The U.S. shale boom has benefited the nation’s oil trade balance and oil-producing regions and led to unusually large employment and output gains.

  August 20, 2019

• Surveys

  Dallas Fed Energy Survey

  Activity in the oil and gas sector was flat in second quarter 2019 after three years of growth, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey.

  June 26, 2019

• Breakeven oil prices underscore shale’s impact on the market

  The oil price that companies need to profitably drill new wells has closely tracked prices for long-dated oil futures in recent years. The emergence of U.S. shale production seems to be playing a large role in anchoring long-term oil prices.

  May 21, 2019