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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is proposing a change to the format of itsWeekly Natural Gas Storage Report(WNGSR), adding an estimate of the implied flow of working natural gas into or out of underground storage facilities to its WNGSR summary table.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has added natural gas and petroleum time-series data to its application programming interface (API), a tool the agency said “is ideal for software developers working in government, research, or the energy sector who are looking to design applications for the web or for mobile and tablet devices.” The API is currently released as a beta product.

Production of oil and natural gas from non-federal lands has skyrocketed while that from federal lands has waned. At least today, the vast majority of shale acreage lies on state and private lands, the Energy Information Administration’ (EIA) Howard Gruenspecht, deputy administrator, said. It’s coal country that is mostly on the government’s property.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said China is projected to pass the United States and become the world’s largest net importer of oil — on a monthly basis by October, and on an annual basis by 2014.

Natural gas prices fell about 6 cents on average nationally on Thursday for Friday delivery, with soft power prices aiding the double-digit declines at California points. Rocky Mountain and other western points were also weak.