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Title: Short-term energy outlook: Quarterly projections, second quarter 1997

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/463623· OSTI ID:463623

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) prepares quarterly short-term energy supply, demand, and price projections for publication in January, April, July, and October in the Outlook. The forecast period for this issue of the Outlook extends from the second quarter of 1997 through the fourth quarter of 1998. Values for the first quarter of 1997, however, are preliminary EIA estimates (for example, some monthly values for petroleum supply and disposition are derived in part from weekly data reported in EIA`s Weekly Petroleum Status Report) or are calculated from model simulations that use the latest exogenous information available (for example, electricity sales and generation are simulated by using actual weather data). The historical energy data, compiled in the second quarter 1997 version of the Short-Term Integrated Forecasting System (STIFS) database, are mostly EIA data regularly published in the Monthly Energy Review, Petroleum Supply Monthly, and other EIA publications. Minor discrepancies between the data in these publications and the historical data in this Outlook are due to independent rounding. The STIFS database is archived quarterly and is available from the National Technical Information Service. The STIFS model is driven principally by three sets of assumptions or inputs: estimates of key macroeconomic variables, world oil price assumptions, and assumptions about the severity of weather. Macroeconomic estimates are produced by DRI/McGraw-Hill but are adjusted by EIA to reflect EIA assumptions about the world price of crude oil, energy product prices, and other assumptions which may affect the macroeconomic outlook. By varying the assumptions, alternative cases are produced by using the Short-Term Integrated Forecasting System (STIFS). 34 figs., 19 tabs.

Research Organization:
US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
463623
Report Number(s):
DOE/EIA-0202(97/2Q); ON: DE97005055; NC: NONE; TRN: AHC29709%%60
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Apr 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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