Utah Energy and Mineral Statistics is a web-based repository for energy and mineral data for the State of Utah. It contains over 130 tables and 50 figures (in both Excel and PDF formats) in nine different chapters and is continuously updated as new data becomes available.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for improvement, please contact Michael Vanden Berg at 801.538.5419 or by email at michaelvandenberg@utah.gov.

Highlights

• The number of oil and gas drilling permits in Utah reached 2,061 in 2006 and 1,552 in 2007 (Table 3.3), a major increase over the 370 permits averaged throughout the 1990s.
• Utah refineries received record amounts of crude oil in 2006, with 20.2% coming from Canada (Table 3.15a). Refinery receipts dropped slightly in 2007 with Canadian imports falling to 16.1% of total.
• The value of Utah’s natural gas reached a record high in 2005, even when adjusted for inflation, at more than $2.2 billion (Table 4.16). The value of natural gas dropped slightly in 2006 to $2.0 billion.
• Utah’s average price of residential natural gas in 2007 was only $9.44 per thousand cubic feet, the third lowest in the nation (Table 4.18).
• In 2007, 85.3% of the electricity generated in Utah was from coal-burning power plants (Table 5.10a).
• Sales of electricity in Utah increase an average of 4.6% each year (Table 5.19a).
• Utah's average price of residential electricity in 2007 was only 8.17 cents per kwh, the thirteenth lowest in the nation (Table 5.21).
• Utah is one of only four states to produce electricity from geothermal sources (Table 6.1)
• Table 6.7 in the Renewable Resources chapter lists all current and proposed renewable energy facilities in Utah.

Links

• Utah's Fossil Fuels
• Energy Information Administration - State Energy Profile for Utah
• 2008 Economic Report to the Governor (pdf)
  • Energy and Minerals Chapter (pdf)

"...pages viewed since November 29, 2004"