Energy Information Administration Provides Extensive Data on Petroleum Supply and Demand Conditions
By: Robert P. Parker
Robert Parker is a consultant on federal statistics and former chief statistician of the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy. Created by Congress in 1977, the mission of EIA is to provide “policy-independent data, forecasts, and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets, and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.”
