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The Real Price of Oil and Natural Gas
June 28, 2012 | Energy Information Administration

The Energy Information Administration has an interesting graph in their Annual Energy Outlook 2012. It shows the history of spot market prices for oil (West Texas Intermediate) and natural gas (Henry Hub) on a dollars per million BTU basis. The spread between the two fuels is currently enormous compared to historical trends.


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