* [](http://x.com/eiagov/)
* [](https://www.facebook.com/eiagov)
This page has no sub-navigation. [Skip to page content](#page-content).
Today in Energy [More Today in Energy](/todayinenergy/ "More Today in Energy")
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted March 6, 2025
### [U.S. butane exports reached a new record in 2024 ›](/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64684)
**Data source:** U.S. Energy Information Administration, [_Petroleum Supply Monthly_](https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/monthly/)
* * *
The United States is exporting record volumes of normal butane as global demand for [liquefied petroleum gases](https://www.eia.gov/tools/glossary/index.php?id=Liquefied%20petroleum%20gases%20%28LPG%29#:~:text=Liquefied%20petroleum%20gases%20\(LPG\)%3A,be%20marketed%20individually%20or%20mixed.) (LPG) surges. U.S. [normal butane](https://www.eia.gov/tools/glossary/index.php?id=N#:~:text=Normal%20butane%20\(C4H10\)%3A) exports averaged nearly 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2024, a 12% increase from the previous year, and have increased every year since 2006.
[More ›](/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64684 "More")
* * *
### Previously in Today in Energy
* [U.S. natural gas-directed rigs decreased for second consecutive year in 2024](/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64664)
* [Refinery closures and rising consumption will reduce U.S. petroleum inventories in 2026](/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64644)
* [Pipeline companies deliver most of the U.S. electric power sector's natural gas](/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64624)
* [More](/todayinenergy/ "More Today in Energy")
What's New
----------
* [Wholesale Electricity and Natural Gas Market Data](https://www.eia.gov/electricity/wholesale/)
* Mar 06, 2025
* [Petroleum Marketing Monthly](https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/marketing/monthly/)
* Mar 03, 2025
* [Monthly Densified Biomass Fuel Report](/biofuels/biomass/)
* Mar 03, 2025
* [More](/about/new/)
* * *
* ### Coming Up
* [Annual Solar Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report](/renewable/annual/solar_photo/ "Annual Solar Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report")
* [Spent Nuclear Fuel](/nuclear/spent_fuel/ "Spent Nuclear Fuel")
*
* [More](/reports/upcoming.php)
Top Picks
---------
* [Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update](/petroleum/gasdiesel/ "Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update")
* [Weekly Petroleum Status Report](/petroleum/supply/weekly/ "Weekly Petroleum Status Report")
* [This Week in Petroleum](/petroleum/weekly/ "This Week in Petroleum")
* [Short-Term Energy Outlook](/outlooks/steo/ "Short-Term Energy Outlook")
* [Annual Energy Outlook](/outlooks/aeo/ "Annual Energy Outlook")
* [International Energy Outlook](/outlooks/ieo/ "International Energy Outlook")
* [Next generation modeling](/totalenergy/data/bluesky/ "Next generation modeling")
Data Highlights
---------------
* 3/6/2025
* Wind and solar combined share of generation
* 22.0
* %
* 5.4%
from year earlier
* 3/6/2025
* Daily electric power demand
* 11182
* GWh
* 3.5%
from year earlier
* 3/4/2025
* [Natural gas spot prices](https://www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_pri_fut_s1_d.htm)
* $4.39
* /million Btu
* $0.506 /million Btu
from week earlier
* $2.880 /million Btu
from year earlier
* 2/28/2025
* [Brent spot prices](https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/supply/weekly/pdf/table11.pdf)
* $74.76
* /barrel
* $0.12 /barrel
from week earlier
* $10.06 /barrel
from year earlier
Data, Analysis, & Projections
-----------------------------
Search reports by tag(s)
Search
[See all reports & publications](/reports/index.php "See all reports & publications")
[
### Natural Gas
Exploration and reserves, storage, imports and exports, production, prices, sales.
](/naturalgas/ "Natural Gas")[
### Electricity
Sales, revenue and prices, power plants, fuel use, stocks, generation, trade, demand & emissions.
](/electricity/ "Electricity")[
### Nuclear & Uranium
Uranium fuel, nuclear reactors, generation, spent fuel.
](/nuclear/ "Nuclear & Uranium")[
### Consumption & Efficiency
Energy use in homes, commercial buildings, manufacturing, and transportation.
](/consumption/ "Consumption & Efficiency")[
### Analysis & Projections
Monthly and yearly energy forecasts, analysis of energy topics, financial analysis, congressional reports.
](/analysis/ "Analysis & Projections")
[
### Petroleum & Other Liquids
Crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, diesel, propane, and other liquids including biofuels and natural gas liquids.
](/petroleum/ "Petroleum & Other Liquids")[
### Coal
Reserves, production, prices, employment and productivity, distribution, stocks, imports and exports.
](/coal/ "Coal")[
### Renewable & Alternative Fuels
Includes hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and ethanol.
](/renewable/ "Renewable & Alternative Fuels")[
### Total Energy
Comprehensive data summaries, comparisons, analysis, and projections integrated across all energy sources.
](/totalenergy/ "Total Energy")
Data Tools, Apps, & Maps[More Data Tools, Apps, & Maps](/tools/ "More Data Tools, Apps, & Maps")
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[
### Crude Import Tracking Tool
](/petroleum/imports/browser/ "Crude Import Tracking Tool")[
### API Query Browser
](/opendata/browser/ "API Query Browser")[
### STEO Data Browser
](/outlooks/steo/data/browser/ "STEO data browser")[
### Total Energy Data Browser
](/totalenergy/data/browser/ "Total Energy Data Browser")[
### U.S. States Energy Portal
](/beta/states/ "U.S. States Portal")[
### U.S. Energy Atlas
](https://atlas.eia.gov "U.S. Energy Atlas")
Press Room[More Press Room](/pressroom/ "More Press Room")
----------------------------------------------------------
### [EIA revises forecast for 2025 U.S. natural gas prices, leaves other forecasts largely unchanged](/pressroom/releases/press565.php "EIA revises forecast for 2025 U.S. natural gas prices, leaves other forecasts largely unchanged")
February 11, 2025
### [EIA publishes its first energy-sector forecasts through 2026](/pressroom/releases/press564.php "EIA publishes its first energy-sector forecasts through 2026")
January 14, 2025
### [EIA expects higher natural gas prices, even with robust inventories through winter](/pressroom/releases/press563.php "EIA expects higher natural gas prices, even with robust inventories through winter")
December 10, 2024
### [EIA expects decreasing refining capacity to slow the decline of U.S. refining margins](/pressroom/releases/press562.php "EIA expects decreasing refining capacity to slow the decline of U.S. refining margins")
November 13, 2024
Energy Education
----------------
* ### [Energy Explained](/energyexplained/ "Energy Explained")
Your guide to understanding energy
* ### [Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)](/tools/faqs/ "Frequently Asked Questions")
[](/kids/ "energy kids")