Glossary
short-term energy outlook projections
short-term energy outlook projections is rolling monthly forecasts of oil prices; EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook records its own description: "Monthly EIA forecast of global oil markets, US refinery balances, and retail and wholesale fuel prices through the next two calendar years". In Datadory's catalog of 1,744 datasets, EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook and STEO are working examples.
What is short-term energy outlook projections?
Rolling monthly forecasts of oil prices, refinery balances and fuel demand published as full Excel table workbooks. Each EIA STEO edition carries about two historical years plus monthly projections through the end of the following calendar year, and archived editions reach back to 1983. In this catalog it appears concretely: - EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (its own description) — "Monthly EIA forecast of global oil markets, US refinery balances, and retail and wholesale fuel prices through the next two calendar years". - STEO (time coverage) — "Roughly two historical years plus monthly projections through the end of the following calendar year (August 2026 edition covers 2024-2027); monthly editions back to 1983".
Why does short-term energy outlook projections matter when choosing a dataset?
A label on a listing is not a deliverable. Teams that license on the strength of a product-name match routinely find the shipped files cover a narrower slice than they assumed, and backfilling history afterwards costs more than the license ever did.
The failure mode is concrete: a source can carry the short-term energy outlook projections label while differing from what you need on exactly the dimension that matters — Monthly EIA forecast of global oil markets, US refinery balances, and retail and wholesale fuel prices through the next two calendar years. Comparing two sources on that line usually settles the choice faster than any feature matrix.
You rarely have to take a vendor's word for it. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, and EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook lets you inspect the real artifact before any budget is committed.
How do you evaluate short-term energy outlook projections in a data source?
Treat every claim of this attribute as testable:
- Read EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook's record on its own description — "Monthly EIA forecast of global oil markets, US refinery balances, and retail and wholesale fuel prices through the next two calendar years" — then confirm the delivered artifact matches before you license anything. 2.
Related terms
Adjacent concepts worth reading next: - PADD districts - petroleum stocks and inventories
Frequently asked questions
What is an example of short-term energy outlook projections?
EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook is the clearest example in this catalog. Its record on its own description reads: "Monthly EIA forecast of global oil markets, US refinery balances, and retail and wholesale fuel prices through the next two calendar years". Across all 1,744 datasets Datadory averages a quality score of 7.81 out of 10, so a named example can be weighed rather than trusted blindly.
Is data described as "short-term energy outlook projections" free to use?
Treat access and permission separately. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets in this catalog are free to access, but 235 are freemium and 61 are paid outright, so confirm both the price and the license on the exact distribution before building on it.
How do I verify a source really provides short-term energy outlook projections?
Open EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook next to STEO and compare the promise with the download. Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 datasets (85.7%), which makes that check fast inside the catalog and manual outside it.
Datasets containing this field
Datasets containing short-term energy outlook projections
6 datasets carry short-term energy outlook projections in the catalog. Open one, count the fields, judge for yourself.
data.gov Federal Energy Catalog (petroleum tag)
title · description · organization / publisher …+3 more
EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO)
series_id · row_label · period …+2 more
EU Weekly Oil Bulletin
Date · <CC>_price_with_tax_euro95 · <CC>_price_with_tax_diesel …+5 more
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