Production estimated at the highest level since 2019 Gas loses stack share to coal amid high prices Pointing to supply disruptions amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Energy Information Administration April 12 revised upward their 2022 US coal export projections to three-year high 89 million st. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The estimated volume is 4.5% higher than 2021 exports and the highest since 92.9 million st in 2019, according to the EIA’s April Short-Term Energy Outlook. “We assume international prices will continue to drive increasing U.S. coal exports as the conflict in Ukraine creates the potential to disrupt supplies from Russia,” the EIA said in the report. “However, exports to Asia and particularly China, which supported U.S. coal exports in 2021, have slowed in Q1 2022.” Domestic coal consumption is projected to increase 14.2 million st on the year […]