Chapter 2 – Scope of energy statisticsChapter 2 – Scope of energy statistics

Vladimir MarkhonkoVladimir MarkhonkoUnited Nations Statistics DivisionUnited Nations Statistics Division

The 4The 4thth meeting of the Oslo Group on energy statistics meeting of the Oslo Group on energy statistics

Ottawa, Canada, 2-6 February 2009Ottawa, Canada, 2-6 February 2009

Chapter 2: Scope of energy statistics

The current draft is an attempt to put together various ideas/suggestions relevant to the description of the scope of energy statistics.

It will be also updated based on the work of InterEnerstat

It contains a number of questions which the Oslo Group is invited to discuss and provide guidance for further drafting

Structure of the chapter

A. Energy and energy statistics

B. Basic concepts and boundary issues

C. Energy sector

D. Final energy consumption

A. Energy and energy statistics

• Energy and energy statistics

It aims at describing in simple terms basic physical concept in energy and link them to what is being measured in energy statistics

• Energy statistics• It may broadly encompass any data helpful for the

understanding of: availability of energy resources, production, transformation, distribution and consumption of energy products; size, structure and activities of the energy sector

B. Basic concepts and (some) boundary issues

• Energy resources and energy reserves• Include in scope? Frequency?

• Energy and non-energy products• definition energy products?• boundary energy and non-energy products?• definition of primary and secondary energy

products?• Production boundary in energy statistics

• Flaring, venting and re-injection: production or losses?

• Reference territory

C. Energy sector

• Definition of the energy sector

• Energy production outside the energy sector

• Implications of definition of energy sector

• Type of activities: extraction, manufacture, production, transformation and distribution

• Only principal or also secondary and ancillary activities?

D. Final energy consumption

• Final energy consumption

• Classification of final energy consumers

• Include the following statistics

• statistics on final energy consumption by various non-energy sectors

• selected statistics reflecting the main characteristics and activities on various energy users (such as value added)

Questions

The Oslo group is invited to

• provide comments on the general structure and the suggested concepts and definitions

• indicate topics which, in your view, should be added or dropped

• other