Frames Project

Goal 1, Section 2, item 2 of the strategic plan says that EIA will
monitor the percent of key EIA surveys frames with sufficient industry
coverage to provide accurate supply, demand, and price statistics.

The attached table is our first draft of a list of EIA surveys that are
either frames surveys, or that are census surveys, so the respondent
list is essentially a "frame".

EIA will need to decide which are the "key" frames.

The most difficult question we will need to address is how to assess
"coverage"? First, we are interested in developing an internal "feel"
for the quality of the frame by considering questions such as: how often
survey managers look for new frame members, and how successful these
efforts are, how often major frames update studies are conducted and so
on. We might look for comparisons to outside data.

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| #                        |                                  |        |
|                          |                                  |        |
| **EIA FRAME SURVEYS**    |                                  |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| # Survey Form            | # Description of Respondents     | **     |
|                          |                                  | Number |
|                          |                                  | of     |
|                          |                                  | U      |
|                          |                                  | nits** |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-810, Monthly         | All operating and idle           | 335    |
| Refinery Report          | refineries and blending plants.  |        |
|                          | Form collects balance between    |        |
|                          | supply and disposition of crude  |        |
|                          | oil and refined products. Serves |        |
|                          | as frame for EIA-800             |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-811, Monthly Bulk    | Bulk terminal operating          | 246    |
| Terminal Report          | companies who store and market   |        |
|                          | petroleum products 50,000        |        |
|                          | barrels or more. Every merchant  |        |
|                          | oxygenate plant that produces    |        |
|                          | oxygenates operated by a company |        |
|                          | and not associated with a        |        |
|                          | petroleum refinery. Frame for    |        |
|                          | the EIA-801                      |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-812, Monthly Product | Operators of product pipeline    | 83     |
| Pipeline Report          | companies that carry petroleum   |        |
|                          | products in the 50 states and    |        |
|                          | district. Frame for the EIA-802. |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-813, Monthly Crude   | Gathering and trunk pipeline     | 154    |
| Oil Report               | companies (interstate,           |        |
|                          | intrastate, and intracompany     |        |
|                          | pipelines), crude oil producers, |        |
|                          | terminal operators, storers of   |        |
|                          | crude oil (except refineries),   |        |
|                          | and transporters of Alaskan      |        |
|                          | crude oil by water for companies |        |
|                          | that care or store 1,000 barrels |        |
|                          | or more of crude oil. Frame for  |        |
|                          | the EIA-803                      |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-814, Monthly Imports | Importers of crude oil and/or    | 184    |
| Report                   | petroleum products who import    |        |
|                          | into the 50 states, territories  |        |
|                          | and possessions, into foreign    |        |
|                          | trade zones located in the 50    |        |
|                          | states and D.C., from Puerto     |        |
|                          | Rico, Virgin Islands and other   |        |
|                          | U.S. Possessions into the 50     |        |
|                          | states and D.C. Required         |        |
|                          | respondents must report whether  |        |
|                          | or not they have imported        |        |
|                          | product that month. Non-Required |        |
|                          | respondents report imports only  |        |
|                          | if they have imported product    |        |
|                          | within a given month. Canadian   |        |
|                          | imports must be reported by the  |        |
|                          | Ultimate Consignee. Frame for    |        |
|                          | the EIA-804.                     |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-816, Monthly Natural | Operators of facilities designed | 438    |
| Gas Liquids Report       | to extract liquid hydrocarbons   |        |
|                          | from a natural gas stream        |        |
|                          | (natural gas processing plants)  |        |
|                          | or to separate a liquid          |        |
|                          | hydrocarbon stream into its      |        |
|                          | component products               |        |
|                          | (fractionators)                  |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-817, Monthly Tanker  | All companies that have custody  | 38     |
| and Barge Movement       | of crude oil or petroleum        |        |
| Report                   | products transported by tanker   |        |
|                          | or barge between PAD Districts,  |        |
|                          | originating from a PAD District  |        |
|                          | and transported to the Panama    |        |
|                          | Canal, and all companies that    |        |
|                          | have custody of domestically     |        |
|                          | originating crude oil or         |        |
|                          | petroleum products transported   |        |
|                          | from the Panama Canal to a Pad   |        |
|                          | District.                        |        |
|                          |                                  |        |
|                          | Parties that charter or lease    |        |
|                          | the services of transportation   |        |
|                          | companies, when shipments were   |        |
|                          | carried out.                     |        |
|                          |                                  |        |
|                          | custody is defined as physical   |        |
|                          | possession of crude oil or       |        |
|                          | petroleum products on a company  |        |
|                          | owned tanker or barge. Also,     |        |
|                          | companies which lease vessels or |        |
|                          | contract for the movement of     |        |
|                          | crude oil or petroleum products  |        |
|                          | on a tanker or barge between PAD |        |
|                          | Districts or between the Panama  |        |
|                          | Canal and PAD Districts are      |        |
|                          | considered to have custody.      |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-819M, Monthly        | Facilities that produce          | 61     |
| Oxygenate Telephone      | oxygenates; operators of         |        |
| Report                   | petroleum refineries; operators  |        |
|                          | of bulk terminals, bulk          |        |
|                          | stations, blending plants, and   |        |
|                          | other non-refinery facilities    |        |
|                          | that store or blend oxygenates;  |        |
|                          | and importers of oxygenates      |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-863, Petroleum       | No. 2 distillate and residual    | 24     |
| Product Sales            | fuel oil dealers, motor gasoline | ,400\` |
| Identification Survey    | resellers, and propane           |        |
|                          | resellers. All who receive this  |        |
|                          | form must submit. Frame for the  |        |
|                          | petroleum marketing surveys.     |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-176, Annual Report   | Interstate and Intrastate gas    | 1,300  |
| of Natural and           | pipeline companies. Natural gas  |        |
| Supplemental Gas Supply  | distribution companies, LNG and  |        |
| and Disposition          | underground natural gas storage  |        |
|                          | operators, synthetic natural gas |        |
|                          | plant operators, field, well or  |        |
|                          | processing plant operators that  |        |
|                          | deliver natural gas directly to  |        |
|                          | consumers other than for lease   |        |
|                          | or plant use or processing and   |        |
|                          | those that transport gas to,     |        |
|                          | across, or from a state border   |        |
|                          | through field or gathering       |        |
|                          | facilities. EIA-176 used to      |        |
|                          | develop the EIA-857 frame.       |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-910, Monthly Natural | Natural gas marketers selling to | 154    |
| Gas Marketers Survey     | residential and/or commercial    |        |
|                          | customers in Georgia, Maryland,  |        |
|                          | New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. |        |
|                          | These state were selected based  |        |
|                          | on the percentage of natural gas |        |
|                          | sold by marketers in the         |        |
|                          | residential and commercial       |        |
|                          | end-use sectors.                 |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-886, Annual Survey   | All organizations supplying or   | 2,491  |
| of Alternative Fueled    | using any quantity of AFVs are   |        |
| Vehicle Suppliers and    | requested to complete this form. |        |
| Users                    | Regarding                        |        |
|                          |                                  |        |
|                          | AFVs in use, for the 2002 report |        |
|                          | year, EIA is surveying the       |        |
|                          | following fleets: federal        |        |
|                          | government, state                |        |
|                          |                                  |        |
|                          | government, electric utilities,  |        |
|                          | natural gas fuel providers,      |        |
|                          | propane fuel providers, and      |        |
|                          | transit agencies.                |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-63A, Annual Solar    | Manufacturers, importers, and    | 57     |
| Thermal Collector        | exporters of solar thermal       |        |
| Manufacturers Survey     | collectors                       |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-63B, Annual          | Manufacturers, importers, and    | 43     |
| Photovoltaic Module/Cell | exporters of photovoltaic        |        |
| Manufacturers Survey     | modules/cells                    |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-860, Annual Electric | All electric generating plants,  | 2,450  |
| Generator Report         | which have or will have a        |        |
|                          | nameplate rating of 1 megawatt   |        |
|                          | (1000 kW) or more, and are       |        |
|                          | operating or plan to be          |        |
|                          | operating within 5 years of the  |        |
|                          | year of this form. The operator  |        |
|                          | (or planned operator) of         |        |
|                          | jointly-owned plants should be   |        |
|                          | the only                         |        |
|                          |                                  |        |
|                          | respondents for those plants.    |        |
|                          | The respondents report at the    |        |
|                          | equipment level. Survey serves   |        |
|                          | as frame for all electric        |        |
|                          | surveys.                         |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-861, Annual Electric | Electric utilities, wholesale    | 4,800  |
| Power Industry Report    | power marketers, energy service  |        |
|                          | providers and electric power     |        |
|                          | producers                        |        |
+--------------------------+----------------------------------+--------+
| EIA-28, Financial        | Major energy companies           | 30     |
| Reporting System         |                                  |        |
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