Form DOE-887(87) Web User Survey: This Week In Petroleum

This Week In Petroleum product survey questions

1. Which category best describes you or your organization?  

(Choose one of the following)

1. Government (Federal, state, local, Congress)

2. Business/Industry   (follow-on question) Please specify:
   (Choose one of the following)

   1. Energy

   2. Non-energy

3. Research/Consulting

4. Media

5. Finance (banking, investment)

6. Teacher/Professor

7. Student   (follow-on question) Age

8. Private citizen

9. Other   (follow-on question) Please specify:
   ~~~Answer is open-ended~~~

2. How familiar do you consider yourself to be with the oil industry?

(Choose one of the following)

1. Very familiar

2. Somewhat familiar

3. Unfamiliar

3. How often do you visit This Week in Petroleum?

(Choose one of the following)

1. Regularly -- wouldn't miss it  (follow-on question)
   What other EIA products do you visit?
   (Choose all that apply)

   1. Today in Energy

   2. Natural Gas Weekly Update

   3. Weekly Petroleum Status Report

   4. Petroleum Supply Monthly

   5. Petroleum Marketing Monthly

   6. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

   7. others (specify)

   8. I don't use any other EIA products

2. Occasionally   (follow-on question)  
   What other EIA products do you visit?
   (Choose all that apply)

   1. Today in Energy

   2. Natural Gas Weekly Update

   3. Weekly Petroleum Status Report

   4. Petroleum Supply Monthly

   5. Petroleum Marketing Monthly

   6. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

   7. Others (specify)

   8. I don't use any other EIA products

3. First-time visitor (follow-on question)
   How likely are you to come back?
   (Choose one of the following)

   1. Very likely

   2. Not very likely

   3. I'm not sure

4. What information is important to you in This Week in Petroleum?

(Choose all that apply)

1. Written analysis (text)  (follow-on question)
   I think the TWIP weekly topics...
   (Choose all that apply)

   1. Cover the information that I need

   2. Are too detailed

   3. Are not detailed enough

   4. Should discuss a consistent set of topics each week

   5. Should discuss a broader range of topics (specify)

   6. Should focus only on domestic petroleum issues

   7. Other comments about TWIP text or topics?

2. Data  (follow-on question) 
   I use ...
   (Choose all that apply)

   1. Only a few data items in TWIP

   2. Many data items in TWIP

   3. Other EIA petroleum data in addition to the data in TWIP (specify)

   4. I don’t use any data in TWIP

   5. Other comments about TWIP data

3. charts/graphs  (follow-on question)  
   Are the TWIP charts and graphs useful to you?
   (Choose one of the following)

   1. Yes

   2. No (why not?)

   3. I make my own graphs from TWIP data

   4. I find it difficult to make my own graphs from TWIP data

   5. I would like more interactive graphs

   6. Other comments about graphs

5. Anything else you want to tell us?

~~~Answer is open-ended~~~