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Table 4-1. Overview of U.S. Petroleum Production, Imports, Exports, and Consumption (Million barrels per day)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 4-1. Overview of U.S. Petroleum Production, Imports, Exports, and Consumption (Million barrels per day)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996R 1997 1998 1999
Domestic production                               
Crude oila 7.04 7.80 9.64 8.38 8.60 8.97 7.36 7.42 7.17 6.85 6.66 6.56 6.47 6.45 R6.25 E5.93
Natural gas plant liquids 0.93 1.21 1.66 1.63 1.57 1.61 1.56 1.66 1.70 1.74 1.73 1.76 1.83 1.82 R1.76 1.83
Totalb 7.96 9.01 11.30 R10.05 R10.21 R10.64 R8.99 R9.17 R9.00 R8.84 R8.65 R8.63 R8.61 R8.61 R8.39 R8.14
Gross imports                               
Crude oilc 1.02 1.24 1.32 4.11 5.26 3.20 5.89 5.78 6.08 6.79 7.06 7.23 7.51 8.23 R8.71 8.59
Petroleum productsd 0.80 1.23 2.10 1.95 1.65 1.87 2.12 1.84 1.81 1.83 1.93 1.61 1.97 1.94 R2.00 1.96
Total 1.81 2.47 3.42 6.06 6.91 5.07 8.02 7.63 7.89 8.62 9.00 8.84 9.48 10.16 R10.71 10.55
Exports0.20 0.19 0.26 0.21 0.54 0.78 0.86 1.00 0.95 1.00 0.94 0.95 0.98 1.00 R0.95 0.94
U.S. net importse1.61 2.28 3.16 5.85 6.37 4.29 7.16 6.63 6.94 7.62 8.05 7.89 8.50 9.16 R9.76 9.61
U.S. petroleum consumption9.80 11.51 14.70 16.32 17.06 15.73 16.99 16.71 17.03 17.24 17.72 R17.73 18.31 18.62 R18.92 U
By the transportation sector 5.14 6.04 7.78 8.95 9.55 9.85 10.97 10.80 10.95 11.18 11.49 R11.73 11.96 12.10 U U
Transportation petroleum use as % of domestic petroleum production 64.6 67.0 68.8 R89.1 R93.5 R92.6 R122.0 R117.8 R121.7 R126.5 R132.8 R135.9 R139.1 R140.5 U U
Transportation petroleum use as % of domestic petroleum consumption 52.4 52.5 52.9 54.8 56.0 62.6 64.6 64.6 64.3 64.8 64.8 65.9 R65.3 R65.0 R59.1 U
World petroleum consumption21.34 31.14 46.81 56.20 63.07 60.10 65.99 66.58 66.74 67.04 68.31 R69.93 71.52 73.01 R73.64 U
U.S. petroleum consumption as % of world petroleum consumption 45.9 37.0 31.4 29.0 27.0 26.2 25.7 25.1 25.5 25.7 25.9 25.5 25.6 25.5 R25.7 U

a Includes lease condensate.
b Includes crude oil, natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids.
c Includes imports for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which began in 1977.
d Beginning in 1985, motor gasoline blending components and aviation gasoline blending components are included.
e Net imports = imports minus exports.

KEY: E = estimate; R = revised; U = data are not available.

NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES:
Domestic production, imports, exports, and U.S. petroleum consumption:
1960-70: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1997, DOE/EIA-0384(97) (Washington, DC: July 1998), table 5.1.
1975-99: Ibid. Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035 (03/99) (Washington, DC: March 2000), tables 3.1A (domestic production); 3.1B (imports and exports); and 10.2 (U.S. petroleum  consumption).
1999: Energy Information Administration, International Energy Database, December 1999, Table 12.xls, available at Internet site www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/petroleu.htm#ConsumptionA, as of Jun. 9, 2000.
World petroleum consumption:
1960-96: Ibid. Annual Energy Review 1997, DOE/EIA-0384(97) (Washington, DC: July 1998), table 11.9.
1999: Energy Information Administration, International Energy Database, December 1999, Table 1.2, available at Internet site www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/petroleu.htm#ConsumptionA, as of Jun. 9, 2000.