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Table 4-3M. Domestic Demand for Refined Petroleum Products by Sector (Petajoules)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Table 4-3M. Domestic Demand for Refined Petroleum Products by Sector (Petajoules)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Transportation 10,688 12,524 R16,154 18,580 20,057 20,574 R23,012 22,642 23,012 23,423 R24,014 R24,478 R25,048 R25,322 R25,998 26,620
Industrial 6,067 7,164 8,219 8,599 10,055 8,240 8,778 8,504 9,116 8,916 9,338 9,095 9,601 9,823 R9,654 9,981
Residential and commercial 3,682 4,083 4,547 4,020 R3,208 2,659 R2,290 2,268 2,247 2,258 2,205 2,195 2,321 2,258 R2,079 2,184
Electric utilities 579 771 2,237 3,346 2,770 1,155 1,323 1,245 1,002 1,106 1,023 694 770 865 1,234 992
Total petroleum demand R21,017 R24,542 R31,157 R34,533 R36,084 R32,628 R35,403 34,660 35,378 35,702 R36,580 R36,454 R37,730 R38,268 R38,965 39,788
Transportation as % of total 50.9 51.0 51.8 53.8 55.6 63.1 65.0 65.3 65.0 65.6 65.7 R67.1 R66.4 R66.2 R66.7 66.9

KEY: R = revised.

NOTE: Transportation's share of U.S. petroleum demand in this table differs slightly from table 4-1 because this table takes into  account that sectors use various grades of petroleum-based fuel that have different Petajoule content per unit volume.

SOURCES:
1960-70: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1997, DOE/EIA-0384(97)  (Washington, DC: July 1998), tables 2.1, 5.12b, and A3.
1975-99: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review, Internet site www.eia.doe.gov/gov/pub/energy.overview/monthly.energy/, as of May 8, 2000, tables, 1.4, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6.