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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 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 P2001
Domestic production, totalb 7.96 9.01 11.30 10.05 10.21 10.64 8.99 9.17 9.00 8.84 R8.65 8.63 8.61 8.61 8.39 8.11 R8.11 8.05
Crude oila 7.04 7.80 9.64 R8.38 8.60 8.97 7.36 7.42 7.17 6.85 6.66 6.56 R6.47 6.45 6.25 5.88 R5.82 5.80
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 1.76 1.85 1.91 1.87
Gross imports, total 1.81 2.47 3.42 6.06 6.91 5.07 8.02 7.63 7.89 8.62 9.00 R8.84 9.48 10.16 10.71 10.85 R11.46 11.87
Crude oilc 1.02 1.24 1.32 R4.11 5.26 3.20 5.89 5.78 6.08 6.79 7.06 7.23 7.51 8.23 8.71 8.73 R9.07 9.33
Petroleum productsd 0.80 1.23 2.10 1.95 1.65 1.87 2.12 1.84 R1.81 1.83 1.93 1.61 1.97 1.94 2.00 2.12 R2.39 2.54
Exports 0.20 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 1.04 0.97
U.S. net importse 1.61 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 9.76 9.91 R10.42 10.90
U.S. petroleum consumption 9.80 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 18.92 19.52 19.70 19.65
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 11.73 11.96 12.13 12.48 12.89 12.99 U
Transportation petroleum use a percent of domestic petroleum production 64.6 67.0 68.8 89.1 93.5 92.6 122.0 117.8 121.7 126.5 R132.9 R136.0 R139.0 140.9 148.7 R159.0 R160.2 U
Transportation petroleum use a percent of domestic petroleum consumption 52.4 52.5 52.9 54.8 56.0 62.6 64.6 64.6 64.3 R64.9 64.8 66.2 65.3 65.1 66.0 66.0 65.9 U
World petroleum consumption 21.34 31.14 46.81 56.20 63.07 R60.09 R66.09 R66.73 R66.94 R67.14 R68.44 R70.04 R71.60 73.06 R73.79 R75.30 R76.02 76.01
U.S. petroleum consumption as percent of world petroleum consumption 45.9 37.0 31.4 29.0 R27.0 26.2 R25.7 R25.0 R25.4 25.7 25.9 R25.3 25.6 25.5 R25.6 R25.9 R25.9 25.9

KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised; U = data are not available.

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.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

Domestic production, imports, exports, and U.S. petroleum consumption:

1960-1970: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 5.1.

1975-2001: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington, DC: August 2002), tables 3.1a and 3.1b.

World petroleum consumption:

1960-1970: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 11.9.

1975-2001: Ibid., Monthly Energy Database, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/ as of Sept. 3, 2002.

U.S. petroleum consumption by transportation sector:

1960-2000: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 5.12c.