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7-3 Petroleum Consumption by Sector: 1960–2013

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Graphic Version | Excel

million barrels per day

Year Transportation Industrial Residential and commercial Electric power
1960 5.1 2.7 1.7 0.2
1961 5.3 2.7 1.8 0.2
1962 5.5 2.8 1.8 0.2
1963 5.7 3.0 1.8 0.3
1964 5.8 3.1 1.8 0.3
1965 6.0 3.2 1.9 0.3
1966 6.4 3.4 1.9 0.4
1967 6.7 3.4 2.0 0.4
1968 7.2 3.6 2.1 0.5
1969 7.5 3.8 2.2 0.7
1970 7.8 3.8 2.2 0.9
1971 8.1 3.8 2.2 1.1
1972 8.6 4.2 2.3 1.4
1973 9.1 4.5 2.2 1.5
1974 8.8 4.3 2.0 1.5
1975 9.0 4.0 1.9 1.4
1976 9.4 4.4 2.1 1.5
1977 9.8 4.8 2.1 1.7
1978 10.2 4.9 2.1 1.7
1979 10.0 5.3 1.7 1.4
1980 9.5 4.8 1.5 1.2
1981 9.5 4.3 1.3 1.0
1982 9.3 4.1 1.2 0.7
1983 9.4 3.9 1.3 0.7
1984 9.6 4.2 1.4 0.6
1985 9.8 4.1 1.3 0.5
1986 10.2 4.1 1.4 0.6
1987 10.5 4.2 1.4 0.6
1988 10.8 4.3 1.4 0.7
1989 10.9 4.3 1.4 0.7
1990 10.9 4.3 1.2 0.6
1991 10.8 4.2 1.2 0.5
1992 10.9 4.5 1.2 0.4
1993 11.1 4.4 1.2 0.5
1994 11.4 4.7 1.2 0.5
1995 11.7 4.6 1.1 0.3
1996 11.9 4.8 1.2 0.4
1997 12.1 5.0 1.2 0.4
1998 12.4 4.8 1.1 0.6
1999 12.8 5.0 1.2 0.5
2000 13.0 4.9 1.3 0.5
2001 12.9 4.9 1.3 0.6
2002 13.2 4.9 1.2 0.4
2003 13.3 4.9 1.3 0.5
2004 13.7 5.2 1.3 0.5
2005 14.0 5.1 1.2 0.5
2006 14.2 5.2 1.0 0.3
2007 14.3 5.1 1.0 0.3
2008 13.6 4.6 1.1 0.2
2009 13.3 4.3 1.0 0.2
2010 13.5 4.5 1.0 0.2
2011 13.3 4.5 1.0 0.1
2012 13.0 4.5 0.8 0.1
2013 13.2 4.7 0.9 0.1

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, available at www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly as of September 2014.