TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22 - Center for ...

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Transportation accounts for more than two-thirds of the U.S. petroleum use. The residential
sector and the commercial sector data which were previously combined are now available
separately.
Table 1.13
Consumption of Petroleum by End-Use Sector, 1973–2001
(million barrels per day)
Year Transportation Percentage Residential Commercial Industrial
Electric
utilities Total
1973 9.05 52.3% 1.49 0.75 4.48 1.54 17.31
1974 8.84 53.1% 1.36 0.68 4.30 1.48 16.65
1975 8.95 54.8% 1.32 0.63 4.04 1.39 16.32
1976 9.37 53.7% 1.43 0.70 4.45 1.52 17.46
1977 9.76 53.0% 1.42 0.72 4.82 1.71 18.43
1978 10.16 53.9% 1.38 0.69 4.87 1.75 18.85
1979 10.01 54.1% 1.09 0.63 5.34 1.44 18.51
1980 9.55 56.0% 0.91 0.61 4.84 1.15 17.06
1981 9.49 59.1% 0.81 0.52 4.27 0.96 16.06
1982 9.31 60.8% 0.76 0.48 4.06 0.69 15.30
1983 9.41 61.8% 0.74 0.55 3.85 0.68 15.23
1984 9.68 61.5% 0.71 0.57 4.19 0.56 15.73
1985 9.85 62.6% 0.79 0.50 4.10 0.48 15.73
1986 10.23 62.8% 0.78 0.53 4.11 0.64 16.28
1987 10.53 63.2% 0.81 0.52 4.25 0.55 16.67
1988 10.88 63.0% 0.83 0.50 4.39 0.68 17.28
1989 11.01 63.5% 0.84 0.47 4.26 0.74 17.33
1990 10.97 64.6% 0.70 0.44 4.32 0.55 16.99
1991 10.80 64.6% 0.72 0.42 4.25 0.52 16.71
1992 10.95 64.3% 0.73 0.40 4.55 0.42 17.03
1993 11.18 64.8% 0.77 0.37 4.45 0.46 17.24
1994 11.49 64.8% 0.74 0.37 4.69 0.43 17.72
1995 11.73 66.2% 0.76 0.35 4.60 0.29 17.72
1996 11.96 65.3% 0.84 0.37 4.82 0.32 18.31
1997 12.13 65.1% 0.82 0.36 4.97 0.36 18.62
1998 12.48 66.0% 0.75 0.33 4.84 0.51 18.92
1999 12.89 66.0% 0.84 0.34 5.03 0.42 19.52
2000 13.25 67.1% 0.86 0.37 4.93 0.34 19.75
2001 13.26 67.3% 0.85 0.36 4.86 0.37 19.70
Average annual percentage change
1973–2001 1.4% -2.0% -2.6% 0.0% -5.0% 0.5%
1991–2001 2.1% 1.7% -1.5% 1.4% -3.3% 1.7%
Source:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, March 2002,
Tables 2.2–2.6. Converted to million barrels per day using Table A3. (Additional resources:
www.eia.doe.gov)
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22—2002