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Pipelines accounted for two-thirds of the domestic movement of petroleum and petroleum
products in 2000.
Table 1.14
Ton-Miles of Petroleum and Petroleum Products in the U.S. by Mode, 1975–2000
Pipelines
Year
a Water carriers Motor carriersb Railroads Total
(percent) (billion ton-miles)
1975 59.9% 35.2% 3.3% 1.7% 846.7
1976 59.4% 35.4% 3.8% 1.5% 867.7
1977 59.1% 36.1% 3.2% 1.6% 923.4
1978 50.5% 45.7% 2.7% 1.1% 1,160.2
1979 51.8% 44.5% 2.6% 1.2% 1,174.8
1980 47.2% 49.6% 2.2% 1.0% 1,245.3
1981 46.3% 50.7% 2.0% 1.0% 1,218.4
1982 46.4% 50.6% 1.9% 1.1% 1,218.2
1983 45.5% 51.5% 2.1% 1.0% 1,223.5
1984 48.1% 48.4% 2.5% 1.0% 1,180.2
1985 47.2% 49.4% 2.4% 1.0% 1,195.5
1986 48.7% 47.8% 2.5% 1.0% 1,187.8
1987 49.1% 47.4% 2.5% 1.0% 1,195.8
1988 50.6% 45.8% 2.6% 1.1% 1,188.1
1989 53.4% 42.6% 2.8% 1.2% 1,094.2
1990 54.2% 41.7% 2.8% 1.3% 1,076.8
1991 53.3% 42.8% 2.7% 1.3% 1,086.1
1992 53.9% 42.1% 2.6% 1.4% 1,091.7
1993 57.3% 38.8% 2.4% 1.5% 1,034.6
1994 56.5% 39.3% 2.7% 1.5% 1,046.7
1995 57.5% 38.4% 2.5% 1.6% 1,044.9
1996 60.6% 34.9% 2.9% 1.6% 1,022.2
1997 64.5% 30.9% 2.9% 1.8% 956.5
1998 66.7% 28.5% 3.0% 1.8% 929.8
1999 67.7% 27.1% 3.2% 2.1% 912.9
2000 66.1% 28.0% 3.6% 2.3% 873.3
Average annual percentage change
1975–2000 0.1%
1990–2000 -2.1%
Source:
Association of Oil Pipelines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation, Washington, DC, February 2002, Table 1.
a The amounts carried by pipeline are based on ton-miles of crude and petroleum products for Federally
regulated pipelines (84 percent) plus an estimated breakdown of crude and petroleum products of the ton-miles for
pipelines not Federally regulated (16 percent).
b The amounts carried by motor carriers are estimated.
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