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1.3 Malaysia Energy Consumption
Figure 2 indicates that the industrial and transport sectors were the largest energy
consumers in the 1990 – 2004 period. In 2004, share of transport and industrial sectors
in the total final energy use were 41% and 40% respectively.
Figure 2: Final Energy Use by Sectors (1990 – 2004)
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
Agriculture
Non-energy Use
Residential & Commercial
Transport
Industrial
Mtoe
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Year
Source: National Energy Balance 2004
Final energy patter is explained by Table 1 which shows energy consumption by types of
fuel. Over the 1995 – 2004 period, the country’s final energy consumption grew by 6%
per year to reach 37,323 ktoe in 2004. In 1998, energy demand, however, contracted by
2% as a consequence of the 1997 Asian financial crisis but rebounded by 7% in 1999
due to renewed confidence in the economy. In terms of share of energy sources to final
energy demand, the contribution of petroleum products declined from 66% in 2000 to
61% in 20004 while the shares of natural gas increased from 13% and 17% respectively
in 2004 (see Table 1).
Table 1: Final Use of Commercial Energy by Types of Fuel (ktoe)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004
Share
(%)
Petroleum
products 16,142 17,189 18,578 17,488 18,782 19,582 20,323 20,638 21,175 22,886 61.3
Electricity 3,375 3,777 4,384 4,577 4,815 5,263 5,594 5,922 6,313 6,642 17.8
Natural Gas 1,935 2,474 2,465 2,726 3,023 3,863 4,621 5,643 5,886 6,490 17.4
Coal and
Coke 712 727 740 767 608 991 977 1,086 1,212 1,305 3.5
TOTAL 22,164 24,167 26,167 25,558 27,228 29,699 31,515 33,289 34,586 37,323 100.0
Source: National Energy Balance 2004
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