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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)
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 United States
Total Oil Production 10809.0000 , 10738.6986 , 10782.6082 , 10787.7616 , 11107.4399 , 11192.3781 , 10905.2466 , 10647.6188 , 10473.0820 , 9880.4110 , 9677.5454 , 9882.7100 , 9768.1650 , 9601.9505 , 9412.8656 , 9399.8931 , 9444.5492 , 9460.9397 , 9278.0055 , 8993.4137 , 9057.7760 , 8957.0082 , 8998.4329 , 8760.6603 , 8716.4945 , 8329.1644 , 8317.0055 , 8469.3671 , 8564.2322 , 9133.1288 , 9692.4329 , 10135.5507 , 11133.3115
(1980-2012)
10,135.55 16,693 21,620 87,329 3 11,133.31
Crude Oil Production 8597.0000 , 8572.0000 , 8649.0000 , 8688.0000 , 8879.0000 , 8971.0000 , 8680.0000 , 8349.1367 , 8140.0000 , 7613.0000 , 7355.3070 , 7416.5450 , 7171.1230 , 6846.6660 , 6661.5780 , 6559.6411 , 6464.5246 , 6451.5918 , 6251.8329 , 5881.4575 , 5821.6011 , 5801.4027 , 5744.0767 , 5644.0658 , 5435.1421 , 5185.7397 , 5088.5507 , 5076.9452 , 5000.3689 , 5352.8767 , 5478.7151 , 5651.8767 , 6504.9836
(1980-2012)
5,651.88 11,152 14,908 74,136 3 6,504.98
Consumption 17056.0000 , 16058.0000 , 15296.0000 , 15231.0000 , 15725.6146 , 15726.4183 , 16280.6272 , 16665.0457 , 17283.3104 , 17325.1531 , 16988.4958 , 16713.8357 , 17032.8546 , 17236.7307 , 17718.1591 , 17724.5900 , 18308.9053 , 18620.3031 , 18917.1398 , 19519.3372 , 19701.0762 , 19648.7049 , 19761.3037 , 20033.5068 , 20731.1503 , 20802.1615 , 20687.4180 , 20680.3780 , 19497.9641 , 18771.4000 , 19180.1260 , 18949.4299 , 18554.5704
(1980-2012)
18,949.43 23,405 46,495 88,254 1 18,554.57
Estimated Petroleum Net Exports -6247.0000 , -5319.3014 , -4513.3918 , -4443.2384 , -4618.1747 , -4534.0402 , -5375.3806 , -6017.4268 , -6810.2284 , -7444.7421 , -7310.9504 , -6831.1257 , -7264.6896 , -7634.7803 , -8305.2935 , -8324.6968 , -8864.3561 , -9159.3634 , -9639.1343 , -10525.9235 , -10643.3002 , -10691.6967 , -10762.8708 , -11272.8466 , -12014.6557 , -12472.9971 , -12370.4125 , -12211.0109 , -10933.7319 , -9638.2712 , -9487.6931 , -8813.8792 , -7421.2589
(1980-2012)
-8,813.88 -6,712 -24,875 -- -- -7,421.26
Refinery Capacity 17988.1210 , 18620.5200 , 17889.7340 , 16859.3370 , 16137.1410 , 15658.7690 , 15458.9480 , 15565.5130 , 15915.4180 , 15654.8740 , 15571.9660 , 15675.6270 , 15696.1550 , 15120.6300 , 15034.1600 , 15434.2800 , 15333.4500 , 15451.7850 , 15711.0000 , 16261.2900 , 16511.8710 , 16595.3710 , 16785.3910 , 16757.3700 , 16894.3140 , 17124.8700 , 17338.8140 , 17443.4920 , 17593.8470 , 17671.5500 , 17583.7900 , 17736.3700 , 17736.3700
(1980-2012)
17,736 21,178 45,873 88,097 1 17,736
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels) 29.8100 , 29.8050 , 29.4260 , 27.8580 , 27.7350 , 28.4460 , 28.4160 , 26.8890 , 27.2560 , 26.8250 , 26.5010 , 26.2540 , 24.6820 , 23.7450 , 22.9570 , 22.4570 , 22.3510 , 22.0170 , 22.5460 , 21.0340 , 21.7650 , 22.0450 , 22.4460 , 22.6770 , 21.8910 , 21.3710 , 21.7570 , 20.9720 , 21.3170 , 19.1210 , 20.6820 , 23.2670
(1980-2011)
20.68 206 222 1,356 14 23.27
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)
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 United States
Production 19403.0000 , 19181.0000 , 17820.0000 , 16094.0000 , 17466.0000 , 16454.0000 , 16059.0000 , 16621.0000 , 17103.0000 , 17311.0000 , 17810.0000 , 17697.8024 , 17840.0000 , 18095.0000 , 18821.0000 , 18599.0000 , 18854.0000 , 18902.0000 , 19024.0000 , 18832.2300 , 19182.0000 , 19616.0000 , 18928.0000 , 19099.0000 , 18591.0000 , 18051.0000 , 18504.0000 , 19266.0000 , 20159.0000 , 20624.0000 , 21316.0000 , 22902.0000
(1980-2011)
21,316.00 28,504 111,954 2   22,902.00
Consumption 19877.0000 , 19404.0000 , 18001.0000 , 16835.0000 , 17951.0000 , 17281.0000 , 16221.0000 , 17210.8090 , 18030.0000 , 19119.0000 , 19174.0000 , 19562.0000 , 20228.0000 , 20789.5100 , 21247.0000 , 22207.0000 , 22609.0000 , 22737.0000 , 22246.0000 , 22405.0000 , 23333.0000 , 22239.0000 , 23007.0000 , 22277.0000 , 22403.0000 , 22014.0000 , 21699.0000 , 23104.0000 , 23277.0000 , 22910.0000 , 24087.0000 , 24385.0000
(1980-2011)
24,087.00 29,286 113,321 1   24,385.00
Net Export/Imports(-) -1446.0000 , -1644.0000 , -1922.0000 , -2210.0000 , -2462.0000 , -2687.0000 , -2784.0000 , -2837.0000 , -2993.0000 , -3423.0000 , -3538.0000 , -3604.0000 , -3499.0000 , -3264.0000 , -3405.0000 , -3612.0000 , -3462.0000 , -3786.0000 , -3021.0000 , -2679.0000 , -2604.0000 , -1962.0000
(1990-2011)
-2,604.00 -629 -- 3   -1,962.00
Proved Reserves
(Trillion Cubic Feet)		 200.9970 , 199.0210 , 201.7300 , 201.5120 , 200.2470 , 197.4630 , 193.3690 , 191.5860 , 187.2110 , 168.0240 , 167.1160 , 169.3460 , 167.0620 , 165.0150 , 162.4150 , 163.8370 , 165.1460 , 166.4740 , 167.2230 , 164.0410 , 167.4060 , 177.4270 , 183.4600 , 186.9460 , 189.0440 , 192.5130 , 204.3850 , 211.0850 , 237.7260 , 244.6560 , 272.5090 , 304.6250
(1980-2011)
272.51 347 6,637 4   304.63
Coal (Million Short Tons)
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North America
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 United States
Production 829.7000 , 823.7750 , 838.1120 , 782.0910 , 895.9207 , 883.6384 , 890.3150 , 918.7615 , 950.2645 , 980.7290 , 1029.0762 , 995.9841 , 997.5449 , 945.4243 , 1033.5040 , 1032.9738 , 1063.8555 , 1089.9318 , 1117.5352 , 1100.4314 , 1073.6116 , 1127.6888 , 1094.2831 , 1071.7526 , 1112.0989 , 1131.4981 , 1162.7497 , 1146.6353 , 1171.8087 , 1074.9234 , 1084.3681 , 1094.3356
(1980-2011)
1,084.368 1,170 7,954 2   1,094.336
Consumption 702.7297 , 732.6268 , 706.9106 , 736.6723 , 791.2957 , 818.0487 , 804.2310 , 836.9406 , 883.6418 , 894.9999 , 904.4976 , 899.2268 , 907.6548 , 944.0813 , 951.2859 , 962.1038 , 1006.3208 , 1029.5445 , 1037.1028 , 1038.6465 , 1084.0949 , 1060.1455 , 1066.3546 , 1094.8608 , 1107.2545 , 1125.9776 , 1112.2918 , 1127.9981 , 1120.5484 , 997.4776 , 1051.3070 , 1003.0659
(1980-2011)
1,051.307 1,125 7,770 2   1,003.066
Net Export/Imports(-) 91960.3202 , 112140.5229 , 106407.5493 , 77131.3162 , 80660.1609 , 91271.4417 , 83981.1744 , 77512.1230 , 91293.9855 , 96737.5325 , 102911.7187 , 105135.8028 , 97257.4324 , 65018.3586 , 60136.7599 , 76592.3557 , 81437.3788 , 74185.0552 , 66618.9629 , 47060.5088 , 43299.1198 , 27698.9118 , 20275.8986 , 15932.6353 , 15162.9861 , 17699.9469 , 10950.2122 , 21800.4823 , 45667.3884 , 37418.5477 , 62611.8263 , 93723.2650
(1980-2011)
62.612 76 -- 102   93.723
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)
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History
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North America
World
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 United States
Net Generation 2289.6008 , 2297.9738 , 2244.3722 , 2313.4456 , 2419.4658 , 2473.0024 , 2490.4709 , 2575.2873 , 2707.4111 , 2967.1461 , 3034.2117 , 3069.0600 , 3080.1623 , 3193.7039 , 3243.8555 , 3349.3836 , 3440.6163 , 3488.5603 , 3616.7241 , 3690.7860 , 3797.3111 , 3724.7373 , 3844.9253 , 3869.1407 , 3956.3229 , 4042.6017 , 4051.7278 , 4144.5138 , 4107.5833 , 3938.4033 , 4112.2040 , 4094.6709
(1980-2011)
4,112.20 4,961 20,225 1   4,094.67
Net Consumption 2094.4490 , 2147.1029 , 2086.4414 , 2150.9546 , 2285.7964 , 2323.9739 , 2368.7531 , 2457.2722 , 2578.0625 , 2755.6352 , 2837.0836 , 2886.0602 , 2897.2067 , 3000.7002 , 3080.8882 , 3163.9631 , 3253.7650 , 3301.8493 , 3425.0966 , 3483.7164 , 3592.3568 , 3557.1067 , 3631.6503 , 3662.0290 , 3715.9495 , 3810.9840 , 3816.8455 , 3890.2309 , 3865.1589 , 3723.8028 , 3886.4033
(1980-2010)
3,723.80 4,422 17,360 1   3,886.40
Installed Capacity (GWe) 578.6000 , 598.3000 , 613.7000 , 621.1000 , 635.1000 , 655.2000 , 664.8000 , 674.1000 , 677.7000 , 721.7970 , 734.1218 , 739.8704 , 746.5068 , 754.5817 , 763.9669 , 769.4633 , 775.8895 , 778.6493 , 775.8683 , 785.9268 , 811.7192 , 848.2539 , 905.3011 , 948.4465 , 962.9420 , 978.0199 , 986.2149 , 994.8881 , 1010.1710 , 1025.4006 , 1039.0623
(1980-2010)
1,025.40 1,221 4,843 1   1,039.06
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)
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History
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North America
World
Rank
 
 United States
Production 67.1758 , 66.9518 , 66.5690 , 64.1147 , 68.8396 , 67.6974 , 67.0666 , 67.5434 , 68.9200 , 69.3209 , 70.7051 , 70.3624 , 69.9557 , 68.3147 , 70.7256 , 71.1744 , 72.4860 , 72.4715 , 72.8764 , 71.7420 , 71.3322 , 71.7343 , 70.7132 , 69.9627 , 70.2224 , 69.4437 , 70.7539 , 71.4000 , 73.2178 , 72.6409 , 74.7951 , 77.9581
(1980-2011)
74.795 102 509 2   77.958
Consumption 78.0667 , 76.1057 , 73.0992 , 72.9706 , 76.6317 , 76.3924 , 76.6470 , 79.0545 , 82.7092 , 84.7860 , 84.4852 , 84.4380 , 85.7830 , 87.4236 , 89.0914 , 91.0291 , 94.0222 , 94.6022 , 95.0179 , 96.6520 , 98.8145 , 96.1681 , 97.6451 , 97.9776 , 100.1618 , 100.2815 , 99.6294 , 101.2959 , 99.2745 , 94.5591 , 98.0410 , 97.2624
(1980-2011)
98.041 118 511 2   97.262
Energy Intensity
(Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)		 13381.3307 , 12722.2463 , 12461.7181 , 11902.0950 , 11661.2253 , 11162.9309 , 10825.0851 , 10819.0035 , 10872.2052 , 10760.7309 , 10524.9916 , 10543.8082 , 10360.2622 , 10265.5637 , 10051.9430 , 10018.6063 , 9974.9849 , 9608.2870 , 9247.7553 , 8973.6015 , 8809.8228 , 8482.3031 , 8459.1751 , 8277.6532 , 8178.5415 , 7944.3482 , 7688.3469 , 7670.2158 , 7542.5665 , 7411.8092 , 7505.2473 , 7313.4608
(1980-2011)
7,505 7,514 7,452 56   7,313
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)
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North America
World
Rank
 
 United States
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels
 4775.8159 , 4647.0516 , 4411.2636 , 4388.7825 , 4619.1500 , 4605.1508 , 4613.1195 , 4770.8973 , 4990.5143 , 5071.6527 , 5040.3655 , 4997.4313 , 5093.4143 , 5187.9814 , 5261.1888 , 5319.0523 , 5504.4128 , 5577.4993 , 5616.5704 , 5677.9231 , 5863.2604 , 5754.5534 , 5799.0883 , 5853.0334 , 5974.2272 , 5999.2448 , 5924.2944 , 6026.2837 , 5844.5823 , 5435.2793 , 5636.7392 , 5490.6312
(1980-2011)
5,636.74 6,617 31,502 2   5,490.63

-- = Not applicable; NA = Not available; F = Forecast value
Sources: EIA. For more detailed data, see International Energy Statistics.

Data last updated: May 30, 2013


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