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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 5.13b Petroleum Consumption Estimates: Industrial Sector, 1949-2011 (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Table 5.13b  Petroleum Consumption Estimates:  Industrial Sector, 1949-2011
                         (Thousand Barrels per Day)




Year		 Industrial Sector
Asphalt
and
Road Oil		 Distillate Fuel Oil

Kerosene		 Liquefied
Petroleum
Gases

Lubricants
Motor
Gasoline 3		 Petroleum Coke Residual Fuel Oil
Other
Petroleum 4

Total
CHP 1 Other 2 Total CHP 1 Other 2 Total CHP 1 Other 2 Total
1949 157 [5] 265 265 123 80 36 121 [5] 40 40 [5] 534 534 243 1,598
1950 180 [5] 328 328 132 100 43 131 [5] 41 41 [5] 617 617 250 1,822
1951 198 [5] 369 369 130 132 46 142 [5] 40 40 [5] 631 631 291 1,979
1952 213 [5] 386 386 126 143 42 148 [5] 38 38 [5] 634 634 289 2,018
1953 216 [5] 384 384 115 156 44 155 [5] 48 48 [5] 647 647 315 2,082
1954 230 [5] 418 418 119 173 42 160 [5] 54 54 [5] 641 641 320 2,157
1955 254 [5] 466 466 116 212 47 173 [5] 67 67 [5] 686 686 366 2,387
1956 272 [5] 493 493 114 235 48 177 [5] 68 68 [5] 699 699 384 2,490
1957 263 [5] 493 493 99 241 45 181 [5] 74 74 [5] 657 657 403 2,456
1958 280 [5] 551 551 82 260 43 186 [5] 85 85 [5] 644 644 410 2,541
1959 298 [5] 552 552 79 313 47 193 [5] 97 97 [5] 703 703 424 2,706
1960 302 [5] 476 476 78 333 48 198 [5] 149 149 [5] 689 689 435 2,708
1961 311 [5] 479 479 64 344 47 190 [5] 184 184 [5] 662 662 439 2,720
1962 332 [5] 501 501 68 376 54 193 [5] 194 194 [5] 669 669 454 2,840
1963 340 [5] 496 496 66 409 54 185 [5] 190 190 [5] 667 667 554 2,962
1964 346 [5] 502 502 75 449 56 177 [5] 192 192 [5] 677 677 646 3,123
1965 368 [5] 541 541 80 470 62 179 [5] 202 202 [5] 689 689 657 3,247
1966 386 [5] 575 575 95 491 64 168 [5] 202 202 [5] 709 709 714 3,404
1967 379 [5] 580 580 110 510 60 158 [5] 206 206 [5] 693 693 737 3,433
1968 405 [5] 574 574 99 586 65 159 [5] 209 209 [5] 682 682 798 3,576
1969 417 [5] 586 586 95 689 69 154 [5] 221 221 [5] 695 695 838 3,764
1970 447 [5] 577 577 89 699 70 150 [5] 203 203 [5] 708 708 866 3,808
1971 458 [5] 596 596 80 715 69 143 [5] 211 211 [5] 705 705 870 3,845
1972 468 [5] 648 648 77 846 73 132 [5] 233 233 [5] 765 765 949 4,191
1973 522 [5] 691 691 75 902 88 133 [5] 254 254 [5] 809 809 1,005 4,479
1974 481 [5] 633 633 61 901 85 123 [5] 230 230 [5] 753 753 1,034 4,301
1975 419 [5] 630 630 58 844 68 116 [5] 246 246 [5] 658 658 1,001 4,038
1976 411 [5] 717 717 59 895 75 110 [5] 242 242 [5] 792 792 1,145 4,447
1977 436 [5] 809 809 69 918 82 102 [5] 266 266 [5] 844 844 1,294 4,821
1978 479 [5] 823 823 75 921 88 93 [5] 250 250 [5] 748 748 1,391 4,867
1979 476 [5] 830 830 86 1,266 92 84 [5] 243 243 [5] 721 721 1,546 5,343
1980 396 [5] 621 621 87 1,172 82 82 [5] 234 234 [5] 586 586 1,581 4,842
1981 342 [5] 653 653 52 1,166 79 83 [5] 250 250 [5] 471 471 1,176 4,273
1982 342 [5] 617 617 68 1,211 72 72 [5] 246 246 [5] 456 456 973 4,058
1983 373 [5] 537 537 32 1,166 75 59 [5] 225 225 [5] 345 345 1,042 3,854
1984 408 [5] 564 564 21 1,283 80 83 [5] 244 244 [5] 386 386 1,120 4,191
1985 425 [5] 526 526 21 1,285 75 114 [5] 261 261 [5] 326 326 1,032 4,065
1986 448 [5] 546 546 16 1,207 73 108 [5] 264 264 [5] 321 321 1,105 4,087
1987 467 [5] 537 537 14 1,279 83 107 [5] 294 294 [5] 253 253 1,176 4,210
1988 468 [5] 530 530 14 1,326 80 100 [5] 306 306 [5] 237 237 1,286 4,347
1989 453 5 531 536 14 1,300 82 104 5 295 300 57 121 178 1,284 4,251
1990 483 7 534 541 6 1,215 84 97 25 300 325 63 116 179 1,373 4,304
1991 444 12 495 507 5 1,326 75 101 22 293 315 55 91 146 1,299 4,219
1992 454 10 509 519 5 1,402 77 101 26 336 362 59 109 168 1,434 4,522
1993 474 10 515 525 6 1,363 78 94 22 308 330 65 129 194 1,373 4,438
1994 484 10 513 522 8 1,505 82 101 25 304 329 69 113 183 1,454 4,667
1995 486 6 526 532 7 1,527 80 105 26 302 328 60 87 147 1,381 4,594
1996 484 8 549 557 9 1,580 78 105 27 317 343 66 80 146 1,518 4,819
1997 505 8 558 566 9 1,617 82 111 37 294 331 56 71 127 1,605 4,953
1998 521 16 554 570 11 1,553 86 105 29 362 390 60 40 100 1,508 4,844
1999 547 16 542 558 6 1,709 87 80 31 395 426 52 38 90 1,532 5,035
2000 525 10 553 563 8 1,720 86 79 19 342 361 48 57 105 1,458 4,903
2001 519 9 602 611 11 1,557 79 155 15 375 390 46 42 89 1,481 4,892
2002 512 6 561 566 7 1,668 78 163 21 362 383 37 46 83 1,474 4,934
2003 503 10 525 534 12 1,561 72 171 17 358 375 38 58 96 1,579 4,903
2004 537 9 561 570 14 1,646 73 195 18 405 423 46 62 108 1,657 5,222
2005 546 11 583 594 19 1,549 72 187 14 390 404 46 77 123 1,605 5,100
2006 521 5 589 594 14 1,627 71 198 21 404 425 33 71 104 1,640 5,193
2007 494 4 591 595 6 1,637 73 161 22 390 412 30 54 84 1,593 5,056
2008 417 3 596 599 2 1,419 67 131 16 377 394 14 73 86 1,408 4,523
2009 360 7 514 521 2 1,541 61 128 17 347 363 13 33 46 1,251 4,274
2010 362 R 3 R 556 R 559 R 4 R 1,673 R 68 R 148 R 17 R 293 310 R 6 R 46 52 R 1,343 R 4,519
2011P 355 2 566 568 2 1,672 64 143 17 289 307 5 44 49 1,300 4,460
1Industrial combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and a small number of industrial electricity-only plants. 
See Note 2, "Classification of Power Plants Into Energy-Use Sectors," at end of Section 8.		 R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  
2All industrial sector fuel use other than that in "CHP." Notes:  ·  For total petroleum consumption by all sectors, see petroleum products supplied data in Table
5.11.  For petroleum, product supplied is used as an approximation of petroleum consumption.  See Note 1,
"Petroleum Products Supplied and Petroleum Consumption," at end of section.  ·  Totals may not equal
sum of components due to independent rounding.
3Finished motor gasoline.  Through 1963, also includes special naphthas.  Beginning in 1993, also
includes ethanol blended into motor gasoline.		 Web Pages:  ·  See http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/#petroleum for updated monthly and
annual data.  ·  See http://www.eia.gov/states/_seds.html for related information.
4Pentanes plus, petrochemical feedstocks, still gas (refinery gas), waxes, and miscellaneous products. 
Beginning in 1964, also includes special naphthas.  Beginning in 1981, also includes negative barrels per
day of distillate and residual fuel oil reclassified as unfinished oils, and other products (from both primary
and secondary supply) reclassified as gasoline blending components.  Beginning in 1983, also includes
crude oil burned as fuel.  Beginning in 2005, also includes naphtha-type jet fuel.		 Sources:  CHP:  Table 8.7c.  All Other Data:  ·  1949-1959—Bureau of Mines, Mineral Industry Surveys,
Petroleum Statement, Annual, annual reports, and U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates.
·  1960-1972—EIA, "State Energy Data 2010: Consumption" (June 2012), U.S. Table CT6.  ·  1973
forward—EIA, Monthly Energy Review (April 2012), Table 3.7b.
5Included in "Other."  
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