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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 5.14a Heat Content of Petroleum Consumption Estimates: Residential and Commercial Sectors, 1949-2011 (Trillion Btu)
Table 5.14a  Heat Content of Petroleum Consumption Estimates:  Residential and Commercial Sectors, 1949-2011
                          (Trillion Btu)




Year		 Residential Sector Commercial Sector

Distillate
Fuel Oil

Kerosene		 Liquefied
Petroleum
Gases

Total
Distillate
Fuel Oil

Kerosene		 Liquefied
Petroleum
Gases
Motor
Gasoline 1
Petroleum
Coke
Residual
Fuel Oil

Total
1949 700 289 117 1,106 221 39 31 92 NA 351 735
1950 829 347 146 1,322 262 47 39 100 NA 424 872
1951 927 378 156 1,461 293 52 42 109 NA 438 932
1952 963 375 164 1,501 304 51 43 114 NA 441 953
1953 971 361 179 1,510 306 49 48 119 NA 459 982
1954 1,081 373 190 1,644 341 51 50 122 NA 447 1,012
1955 1,194 371 202 1,767 377 51 54 133 NA 480 1,095
1956 1,259 377 217 1,853 398 51 58 136 NA 493 1,136
1957 1,250 329 221 1,801 395 45 59 139 NA 461 1,098
1958 1,341 385 238 1,964 424 53 63 142 NA 460 1,141
1959 1,337 332 284 1,954 422 45 75 148 NA 522 1,213
1960 1,568 354 305 2,227 494 48 81 67 NA 559 1,248
1961 1,610 372 312 2,293 504 47 83 69 NA 565 1,268
1962 1,688 371 340 2,399 526 45 90 72 NA 569 1,302
1963 1,683 366 365 2,414 523 46 97 73 NA 548 1,286
1964 1,632 322 371 2,325 509 47 102 74 NA 542 1,275
1965 1,713 334 385 2,432 534 54 103 77 NA 645 1,413
1966 1,693 317 412 2,422 529 60 107 79 NA 687 1,461
1967 1,778 295 454 2,527 552 46 115 83 NA 717 1,512
1968 1,847 319 489 2,655 574 60 125 83 NA 702 1,544
1969 1,838 311 556 2,705 573 61 144 84 NA 698 1,559
1970 1,878 298 549 2,725 587 61 143 86 NA 714 1,592
1971 1,897 295 556 2,748 595 55 144 84 NA 672 1,551
1972 1,996 271 600 2,867 632 55 154 87 NA 645 1,573
1973 2,003 227 570 2,800 644 65 147 87 NA 665 1,607
1974 1,844 184 526 2,554 596 55 134 83 NA 593 1,461
1975 1,807 161 512 2,479 587 49 129 89 NA 492 1,346
1976 1,987 184 532 2,703 656 44 136 97 NA 567 1,500
1977 1,994 167 520 2,681 676 52 135 101 NA 588 1,552
1978 1,951 153 504 2,607 666 55 131 107 NA 532 1,490
1979 1,626 133 340 2,099 584 78 95 104 NA 505 1,367
1980 1,316 107 311 1,734 518 41 88 107 NA 565 1,318
1981 1,147 85 299 1,531 457 69 87 92 NA 417 1,122
1982 1,050 95 289 1,434 440 30 81 88 NA 399 1,037
1983 924 85 344 1,353 651 111 96 102 NA 208 1,170
1984 1,091 160 280 1,531 735 36 83 107 NA 266 1,227
1985 1,092 159 314 1,565 631 33 95 96 NA 228 1,083
1986 1,111 121 308 1,541 623 50 93 106 NA 290 1,162
1987 1,156 119 342 1,617 607 49 102 111 NA 263 1,131
1988 1,190 144 341 1,675 600 26 99 110 NA 264 1,099
1989 1,160 117 383 1,660 574 28 109 102 0 228 1,041
1990 978 64 352 1,394 536 12 102 111 0 230 991
1991 930 72 378 1,381 517 12 108 85 0 212 935
1992 980 65 369 1,414 507 11 107 80 (s) 189 893
1993 974 76 390 1,439 493 14 109 30 (s) 173 819
1994 960 65 384 1,408 501 19 107 25 (s) 172 825
1995 905 74 395 1,374 479 22 109 18 (s) 141 769
1996 926 89 469 1,484 483 21 122 27 (s) 137 790
1997 874 93 455 1,422 444 25 120 43 (s) 111 743
1998 772 108 424 1,304 429 31 118 39 (s) 85 702
1999 828 111 526 1,465 438 27 140 28 (s) 73 707
2000 905 95 555 1,554 491 30 150 45 (s) 92 807
2001 908 95 526 1,529 508 31 143 37 (s) 70 790
2002 860 60 537 1,457 444 16 141 45 (s) 80 726
2003 905 70 544 1,519 481 19 157 60 (s) 111 828
2004 924 85 512 1,520 470 20 152 45 (s) 122 810
2005 854 84 513 1,451 447 22 131 46 (s) 116 762
2006 712 66 446 1,224 401 15 123 49 (s) 75 664
2007 726 44 484 1,254 384 9 121 61 (s) 75 651
2008 669 21 553 1,243 372 4 158 46 (s) 73 653
2009 602 28 547 1,176 413 4 139 53 (s) 76 685
2010 R 583 R 29 R 530 R 1,142 R 410 5 R 140 R 55 (s) R 77 R 688
2011P 592 18 530 1,139 417 3 140 54 (s) 73 686
1Finished 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.
R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.5 trillion Btu.   Sources:  Tables 5.13a, A1, and A3.
Notes:  ·  Data are estimates.  ·  For total heat content of petroleum consumption by all sectors, see data
for heat content of petroleum products supplied in Table 5.12.  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.		  
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