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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 5.14c Heat Content of Petroleum Consumption Estimates: Transportation and Electric Power Sectors, 1949-2011 (Trillion Btu)
Table 5.14c  Heat Content of Petroleum Consumption Estimates:  Transportation and Electric Power Sectors, 1949-2011
                          (Trillion Btu)




Year		 Transportation Sector Electric Power Sector 1

Aviation
Gasoline
Distillate
Fuel Oil 2		 Jet Fuel  Liquefied
Petroleum
Gases

Lubricants
Motor
Gasoline 4
Residual
Fuel Oil

Total
Distillate
Fuel Oil 5
Petroleum
Coke
Residual
Fuel Oil 6

Total
Kerosene Type Total 3
1949 172 405 0 0 2 120 4,298 1,156 6,152 28 NA 387 415
1950 199 480 0 0 3 141 4,664 1,201 6,690 32 NA 440 472
1951 267 575 0 0 6 154 5,064 1,289 7,356 27 NA 373 400
1952 313 661 0 108 8 139 5,281 1,200 7,708 28 NA 392 420
1953 357 714 0 185 10 147 5,545 1,100 8,059 34 NA 480 514
1954 328 727 0 246 11 140 5,694 976 8,122 28 NA 389 417
1955 354 791 0 301 13 155 6,175 1,009 8,799 32 NA 439 471
1956 377 849 0 386 16 160 6,343 1,013 9,144 30 NA 424 455
1957 371 862 32 423 16 150 6,446 1,018 9,286 33 NA 465 498
1958 411 837 34 539 17 144 6,617 949 9,514 33 NA 453 486
1959 386 874 82 640 18 156 6,883 892 9,848 37 NA 515 552
1960 298 892 188 739 19 152 7,183 844 10,125 22 NA 530 553
1961 290 892 268 827 21 148 7,318 829 10,324 22 NA 536 557
1962 263 965 375 977 23 146 7,609 790 10,772 23 NA 537 560
1963 253 1,067 427 1,044 25 145 7,884 749 11,167 25 NA 560 585
1964 235 1,133 486 1,121 28 153 8,050 777 11,496 25 NA 609 634
1965 222 1,093 691 1,215 32 149 8,386 770 11,866 29 NA 693 722
1966 194 1,164 809 1,354 36 154 8,819 779 12,500 37 NA 846 883
1967 166 1,158 1,073 1,670 39 135 9,120 824 13,113 43 NA 967 1,011
1968 155 1,392 1,263 1,941 44 149 9,726 806 14,212 57 NA 1,124 1,181
1969 129 1,498 1,436 2,017 46 144 10,216 763 14,813 87 NA 1,484 1,571
1970 100 1,569 1,486 1,973 44 147 10,716 761 15,310 141 19 1,958 2,117
1971 90 1,701 1,554 2,061 51 147 11,173 701 15,924 200 18 2,277 2,495
1972 85 1,941 1,617 2,091 53 158 11,918 645 16,892 310 19 2,768 3,097
1973 83 2,222 1,707 2,131 49 163 12,455 727 17,832 273 15 3,226 3,515
1974 82 2,202 1,566 2,001 46 156 12,217 697 17,401 309 19 3,038 3,365
1975 71 2,121 1,619 2,029 43 155 12,485 711 17,615 226 2 2,937 3,166
1976 67 2,288 1,613 2,002 47 172 13,107 824 18,508 243 2 3,232 3,477
1977 70 2,489 1,684 2,090 50 172 13,464 908 19,243 283 3 3,614 3,901
1978 71 2,679 1,750 2,138 54 184 13,927 990 20,044 276 12 3,699 3,987
1979 70 2,905 1,795 2,186 22 193 13,221 1,228 19,825 178 8 3,097 3,283
1980 64 2,795 1,754 2,179 18 172 12,383 1,398 19,009 169 5 2,459 2,634
1981 56 2,901 1,671 2,058 34 165 12,379 1,219 18,813 124 4 2,073 2,202
1982 47 2,790 1,661 2,069 34 150 12,312 1,020 18,422 89 4 1,474 1,568
1983 48 2,905 1,736 2,141 40 157 12,482 821 18,595 96 8 1,440 1,544
1984 44 2,948 1,977 2,414 43 168 12,600 807 19,023 88 8 1,190 1,286
1985 50 3,170 2,079 2,497 30 156 12,784 786 19,472 85 7 998 1,090
1986 59 3,218 2,287 2,682 27 153 13,174 870 20,183 83 9 1,359 1,452
1987 46 3,335 2,444 2,843 22 173 13,499 900 20,817 90 10 1,157 1,257
1988 49 3,626 2,565 2,982 23 167 13,802 919 21,568 109 12 1,442 1,563
1989 48 3,687 2,658 3,059 23 171 13,749 971 21,707 152 16 1,535 1,703
1990 45 3,661 2,774 3,129 23 176 13,575 1,016 21,626 97 30 1,163 1,289
1991 42 3,601 2,681 3,025 21 157 13,503 1,026 21,374 84 29 1,085 1,198
1992 41 3,684 2,718 3,001 19 161 13,699 1,070 21,675 74 45 872 991
1993 38 3,796 2,809 3,028 20 163 14,126 901 22,073 86 79 959 1,124
1994 38 4,032 3,063 3,154 34 171 14,293 883 22,605 120 70 869 1,059
1995 40 4,195 3,099 3,132 18 168 14,607 911 23,070 108 81 566 755
1996 37 4,469 3,268 3,274 16 163 14,837 851 23,648 109 80 628 817
1997 40 4,672 3,307 3,308 14 172 14,999 712 23,918 111 102 715 927
1998 35 4,812 3,359 3,357 18 180 15,463 674 24,538 136 124 1,047 1,306
1999 39 5,001 3,466 3,462 14 182 15,855 665 25,219 140 112 959 1,211
2000 36 5,165 3,580 3,580 12 179 15,960 888 25,820 175 99 871 1,144
2001 35 5,292 3,427 3,426 14 164 16,041 586 25,557 171 103 1,003 1,277
2002 34 5,392 3,354 3,340 14 162 16,465 677 26,085 127 175 659 961
2003 30 5,666 3,266 3,265 17 150 16,597 571 26,297 161 175 869 1,205
2004 31 5,932 3,382 3,383 19 152 16,962 740 27,219 111 222 879 1,212
2005 35 6,076 3,475 3,475 28 151 17,043 837 27,645 115 243 876 1,235
2006 33 6,414 3,379 3,379 27 147 17,197 906 28,105 74 214 361 648
2007 32 6,457 3,358 3,358 22 152 17,321 994 28,335 89 171 397 657
2008 28 6,020 3,193 3,193 40 141 16,872 920 27,214 73 154 240 468
2009 27 5,528 2,883 2,883 28 127 16,837 810 26,240 70 139 181 390
2010 27 R 5,818 R 2,963 R 2,963 29 R 141 R 16,791 R 877 R 26,646 80 R 144 R 154 378
2011P 27 5,908 2,950 2,950 29 133 16,312 823 26,182 62 132 94 288
1Electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS 22 category whose
primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.  Through 1988, data are for
electric utilities only; beginning in 1989, data are for electric utilities and independent power producers.		 6Fuel oil nos. 5 and 6.  For 1949–1979, data are for steam plant use of petroleum.  For 1980–2000,
electric utility data also include a small amount of fuel oil no. 4.
2Beginning in 2009, includes renewable diesel fuel (including biodiesel) blended into distillate fuel oil. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  
3Through 1951, naphtha-type jet fuel is included in the products from which jet fuel was blended: in
1952, 71 percent gasoline, 17 percent kerosene, and 12 percent distillate fuel oil.   Beginning in 1952,
includes naphtha-type jet fuel.  Beginning in 1957, also includes kerosene-type jet fuel.  Beginning in 2005,
includes kerosene-type jet fuel only.		 Notes:  ·  Data for "Transportation Sector" 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 the
transportation sector, 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.
4Finished 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.
5Fuel oil nos. 1, 2, and 4.  For 1949–1979, data are for gas turbine and internal combustion plant use of
petroleum.  For 1980–2000, electric utility data also include small amounts of kerosene and jet fuel.		 Sources:  Tables 5.13c, 5.13d, A1, and A3.
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