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Table CT7. Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2020, Delaware

Table CT7. Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2020, Delaware






Year



Coal


Natural
Gas a
Petroleum
Electricity
Retail
Sales





Net
Energy f,g



Electrical
System
Energy
Losses h






Total f,g
Aviation
Gasoline
Distillate
Fuel Oil b

HGL c
Jet
Fuel d

Lubricants
Motor
Gasoline e
Residual
Fuel Oil

Total
Thousand
Short Tons
Billion
Cubic Feet

Thousand Barrels
Million
Kilowatthours
1960 1 0 19 166 2 2,144 74 4,096 1,464 7,965 0 – – – – – –
1961 (s) 0 18 165 1 2,180 72 4,564 1,094 8,093 0 – – – – – –
1962 (s) 0 42 201 1 2,355 63 4,423 690 7,775 0 – – – – – –
1963 (s) 0 69 292 2 2,427 63 4,713 438 8,004 0 – – – – – –
1964 (s) 0 119 222 2 2,514 66 4,712 497 8,131 0 – – – – – –
1965 (s) 0 150 256 3 2,086 71 4,921 589 8,076 0 – – – – – –
1966 (s) 0 92 286 3 2,226 74 5,147 415 8,243 0 – – – – – –
1967 (s) 0 75 314 4 2,397 62 5,243 371 8,466 0 – – – – – –
1968 (s) 0 58 368 4 2,782 68 5,543 769 9,591 0 – – – – – –
1969 (s) 0 38 358 8 2,453 65 5,841 963 9,725 0 – – – – – –
1970 (s) 0 20 385 13 2,062 67 6,131 671 9,350 0 – – – – – –
1971 (s) 0 11 452 20 2,032 71 6,407 493 9,486 0 – – – – – –
1972 (s) 0 18 313 23 1,905 76 6,622 922 9,878 0 – – – – – –
1973 (s) 0 11 409 20 1,729 65 7,048 1,229 10,511 0 – – – – – –
1974 (s) 0 59 506 21 1,756 62 6,885 1,208 10,497 0 – – – – – –
1975 (s) 0 15 510 36 1,654 52 6,973 961 10,201 0 – – – – – –
1976 (s) 0 19 636 35 1,582 57 7,299 1,031 10,659 0 – – – – – –
1977 (s) 0 24 680 39 1,666 64 7,246 843 10,561 0 – – – – – –
1978 0 (s) 18 692 56 1,416 68 7,243 718 10,211 0 – – – – – –
1979 0 (s) 20 770 13 1,419 71 6,915 541 9,750 0 – – – – – –
1980 0 0 10 963 14 1,573 64 6,533 812 9,970 0 – – – – – –
1981 0 (s) 9 939 8 1,482 61 6,795 289 9,582 0 – – – – – –
1982 0 (s) 14 950 10 1,484 56 6,531 201 9,247 0 – – – – – –
1983 0 (s) 16 1,160 11 1,374 58 7,151 522 10,294 0 – – – – – –
1984 0 (s) 13 1,195 7 1,586 62 7,355 464 10,681 0 – – – – – –
1985 0 (s) 16 1,264 5 1,569 58 7,464 232 10,608 0 – – – – – –
1986 0 (s) 20 1,490 45 1,341 57 7,619 588 11,159 0 – – – – – –
1987 0 (s) 16 1,616 3 1,287 64 7,785 1,202 11,973 0 – – – – – –
1988 0 (s) 18 1,470 6 1,362 62 8,089 874 11,880 0 – – – – – –
1989 0 (s) 18 1,818 7 1,255 63 8,052 881 12,095 0 – – – – – –
1990 0 (s) 78 1,342 6 1,306 65 7,929 900 11,625 0 – – – – – –
1991 0 (s) 17 1,419 6 2,397 58 7,712 1,308 12,918 0 – – – – – –
1992 0 (s) 18 1,366 6 1,451 59 8,067 1,026 11,993 0 – – – – – –
1993 0 (s) 51 1,600 5 1,440 61 8,238 1,129 12,525 0 – – – – – –
1994 0 (s) 57 1,482 7 566 63 8,232 1,248 11,655 0 – – – – – –
1995 0 (s) 53 1,493 5 76 62 8,398 1,030 11,117 0 – – – – – –
1996 0 (s) 52 1,555 4 62 60 8,375 1,997 12,105 0 – – – – – –
1997 0 (s) 64 1,522 7 73 64 8,510 1,666 11,906 0 – – – – – –
1998 0 (s) 55 1,519 3 87 67 8,982 1,372 12,085 0 – – – – – –
1999 0 (s) 15 1,398 2 105 67 9,163 1,743 12,493 0 – – – – – –
2000 0 (s) 20 2,151 2 104 66 8,928 1,635 12,908 0 – – – – – –
2001 0 (s) 62 1,384 (s) 129 61 9,170 1,304 12,110 0 – – – – – –
2002 0 (s) 90 1,483 3 124 60 9,821 1,167 12,749 0 – – – – – –
2003 0 (s) 79 1,512 2 142 56 9,766 995 12,552 0 – – – – – –
2004 0 (s) 75 1,595 3 166 56 9,927 988 12,810 0 – – – – – –
2005 0 (s) 136 1,662 4 167 56 10,418 1,090 13,533 0 – – – – – –
2006 0 (s) 140 1,683 4 144 55 10,706 1,150 13,882 0 – – – – – –
2007 0 (s) 138 1,660 2 113 56 10,834 1,243 14,047 0 – – – – – –
2008 0 (s) 105 1,438 13 117 52 10,465 1,249 13,440 0 – – – – – –
2009 0 (s) 98 1,409 3 80 47 10,434 1,012 13,083 0 – – – – – –
2010 0 (s) 55 1,404 2 [R ] 2,925 [R ] 61 10,441 312 15,200 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2011 0 (s) 52 1,444 2 [R ] 2,377 [R ] 55 10,007 5 13,943 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2012 0 1 48 1,380 3 [R ] 1,875 [R ] 53 10,012 233 13,604 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2013 0 1 42 1,398 2 [R ] 1,299 [R ] 54 10,048 81 12,924 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2014 0 1 68 1,477 4 [R ] 1,286 [R ] 57 10,023 116 13,031 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2015 0 1 8 1,487 6 1,325 [R ] 64 10,767 65 13,722 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2016 0 1 8 1,562 27 [R ] 1,339 [R ] 63 11,190 157 14,345 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2017 0 1 9 1,668 35 [R ] 1,817 [R ] 59 11,508 25 15,122 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2018 0 1 10 1,885 44 [R ] 1,952 [R ] 59 11,915 19 15,884 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2019 0 1 10 1,881 43 [R ] 1,799 [R ] 59 12,652 [R ] 90 16,534 [R ] 0 – – – – – –
2020 0 1 7 1,742 34 1,468 50 10,437 118 13,857 0 – – – – – –
Trillion Btu
1960 (s) 0.0 0.1 1.0 (s) 11.5 0.5 21.5 9.2 43.7 0.0 43.7 0.0 43.7
1961 (s) 0.0 0.1 1.0 (s) 11.7 0.4 24.0 6.9 44.0 0.0 44.0 0.0 44.0
1962 (s) 0.0 0.2 1.2 (s) 12.6 0.4 23.2 4.3 42.0 0.0 42.0 0.0 42.0
1963 (s) 0.0 0.3 1.7 (s) 13.0 0.4 24.8 2.8 43.0 0.0 43.0 0.0 43.0
1964 (s) 0.0 0.6 1.3 (s) 13.5 0.4 24.8 3.1 43.6 0.0 43.7 0.0 43.7
1965 (s) 0.0 0.8 1.5 (s) 11.2 0.4 25.8 3.7 43.4 0.0 43.4 0.0 43.4
1966 (s) 0.0 0.5 1.7 (s) 12.0 0.5 27.0 2.6 44.2 0.0 44.2 0.0 44.2
1967 (s) 0.0 0.4 1.8 (s) 12.9 0.4 27.5 2.3 45.3 0.0 45.3 0.0 45.3
1968 (s) 0.0 0.3 2.1 (s) 14.9 0.4 29.1 4.8 51.8 0.0 51.8 0.0 51.8
1969 (s) 0.0 0.2 2.1 (s) 13.2 0.4 30.7 6.1 52.6 0.0 52.6 0.0 52.6
1970 (s) 0.0 0.1 2.2 0.1 11.1 0.4 32.2 4.2 50.3 0.0 50.3 0.0 50.3
1971 (s) 0.0 0.1 2.6 0.1 10.9 0.4 33.7 3.1 50.9 0.0 50.9 0.0 50.9
1972 (s) 0.0 0.1 1.8 0.1 10.2 0.5 34.8 5.8 53.3 0.0 53.3 0.0 53.3
1973 (s) 0.0 0.1 2.4 0.1 9.3 0.4 37.0 7.7 56.9 0.0 56.9 0.0 56.9
1974 (s) 0.0 0.3 2.9 0.1 9.4 0.4 36.2 7.6 56.9 0.0 56.9 0.0 56.9
1975 (s) 0.0 0.1 3.0 0.1 8.9 0.3 36.6 6.0 55.0 0.0 55.0 0.0 55.0
1976 (s) 0.0 0.1 3.7 0.1 8.5 0.3 38.3 6.5 57.6 0.0 57.6 0.0 57.6
1977 (s) 0.0 0.1 4.0 0.1 9.0 0.4 38.1 5.3 56.9 0.0 56.9 0.0 56.9
1978 0.0 (s) 0.1 4.0 0.2 7.6 0.4 38.0 4.5 54.9 0.0 54.9 0.0 54.9
1979 0.0 (s) 0.1 4.5 (s) 7.6 0.4 36.3 3.4 52.4 0.0 52.4 0.0 52.4
1980 0.0 0.0 0.1 5.6 0.1 8.4 0.4 34.3 5.1 54.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 54.0
1981 0.0 (s) (s) 5.5 (s) 8.0 0.4 35.7 1.8 51.4 0.0 51.4 0.0 51.4
1982 0.0 (s) 0.1 5.5 (s) 8.0 0.3 34.3 1.3 49.5 0.0 49.6 0.0 49.6
1983 0.0 (s) 0.1 6.8 (s) 7.4 0.4 37.6 3.3 55.5 0.0 55.5 0.0 55.5
1984 0.0 (s) 0.1 7.0 (s) 8.5 0.4 38.6 2.9 57.5 0.0 57.5 0.0 57.5
1985 0.0 (s) 0.1 7.4 (s) 8.4 0.4 39.2 1.5 56.9 0.0 56.9 0.0 56.9
1986 0.0 (s) 0.1 8.7 0.2 7.2 0.3 40.0 3.7 60.2 0.0 60.2 0.0 60.2
1987 0.0 (s) 0.1 9.4 (s) 6.9 0.4 40.9 7.6 65.3 0.0 65.3 0.0 65.3
1988 0.0 (s) 0.1 8.6 (s) 7.3 0.4 42.5 5.5 64.4 0.0 64.4 0.0 64.4
1989 0.0 (s) 0.1 10.6 (s) 6.8 0.4 42.3 5.5 65.7 0.0 65.7 0.0 65.7
1990 0.0 (s) 0.4 7.8 (s) 7.0 0.4 41.6 5.7 63.0 0.0 63.0 0.0 63.0
1991 0.0 (s) 0.1 8.3 (s) 12.9 0.4 40.5 8.2 70.3 0.0 70.3 0.0 70.3
1992 0.0 (s) 0.1 8.0 (s) 7.8 0.4 42.4 6.4 65.1 0.0 65.1 0.0 65.1
1993 0.0 (s) 0.3 9.3 (s) 7.7 0.4 43.0 7.1 67.8 0.0 67.8 0.0 67.8
1994 0.0 (s) 0.3 8.6 (s) 3.0 0.4 42.9 7.8 63.1 0.0 63.2 0.0 63.2
1995 0.0 (s) 0.3 8.7 (s) 0.4 0.4 43.7 6.5 60.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 60.0
1996 0.0 (s) 0.3 9.0 (s) 0.4 0.4 43.6 12.6 66.2 0.0 66.3 0.0 66.3
1997 0.0 (s) 0.3 8.9 (s) 0.4 0.4 44.3 10.5 64.8 0.0 64.8 0.0 64.8
1998 0.0 (s) 0.3 8.8 (s) 0.5 0.4 46.7 8.6 65.4 0.0 65.4 0.0 65.4
1999 0.0 0.1 0.1 8.1 (s) 0.6 0.4 47.7 11.0 67.8 0.0 67.9 0.0 67.9
2000 0.0 0.1 0.1 12.5 (s) 0.6 0.4 46.4 10.3 70.3 0.0 70.4 0.0 70.4
2001 0.0 0.1 0.3 8.1 (s) 0.7 0.4 47.7 8.2 65.4 0.0 65.4 0.0 65.4
2002 0.0 0.1 0.5 8.6 (s) 0.7 0.4 51.1 7.3 68.6 0.0 68.7 0.0 68.7
2003 0.0 0.1 0.4 8.8 (s) 0.8 0.3 50.8 6.3 67.4 0.0 67.5 0.0 67.5
2004 0.0 0.1 0.4 9.3 (s) 0.9 0.3 51.6 6.2 68.7 0.0 68.9 0.0 68.9
2005 0.0 0.1 0.7 9.7 (s) 0.9 0.3 54.1 6.9 72.6 0.0 72.7 0.0 72.7
2006 0.0 (s) 0.7 9.8 (s) 0.8 0.3 55.5 7.2 74.4 0.0 74.4 0.0 74.4
2007 0.0 (s) 0.7 9.6 (s) 0.6 0.3 55.7 7.8 74.8 0.0 74.9 0.0 74.9
2008 0.0 (s) 0.5 8.3 0.1 0.7 0.3 53.4 7.9 71.2 0.0 71.2 0.0 71.2
2009 0.0 (s) 0.5 8.1 (s) 0.5 0.3 53.1 6.4 68.9 0.0 68.9 0.0 68.9
2010 0.0 0.1 0.3 8.1 (s) 16.6 [R ] 0.4 52.9 2.0 80.2 [R ] 0.0 80.4 [R ] 0.0 80.4 [R ]
2011 0.0 0.5 0.3 8.3 (s) 13.5 [R ] 0.3 50.7 (s) 73.1 [R ] 0.0 73.6 [R ] 0.0 73.6 [R ]
2012 0.0 1.1 0.2 8.0 (s) 10.6 [R ] 0.3 50.7 1.5 71.3 [R ] 0.0 72.4 [R ] 0.0 72.4 [R ]
2013 0.0 1.0 0.2 8.1 (s) 7.4 [R ] 0.3 50.8 0.5 67.3 [R ] 0.0 68.3 [R ] 0.0 68.3 [R ]
2014 0.0 1.1 0.3 8.5 (s) 7.3 [R ] 0.3 50.7 0.7 67.9 [R ] 0.0 69.0 [R ] 0.0 69.0 [R ]
2015 0.0 1.2 (s) 8.6 (s) 7.5 [R ] 0.4 54.4 0.4 71.4 [R ] 0.0 72.6 [R ] 0.0 72.6 [R ]
2016 0.0 1.0 (s) 9.0 0.1 7.6 [R ] 0.4 56.6 1.0 74.7 [R ] 0.0 75.7 [R ] 0.0 75.7 [R ]
2017 0.0 0.9 (s) 9.6 0.1 10.3 [R ] 0.4 58.1 0.2 78.8 [R ] 0.0 79.7 [R ] 0.0 79.7 [R ]
2018 0.0 0.8 0.1 10.9 0.2 [R ] 11.1 [R ] 0.4 60.2 0.1 82.8 [R ] 0.0 83.6 [R ] 0.0 83.6 [R ]
2019 0.0 0.6 0.1 10.8 0.2 [R ] 10.2 [R ] 0.4 63.9 0.6 86.1 [R ] 0.0 86.7 [R ] 0.0 86.7 [R ]
2020 0.0 0.6 (s) 10.0 0.1 8.3 0.3 52.7 0.7 72.3 0.0 72.9 0.0 72.9
aTransportation use of natural gas to operate pipelines and, since 1990, also includes vehicle fuel. hIncurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for
electrical system energy losses. Pre-1990 estimates are not comparable to those for later years. See Section 6 of
Technical Notes for an explanation of changes in methodology.
bBeginning in 2009, includes biodiesel blended into distillate fuel oil. – – = Not applicable.
cHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than 0.5 or Btu value less than 0.05.
dThrough 2004, includes kerosene-type and naphtha-type jet fuel. Beginning in 2005, includes kerosene-type
jet fuel only; naphtha-type jet fuel is included in "Industrial sector, Other Petroleum."
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The continuity of these data
series estimates may be affected by the changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See the Technical
Notes for each type of energy.
eBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1980 and 1981 due to the expanded coverage of fuel
ethanol beginning in 1981.
Sources: Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.
gFor 1981 through 1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor
gasoline column.