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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 1.3 Primary Energy Consumption Estimates by Source, 1949-2011 (Quadrillion Btu)
Table 1.3  Primary Energy Consumption Estimates by Source, 1949-2011
                    (Quadrillion Btu)






Year		 Fossil Fuels



Nuclear
Electric
Power		 Renewable Energy 1



Electricity
Net
Imports 3





Total




Coal
Coal
Coke
Net
Imports 3


Natural
Gas 4



Petroleum 5



Total		 Noncombustible 2



Biomass 7



Total

Captured
Energy 6		 Adjustment for
Fossil Fuel
Equivalence 6

Total 6,7
1949 11.981 -0.007 5.145 11.883 29.002 0.000 0.323 1.101 1.425 1.549 2.974 0.005 31.982
1950 12.347 .001 5.968 13.315 31.632 .000 .344 1.071 1.415 1.562 2.978 .006 34.616
1951 12.553 -.021 7.049 14.428 34.008 .000 .356 1.068 1.424 1.535 2.958 .007 36.974
1952 11.306 -.012 7.550 14.956 33.800 .000 .374 1.091 1.466 1.474 2.940 .008 36.748
1953 11.373 -.009 7.907 15.556 34.826 .000 .374 1.039 1.413 1.419 2.831 .007 37.664
1954 9.715 -.007 8.330 15.839 33.877 .000 .381 .979 1.360 1.394 2.754 .008 36.639
1955 11.167 -.010 8.998 17.255 37.410 .000 .397 .963 1.360 1.424 2.784 .014 40.208
1956 11.350 -.013 9.614 17.937 38.888 .000 .427 1.007 1.435 1.416 2.851 .016 41.754
1957 10.821 -.017 10.191 17.932 38.926 (s) .455 1.061 1.516 1.334 2.849 .012 41.787
1958 9.533 -.007 10.663 18.527 38.717 .002 .490 1.102 1.592 1.323 2.915 .011 41.645
1959 9.518 -.008 11.717 19.323 40.550 .002 .482 1.067 1.548 1.353 2.901 .012 43.466
1960 9.838 -.006 12.385 19.919 42.137 .006 .510 1.098 1.608 1.320 2.928 .015 45.086
1961 9.623 -.008 12.926 20.216 42.758 .020 .531 1.126 1.657 1.295 2.952 .008 45.738
1962 9.906 -.006 13.731 21.049 44.681 .026 .587 1.230 1.817 1.300 3.117 .002 47.826
1963 10.413 -.007 14.403 21.701 46.509 .038 .577 1.196 1.773 1.323 3.096 (s) 49.644
1964 10.964 -.010 15.288 22.301 48.543 .040 .616 1.273 1.888 1.337 3.225 .007 51.815
1965 11.581 -.018 15.769 23.246 50.577 .043 .673 1.388 2.061 1.335 3.396 (s) 54.015
1966 12.143 -.025 16.995 24.401 53.514 .064 .676 1.387 2.063 1.369 3.432 .004 57.014
1967 11.914 -.015 17.945 25.284 55.127 .088 .769 1.581 2.350 1.340 3.690 -.001 58.905
1968 12.331 -.017 19.210 26.979 58.502 .142 .772 1.581 2.353 1.419 3.773 -.002 62.415
1969 12.382 -.036 20.678 28.338 61.362 .154 .867 1.787 2.654 1.440 4.095 .004 65.614
1970 12.265 -.058 21.795 29.521 63.522 .239 .858 1.781 2.639 1.431 4.070 .007 67.838
1971 11.598 -.033 22.469 30.561 64.596 .413 .922 1.908 2.830 1.432 4.262 .012 69.283
1972 12.077 -.026 22.698 32.947 67.696 .584 .946 1.933 2.879 1.503 4.382 .026 72.688
1973 12.971 -.007 22.512 34.837 70.314 .910 .946 1.935 2.882 1.529 4.411 .049 75.684
1974 12.663 .056 21.732 33.454 67.905 1.272 1.046 2.156 3.202 1.540 4.742 .043 73.962
1975 12.663 .014 19.948 32.732 65.357 1.900 1.045 2.143 3.188 1.499 4.687 .021 71.965
1976 13.584 (s) 20.345 35.178 69.107 2.111 .991 2.022 3.014 1.713 4.727 .029 75.975
1977 13.922 .015 19.931 37.124 70.991 2.702 .775 1.595 2.371 1.838 4.209 .059 77.961
1978 13.766 .125 20.000 37.963 71.854 3.024 .977 1.990 2.968 2.038 5.005 .067 79.950
1979 15.040 .063 20.666 37.122 72.891 2.776 .979 1.992 2.971 2.152 5.123 .069 80.859
1980 15.423 -.035 20.235 34.205 69.828 2.739 .970 1.983 2.953 2.476 5.428 .071 78.067
1981 15.908 -.016 19.747 31.932 67.571 3.008 .920 1.898 2.817 2.596 5.414 .113 76.106
1982 15.322 -.022 18.356 30.232 63.888 3.131 1.082 2.234 3.316 2.663 5.980 .100 73.099
1983 15.894 -.016 17.221 30.052 63.152 3.203 1.165 2.426 3.591 2.904 6.496 .121 72.971
1984 17.071 -.011 18.394 31.053 66.506 3.553 1.133 2.334 3.467 2.971 6.438 .135 76.632
1985 17.478 -.013 17.703 30.925 66.093 4.076 1.002 2.066 3.068 3.016 6.084 .140 76.392
1986 17.260 -.017 16.591 32.198 66.033 4.380 1.038 2.141 3.179 2.932 6.111 .122 76.647
1987 18.008 .009 17.640 32.864 68.521 4.754 .900 1.847 2.747 2.875 5.622 .158 79.054
1988 18.846 .040 18.448 34.223 71.557 5.587 .807 1.634 2.441 3.016 5.457 .108 82.709
1989 19.070 .030 19.602 34.209 72.911 5.602 1.048 2.028 3.076 3.159 6.235 .037 84.786
1990 19.173 .005 19.603 33.552 72.332 6.104 1.128 2.177 3.306 2.735 6.041 .008 84.485
1991 18.992 .010 20.033 32.846 71.880 6.422 1.121 2.166 3.287 2.782 6.069 .067 84.438
1992 19.122 .035 20.714 33.525 73.396 6.479 1.001 1.889 2.890 2.932 5.821 .087 85.783
1993 19.835 .027 21.229 33.745 74.836 6.410 1.100 2.074 3.174 2.908 6.083 .095 87.424
1994 19.909 .058 21.728 34.561 76.256 6.694 1.030 1.930 2.961 3.028 5.988 .153 89.091
1995 20.089 .061 22.671 34.438 77.259 7.075 1.197 2.262 3.459 3.101 6.560 .134 91.029
1996 21.002 .023 23.085 35.675 79.785 7.087 1.326 2.530 3.857 3.157 7.014 .137 94.022
1997 21.445 .046 23.223 36.159 80.873 6.597 1.360 2.550 3.910 3.105 7.016 .116 94.602
1998 21.656 .067 22.830 36.816 81.369 7.068 1.247 2.318 3.565 2.927 6.493 .088 95.018
1999 21.623 .058 22.909 37.838 82.427 7.610 1.240 2.312 3.552 2.963 6.516 .099 96.652
2000 22.580 .065 23.824 38.262 84.731 7.862 1.090 2.008 3.098 3.008 6.106 .115 R 98.814
2001 21.914 .029 22.773 38.186 82.902 8.029 .893 1.647 2.540 2.622 5.163 .075 96.168
2002 21.904 .061 R 23.510 38.224 R 83.699 8.145 1.070 1.959 3.029 2.701 5.729 .072 R 97.645
2003 22.321 .051 22.831 38.811 84.014 7.959 1.114 2.062 3.176 2.807 5.983 .022 97.978
2004 22.466 .138 R 22.923 40.292 R 85.819 8.222 1.103 1.969 3.073 3.010 6.082 .039 R 100.162
2005 22.797 .044 R 22.565 40.388 R 85.794 8.161 1.127 1.998 3.125 R 3.117 6.242 .085 R 100.282
2006 22.447 .061 R 22.239 39.955 R 84.702 8.215 1.229 2.153 3.382 R 3.267 R 6.649 .063 R 99.629
2007 22.749 .025 R 23.663 39.774 R 86.211 8.455 1.125 1.924 3.048 R 3.474 R 6.523 .107 R 101.296
2008 22.385 .041 R 23.843 37.280 R 83.549 8.427 1.238 2.099 3.338 R 3.849 R 7.186 .112 R 99.275
2009 19.692 -.024 R 23.416 35.403 R 78.488 8.356 1.382 2.306 3.688 R 3.912 R 7.600 .116 R 94.559
2010 R 20.850 -.006 R 24.256 R 36.010 R 81.109 R 8.434 R 1.440 R 2.355 R 3.796 R 4.294 R 8.090 R .089 R 97.722
2011P 19.643 .011 24.843 35.283 79.779 8.259 1.785 2.939 4.724 4.411 9.135 .127 97.301
1Most data are estimates.  See Note, "Renewable Energy Production and Consumption," at end of
Section 10.		 7See Table 10.1 for a breakdown of individual sources.
2Conventional hydroelectric power, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic, and wind.  See Note 1,
"Noncombustible Renewable Energy," at end of section.		 R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  (s)=Less than 0.0005 and greater than -0.0005 quadrillion Btu.
3Net imports equal imports minus exports.  A minus sign indicates exports are greater than imports. Notes:  ·  See "Primary Energy Consumption" in Glossary.  ·  See Table E1 for estimated energy
consumption for 1635–1945.  ·  See Note 3, "Electricity Imports and Exports," at end of Section 8.  ·  Totals
may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
4Natural gas only; excludes supplemental gaseous fuels.  See Note 1, "Supplemental Gaseous Fuels,"
at end of Section 6.		 Web Page:    See http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/ for updated monthly and
annual data.
5Petroleum products supplied, including natural gas plant liquids and crude oil burned as fuel.  Does
not include biofuels that have been blended with petroleum—biofuels are included in "Biomass."   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 5.		 Sources:  Tables 5.12, 6.1, 7.1, 7.8, 8.1, 8.2a, 10.1, 10.3, A4, A5, and A6. 
6See Note 1, "Noncombustible Renewable Energy," at end of section.  
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