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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 5.15 Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales, 1984-2010 (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Table 5.15  Fuel Oil and Kerosene Sales, 1984-2010
                       (Thousand Barrels per Day)



Year		 Distillate Fuel Oil

Residential
Commercial
Industrial		 Oil
Company
Farm		 Electric
Power 1
Railroad		 Vessel
Bunkering		 On-Highway
Diesel
Military		 Off-Highway
Diesel
Other
Total
1984 534 360 166 55 208 42 192 115 1,093 46 114 46 2,971
1985 504 291 159 45 202 34 182 111 1,127 43 99 11 2,809
1986 528 296 175 41 218 38 186 127 1,169 47 108 10 2,944
1987 534 280 184 40 196 37 186 122 1,185 46 102 5 2,917
1988 554 279 167 41 206 47 201 130 1,304 54 109 4 3,095
1989 564 279 178 45 219 58 211 147 1,378 56 110 2 3,248
1990 475 260 169 49 222 50 203 135 1,393 46 118 (s) 3,120
1991 442 246 151 48 206 39 188 133 1,336 53 107 (s) 2,949
1992 474 245 150 43 228 35 206 144 1,391 42 114 (s) 3,075
1993 475 241 139 46 222 36 196 141 1,485 32 137 (s) 3,150
1994 472 246 148 44 213 43 205 143 1,594 40 140 (s) 3,289
1995 447 237 146 45 227 39 224 153 1,668 30 142 – – 3,357
1996 450 234 149 48 234 43 224 162 1,754 30 146 – – 3,472
1997 426 216 151 56 231 41 214 168 1,867 28 149 – – 3,546
1998 380 211 161 51 222 55 207 169 1,967 23 162 – – 3,608
1999 411 218 162 43 223 53 211 158 2,091 23 162 – – 3,756
2000 444 241 152 45 225 66 214 147 2,155 20 168 – – 3,877
2001 433 243 161 49 234 88 198 133 2,167 26 177 – – 3,908
2002 416 215 156 50 223 49 212 136 2,238 23 154 – – 3,871
2003 452 240 156 33 209 75 239 145 2,420 27 169 – – 4,165
2004 432 220 151 31 207 54 198 139 2,415 23 179 – – 4,050
2005 401 210 160 31 210 59 225 131 2,482 18 193 – – 4,120
2006 325 183 161 42 213 43 232 124 2,552 21 162 – – 4,057
2007 335 177 161 51 209 44 237 126 2,596 24 164 – – 4,123
2008 301 167 154 64 209 35 175 77 2,441 17 148 – – 3,790
2009 268 184 143 48 173 35 135 83 2,228 15 128 – – 3,440
2010 256 181 133 61 190 32 136 88 2,321 16 139 – – 3,552



Year		 Residual Fuel Oil Kerosene

Commercial
Industrial		 Oil
Company		 Electric
Power 1		 Vessel
Bunkering
Military
Other 2
Total
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Farm
Other
Total
1984 100 228 81 454 298 6 26 1,194 77 17 8 3 10 115
1985 89 218 62 359 299 8 13 1,048 77 16 10 3 9 114
1986 130 263 52 610 384 E 7 15 1,462 59 24 7 2 6 98
1987 3 119 217 44 537 398 10 3 3 1,328 57 24 6 2 6 95
1988 3 121 211 36 616 413 8 4 3 1,409 69 13 8 2 5 96
1989 3 112 174 24 632 469 6 2 3 1,419 57 13 8 2 4 84
1990 3 95 147 21 566 413 7 2 3 1,250 31 6 4 1 1 43
1991 93 126 20 461 442 8 1 1,150 35 6 3 1 1 46
1992 77 138 18 388 427 6 1 1,054 31 5 3 1 (s) 41
1993 67 155 17 394 345 5 (s) 983 37 7 4 2 1 50
1994 69 152 16 374 351 4 (s) 967 31 9 6 2 1 49
1995 60 129 14 213 384 3 (s) 804 36 11 6 1 (s) 54
1996 60 136 11 280 371 4 1 862 43 10 7 2 (s) 62
1997 52 124 10 300 327 3 (s) 816 45 12 7 1 (s) 66
1998 47 117 8 420 367 2 (s) 961 52 15 8 2 1 78
1999 42 111 8 326 381 2 (s) 869 54 13 4 2 1 73
2000 43 103 10 284 417 2 (s) 859 46 14 6 2 (s) 67
2001 42 114 9 368 353 1 (s) 888 46 15 9 2 (s) 72
2002 37 82 7 233 316 (s) (s) 676 29 8 5 1 (s) 43
2003 49 92 5 344 253 1 (s) 744 34 9 11 1 (s) 55
2004 51 100 3 306 305 2 (s) 767 41 10 13 1 (s) 64
2005 47 109 5 376 338 2 (s) 877 40 10 17 1 (s) 70
2006 31 95 4 163 375 1 (s) 670 32 7 13 1 (s) 54
2007 31 77 3 173 413 1 (s) 698 21 4 6 1 (s) 32
2008 26 67 4 111 330 1 (s) 538 10 2 2 (s) (s) 14
2009 28 37 2 73 296 1 1 437 13 2 2 (s) (s) R 18
2010 24 34 4 67 274 1 (s) 404 14 2 3 (s) (s) 20
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.		 E=Annual estimate based on eleven months of data.  – – =Not applicable.  (s)=Less than 0.5 thousand
barrels per day.  
2Sales to railroads are included in "Other." Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/fueloilkerosene/.
3Value has been revised since publication in the reports cited after "Sources."  Sources:  ·  1984—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Petroleum Marketing Annual 1988
(October 1989), Tables A1–A3, and unpublished revision.  ·  1985-2004—EIA, Fuel Oil and Kerosene
Sales, annual reports, Tables 1–3, and unpublished revisions.  ·  2005 forward—EIA, Fuel Oil and
Kerosene Sales 2010 (February 2012).
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