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Table 4-3M: Domestic Demand for Refined Petroleum Products by Sector

(Petajoules)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
TOTAL petroleum demand 21,016 24,541 31,156 34,533 36,085 32,625 (R) 35,400 34,653 35,373 35,704 36,579 36,455 37,726 38,263 38,968 40,050 40,519 40,444 (R) 40,515 41,225
Transportation 10,688 12,524 16,153 18,584 20,055 20,578 (R) 22,992 (R) 22,629 (R) 22,998 (R) 23,407 (R) 23,991 (R) 24,457 (R) 25,025 (R) 25,293 (R) 25,991 (R) 26,772 (R) 27,403 (R) 26,963 (R) 27,361 27,586
Industrial 6,067 7,164 8,219 8,595 10,049 8,235 (R) 8,762 (R) 8,490 (R) 9,090 (R) 8,860 (R) 9,276 (R) 9,023 (R) 9,484 (R) 9,721 (R) 9,513 (R) 9,795 (R) 9,554 (R) 9,728 (R) 9,759 9,936
Residential and commercial 3,682 4,083 4,547 4,015 3,203 2,661 (R) 2,296 2,270 (R) 2,239 2,253 (R) 2,195 (R) 2,180 (R) 2,355 (R) 2,270 (R) 2,084 (R) 2,204 (R) 2,355 (R) 2,407 (R) 2,382 2,431
Electric utilities 579 771 2,237 3,340 2,779 1,150 (R) 1,360 (R) 1,264 (R) 1,046 (R) 1,186 (R) 1,117 (R) 797 (R) 862 (R) 978 (R) 1,378 (R) 1,278 (R) 1,207 (R) 1,347 (R) 1,014 1,273
Transportation as percent of total petroleum demand 50.9 51.0 51.8 53.8 55.6 63.1 (R) 64.9 65.3 (R) 65.0 65.6 65.6 67.1 (R) 66.3 (R) 66.1 (R) 66.7 (R) 66.8 (R) 67.6 (R) 66.7 (R) 67.5 66.9

KEY: R = revised.

NOTE

Transportation's share of U.S. petroleum demand in this table differs slightly from table 4-1 because this table takes into account differences within sectors in the use of various grades of petroleum-based fuel that have different joule content per unit volume.

1,055.06 petajoules = 1 quadrillion British thermal unit (Btu).

SOURCES

1960-70: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1997, DOE/EIA-0384(97) (Washington, DC: July 1998), tables 2.1, 5.12b, and A3.

1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2004/05) (Washington, DC: June 2004), tables 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, and similar tables in earlier editions.