BTS | Table 1-51: Crude Oil and Petroluem Products Transported in the United States by Mode

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Table 1-51: Crude Oil and Petroluem Products Transported in the United States by Mode

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	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Crude Oil
Ton-miles (billions)
Pipelines^a	288.0	362.6	334.4	334.8	335.9	338.3	337.4	334.1	321.1
Water carriers	40.6	^c387.4	449.2	291.2	247.7	202.4	147.3	117.9	100.0
Motor carriers^b	1.4	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.4
Railroads	1.5	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.5
Total	331.5	753.0	786.2	628.2	586.0	543.2	486.9	454.1	423.0
% of total
Pipelines^a	86.9	48.2	42.5	53.3	57.3	62.3	69.3	73.6	75.9
Water carriers	12.2	51.4	57.2	46.4	42.3	37.3	30.3	26.0	23.6
Motor carriers^b	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Railroads	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Refined Petroleum Products
Ton-miles (billions)
Pipelines^a	219.0	225.6	229.9	249.3	265.2	280.9	279.1	285.7	296.6
Water carriers	257.4	230.4	141.2	157.8	153.2	154.1	148.3	147.1	147.5
Motor carriers^b	26.2	24.3	26.9	28.2	24.6	28.0	26.0	26.7	27.6
Railroads	12.6	12.0	11.3	13.3	15.9	16.0	16.2	16.2	18.2
Total	515.2	492.3	409.3	448.6	458.9	479.0	469.6	475.7	489.9
% of total
Pipelines^a	66.1	30.0	29.2	39.7	45.3	51.7	57.3	62.9	60.5
Water carriers	77.6	30.6	18.0	25.1	26.1	28.4	30.5	31.0	30.1
Motor carriers^b	7.9	5.0	3.4	4.5	5.3	5.9	5.3	5.9	5.6
Railroads	3.8	1.6	2.7	2.1	2.7	2.9	3.5	3.4	3.7
Combined Crude and Petroleum Products
Ton-miles (billions)
Pipelines^a	507.0	588.2	564.3	584.1	601.1	619.2	616.5	619.8	617.7
Water carriers	298.0	^c617.8	590.4	449.0	400.9	356.5	295.6	265.0	247.5
Motor carriers^b	27.6	26.8	28.7	29.7	26.3	29.7	27.7	28.3	29.0
Railroads	14.1	12.5	12.1	14.0	16.6	16.8	16.7	16.7	18.7
Total	846.7	1,245.3	1,195.5	1,076.8	1,044.9	1,022.2	956.5	929.8	912.9
% of total
Pipelines^a	59.9	47.2	47.2	54.2	57.5	60.6	64.5	66.7	67.7
Water carriers	35.2	49.6	49.4	41.7	38.4	34.9	30.9	28.5	27.1
Motor carriers^b	3.3	2.2	2.4	2.8	2.5	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.2
Railroads	1.7	1.0	1.0	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.8	2.1

^a The amount carried by pipeline is based on ton-miles of crude and petroleum products transported through federally regulated pipelines (84%), plus estimated ton-miles of crude and petroleum products transported through nonfederally regulated pipelines (16%).

^b The amount carried by motor carriers is estimated.

^c Reflects the entrance between 1975 and 1980 of the Alaska pipeline, moving crude petroluem for water transportation to U.S. refineries.

SOURCES: 1975: Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table 6.

1980-99: Ibid., Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: Annual issues).