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

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Table 1-51M: 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
Tonne-kilometers (billions)
Pipelines^a	420.5	529.4	488.2	488.8	490.4	493.9	492.6	487.8	468.8
Water carriers	59.3	^c565.6	655.8	425.1	361.6	295.5	215.1	172.1	146.0
Motor carriers^b	2.0	3.6	2.6	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.0
Railroads	2.2	0.7	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.2	0.7	0.7	0.7
Total	484.0	1099.4	1147.8	917.2	855.7	793.1	710.9	663.0	617.6
% 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
Tonne-kilometers (billions)
Pipelines^a	319.7	329.4	335.6	364.0	387.2	410.1	407.5	417.1	433.0
Water carriers	375.8	336.4	206.1	230.4	223.7	225.0	216.5	214.8	215.3
Motor carriers^b	38.3	35.5	39.3	41.2	35.9	40.9	38.0	39.0	40.3
Railroads	18.4	17.5	16.5	19.4	23.2	23.4	23.7	23.7	26.6
Total	752.2	718.7	597.6	654.9	670.0	699.3	685.6	694.5	715.2
% of total
Pipelines^a	66.1	30.0	29.2	39.7	45.2	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
Tonne-kilometers (billions)
Pipelines^a	740.2	858.8	823.9	852.8	877.6	904.0	900.1	904.9	901.8
Water carriers	435.1	^c902.0	862.0	655.5	585.3	520.5	431.6	386.9	361.3
Motor carriers^b	40.3	39.1	41.9	43.4	38.4	43.4	40.4	41.3	42.3
Railroads	20.6	18.2	17.7	20.4	24.2	24.5	24.4	24.4	27.3
Total	1,236.2	1,818.1	1,745.4	1,572.1	1,525.5	1,492.4	1,396.5	1,357.5	1,332.8
% 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 tonne-kilometers of crude and petroleum products transported through federally regulated pipelines (84%), plus estimated tonne-kilometers 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.

NOTE: Numbers may differ slightly from previous year's metric tables because a higher precision conversion factor was used.

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).