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Table 4-1: Overview of U.S. Petroleum Production, Imports, Exports, and Consumption

(Million barrels per day)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 P2000
Domestic production                                  
Crude oila 7.04 7.80 9.64 R8.37 8.60 8.97 7.36 7.42 7.17 6.85 6.66 6.56 R6.46 6.45 6.25 R5.88 5.83
Natural gas plant liquids 0.93 1.21 1.66 1.63 1.57 1.61 1.56 1.66 1.70 1.74 1.73 1.76 1.83 1.82 1.76 R1.85 1.91
Totalb 7.96 9.01 11.30 10.05 10.21 10.64 8.99 9.17 9.00 8.84 R8.64 8.63 8.61 8.61 8.39 R8.11 8.13
Gross imports                                  
Crude oilc 1.02 1.24 1.32 R4.10 5.26 3.20 5.89 5.78 6.08 6.79 7.06 7.23 7.51 8.23 8.71 R8.73 8.93
Petroleum productsd 0.80 1.23 2.10 1.95 1.65 1.87 2.12 1.84 R1.80 1.83 1.93 1.61 1.97 1.94 2.00 R2.12 2.16
Total 1.81 2.47 3.42 6.06 6.91 5.07 8.02 7.63 7.89 8.62 9.00 R8.83 9.48 10.16 10.71 R10.85 11.09
Exports 0.20 0.19 0.26 0.21 0.54 0.78 0.86 1.00 0.95 1.00 0.94 0.95 0.98 1.00 R0.94 0.94 1.04
U.S. net importse 1.61 2.28 3.16 5.85 6.37 4.29 7.16 6.63 6.94 7.62 8.05 7.89 8.50 9.16 9.76 R9.91 10.05
U.S. petroleum consumption 9.80 11.51 14.70 16.32 17.06 15.73 16.99 16.71 17.03 17.24 17.72 R17.72 18.31 18.62 18.92 R19.52 19.70
By the transportation sector 5.14 6.04 7.78 8.95 9.55 9.85 10.97 10.80 10.95 11.18 11.49 11.73 11.96 R12.13 R12.48 R12.89 12.99
Transportation petroleum use as % of domestic petroleum production 64.6 67.0 68.8 89.1 93.5 92.6 122.0 117.8 121.7 126.5 R133.0 135.9 R138.9 R140.9 R148.7 R158.9 159.8
Transportation petroleum use as % of domestic petroleum consumption 52.4 52.5 52.9 54.8 56.0 62.6 64.6 64.6 64.3 64.8 64.8 R66.2 65.3 R65.1 R66.0 R66.0 65.9
World petroleum consumption 21.34 31.14 46.81 56.20 63.07 60.10 R65.97 R66.56 R66.76 R67.00 R68.29 R69.88 R71.41 R73.06 R73.64 R74.91 75.54
U.S. petroleum consumption as % of world petroleum consumption 45.9 37.0 31.4 29.0 R27.1 26.2 25.8 25.1 25.5 25.7 25.9 R25.4 25.6 25.5 25.7 R26.1 26.1

KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.

a Includes lease condensate.

b Includes crude oil, natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids.

c Includes imports for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which began in 1977.

d Beginning in 1985, motor gasoline blending components and aviation gasoline blending components are included.

e Net imports = imports minus exports.

NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES:

Domestic production, imports, exports, and U.S. petroleum consumption:

1960-2000: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), tables 5.1 and 5.12c.

World petroleum consumption:

1960-99: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 11.9.

2000: Ibid., International Energy Database, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international as of Oct. 24, 2001.