Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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(a) Oil and Oil Products Pipeline Ton-Miles

(billions)

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003p
Oil pipeline (NTS, improved BTS, Eno)1, 2 584 579 589 593 591 601 619 617 620 618 577 576 586 590

(b) Natural Gas Pipeline Ton-Miles

(billions, unless otherwise noted)

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003p
Total consumption, cubic feet (trillion)3 19.174 19.562 20.228 20.790 21.247 22.207 22.609 22.737 22.246 22.405 23.333 22.239 23.018 21.894
Lease and plant fuel, cubic feet (trillion)3 1.236 1.129 1.171 1.172 1.124 1.220 1.250 1.203 1.173 1.079 1.151 1.119 1.114 1.123
Pipeline fuel, cubic feet (trillion)3 0.660 0.601 0.588 0.624 0.685 0.700 0.711 0.751 0.635 0.645 0.642 0.625 0.667 0.635
Gas to consumers, cubic feet (trillion) 17.278 17.832 18.469 18.994 19.438 20.287 20.648 20.783 20.438 20.681 21.540 20.495 21.237 20.136
Gas to consumers, tons4 0.391 0.404 0.418 0.430 0.440 0.459 0.467 0.471 0.462 0.468 0.488 0.464 0.481 0.456
Oil pipeline ton-miles1 584 579 589 593 591 601 619 617 620 618 577 576 586 590
Oil pipeline tons2 1.057 1.048 1.061 1.067 1.064 1.081 1.114 1.108 1.116 1.131 - - - -
Length of haul (miles) 553 552 555 556 556 556 556 556 555 546 554 554 554 554
Gas transmission pipeline ton-miles 216 223 232 239 245 255 260 262 257 256 270 257 267 253
Gas gathering pipeline ton-miles (estimated)5 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 13
Gas distribution pipeline ton-miles (estimated)5 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 13
Total gas pipeline ton-miles (improved BTS) 238 245 255 263 269 281 286 288 283 281 297 283 293 278

1 Association of Oil Pipelines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC: 2003), table 1.

2 Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America (Washington, DC: 2002), p. 42.

3 U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review (Washington, DC: 2001), table 6.5.

4 Conversion factor from U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual (Washington, DC: 2001), table C-1.

5 Estimated at 5% of transmission ton-miles.

Key: p = preliminary.