Figure 1: Percentage of Total Purchased Fuels by Type of Fuel

Figure 1. Percent of Total Purchased Fuel

      Sources:   Energy Information Administration. Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS): Consumption of Energy; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM): Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries: Statistical Abstract of the United States.
       Note:  The years below the line on the "X" Axis are interpolated data--not directly from the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey or the Annual Survey of Manufactures.


Figure 2: Changes in the Ratios of Distillate Fuel Oil to Natural Gas

Figure 2. Changes in the Ratios of Distillate Fuel Oil to Natural Gas

      Sources:   Energy Information Administration. Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS): Consumption of Energy; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM): Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries: Statistical Abstract of the United States.


Figure 3: Changes in Ratios of Residual Fuel Oil to Natural Gas

Figure 3. Changes in Ratios of Residual Fuel Oil to Natural Gas

      Sources:   Energy Information Administration. Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS): Consumption of Energy; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM): Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries: Statistical Abstract of the United States.


Figure 4: Minimum, Maximum and Actual Consumption by Fuel and Year

Figure 4: Minimum, Maximum and Actual Consumption by Fuel and Year

      Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, 1985 and 1994 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Surveys.

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