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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 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Domestic production, totala 7.96 9.01 11.30 10.01 10.17 10.58 8.91 9.08 8.87 8.58 8.39 8.32 8.29 8.27 8.01 7.73 7.73 7.67 7.63 7.40 7.23 6.90 6.87 6.85
Crude oilb 7.04 7.80 9.64 8.37 8.60 8.97 7.36 7.42 7.17 6.85 6.66 6.56 6.46 6.45 6.25 5.88 5.82 5.80 5.75 5.68 5.42 5.18 (R) 5.10 5.06
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 1.85 1.91 1.87 1.88 1.72 1.81 1.72 1.74 1.78
Gross imports, total 1.81 2.47 3.42 6.06 6.91 5.07 8.02 7.63 7.89 8.62 9.00 8.83 9.48 10.16 10.71 10.85 11.46 11.87 11.53 12.26 13.15 13.71 (R) 13.71 13.47
Crude oilb,c 1.02 1.24 1.32 4.10 5.26 3.20 5.89 5.78 6.08 6.79 7.06 7.23 7.51 8.23 8.71 8.73 9.07 9.33 9.14 9.66 10.09 10.13 (R) 10.12 10.03
Petroleum productsd 0.80 1.23 2.10 1.95 1.65 1.87 2.12 1.84 1.80 1.83 1.93 1.61 1.97 1.94 2.00 2.12 2.39 2.54 2.39 2.60 3.06 3.59 (R) 3.59 3.44
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 0.94 0.94 1.04 0.97 0.98 1.01 1.05 1.16 (R) 1.32 1.43
U.S. net importse 1.61 2.28 3.16 5.85 6.36 4.29 7.16 6.63 6.94 7.62 8.05 7.89 8.50 9.16 9.76 9.91 10.42 10.90 10.55 (R) 11.25 12.10 12.55 (R) 12.39 12.04
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 17.72 18.31 18.62 18.92 19.52 19.70 19.65 19.76 20.03 20.73 20.80 (R) 20.68 20.69
By the transportation sectorP 5.14 6.04 7.78 8.95 9.55 9.84 10.89 10.76 10.88 11.12 11.42 11.67 11.92 12.10 12.42 12.76 13.01 12.94 13.21 13.32 13.72 (R) 13.96 (R) 14.19 14.27
Transportation petroleum use a percent of domestic petroleum production 64.5 67.0 68.8 89.4 93.9 93.0 122.1 118.6 122.7 129.6 136.1 140.2 143.7 146.3 155.0 165.1 168.3 168.7 173.2 180.00 189.82 202.45 (R) 206.50 208.41
Transportation petroleum use a percent of domestic petroleum consumption 52.4 52.4 52.9 54.8 56.0 62.6 64.1 64.4 63.9 64.5 64.4 65.8 65.1 65.0 65.7 65.4 66.0 65.8 66.8 66.49 66.18 67.11 (R) 68.62 68.98
World petroleum consumption 21.34 31.14 46.81 56.20 63.11 60.09 66.54 67.12 67.35 67.44 68.75 69.90 71.50 73.31 74.03 75.79 76.88 (R) 77.40 (R) 78.04 (R) 79.61 (R) 82.33 (R) 83.66 (R) 84.77 85.59
U.S. petroleum consumption as percent of world petroleum consumption 45.9 37.0 31.4 29.0 27.0 26.2 25.5 24.9 25.3 25.6 25.8 25.4 25.6 25.4 25.6 25.8 25.6 (R) 25.4 (R) 25.3 (R) 25.2 (R) 25.2 (R) 24.9 (R) 24.4 24.2

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available; P=Preliminary

a Includes crude oil and natural gas plant liquids. This data series has been revised from 1975 forward to exclude the field production of other liquids including: finished motor gasoline, motor gasoline blending components, and other hydrocarbons and oxygenates.

b Includes lease condensate.

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 is equal to imports minus exports.

P U.S. Petrolerm consumption by the transportation sector for the years 2006 and 2007 are preliminary

NOTES

Numbers may not add to totals due to independent rounding.

SOURCES

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

1960-70: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review , DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 5.1.

1975-2007: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington, DC: December 2006), tables 3.1a, 3.1b, and 1.7, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov as of September 23, 2008.

U.S. petroleum consumption by transportation sector:

1960-2007: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2006, DOE/EIA-0384(2005) (Washington, DC: July 2007), table 5.13c, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov as of September 23, 2008.

World petroleum consumption:

1960-65: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 11.9.

1970-2007: Ibid., International Petroleum Monthly (Washington, DC: December 2006), table 11.10, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/inter.html as of Apr. 21, 2008.