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Table 4-3M: Domestic Demand for Refined Petroleum Products by Sector

(Petajoules)

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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
TOTAL petroleum demand 21,016 24,541 31,156 (R) 34,533 (R) 36,086 (R) 32,625 (R) 35,400 (R) 34,654 (R) 35,373 (R) 35,705 (R) 36,579 (R) 36,456 (R) 37,726 (R) 38,262 (R) 38,967 (R) 40,050 (R) 40,518 (R) 40,444 (R) 40,516 (R) 41,197 (R) 42,829 42,978 42,432
Transportation 10,688 12,524 16,153 18,584 20,055 (R) 20,543 (R) 22,815 (R) 22,550 (R) 22,867 (R) 23,287 (R) 23,848 (R) 24,339 (R) 24,949 (R) 25,234 (R) 25,888 (R) 26,607 (R) 27,241 (R) 26,963 (R) 27,520 (R) 27,744 (R) 28,713 29,134 29,221
Industrial 6,067 7,164 8,219 8,595 10,049 (R) 8,164 (R) 8,734 (R) 8,426 (R) 9,053 (R) 8,882 (R) 9,285 (R) 9,089 (R) 9,552 (R) 9,802 (R) 9,617 (R) 9,913 (R) 9,623 (R) 9,728 (R) 9,720 (R) 9,745 (R) 10,415 10,248 10,240
Residential and commercial 3,682 4,083 4,547 (R) 4,014 (R) 3,203 (R) 2,767 (R) 2,490 (R) 2,413 (R) 2,407 (R) 2,351 (R) 2,329 (R) 2,232 (R) 2,363 (R) 2,249 (R) 2,083 (R) 2,252 (R) 2,447 (R) 2,406 (R) 2,262 (R) 2,437 (R) 2,422 2,293 2,289
Electric utilities 579 771 2,237 3,340 2,779 1,150 1,360 1,264 1,045 1,186 1,117 796 862 978 1,378 1,278 1,207 1,347 1,014 (R) 1,271 (R) 1,279 1,303 681
Transportation as percent of total petroleum demand 50.9 51.0 51.8 (R) 53.8 (R) 55.6 (R) 63.0 (R) 64.5 (R) 65.1 (R) 64.6 (R) 65.2 (R) 65.2 (R) 66.8 (R) 66.1 (R) 65.9 (R) 66.4 (R) 66.4 (R) 67.2 (R) 66.7 (R) 67.9 (R) 67.3 (R) 67.0 67.8 68.9

KEY: P = preliminary; R = revised.

NOTES

Transportation's share of U.S. petroleum demand in this table differs slightly from table 4-1 because this table takes into account differences within sectors in the use of various grades of petroleum-based fuel that have different joule content per unit volume.

1,055.06 petajoules = 1 quadrillion British thermal unit (Btu).

SOURCES

1960-70: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1997, DOE/EIA-0384(97) (Washington, DC: July 1998), tables 2.1, 5.12b, and A3.

1975-2006: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(2006/05) (Washington, DC: October 2006), tables 1.3, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, and similar tables in earlier editions, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Mar. 30, 2007.