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Petroleum / Production

Total Oil Supply includes the production of crude oil, natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain.

Crude Oil data for Canada include oil processed from Alberta oil sands.

Negative refinery processing gain data values indicate a net refinery processing loss.

The Jet Fuel category includes both naphtha-type jet fuel and kerosene-type jet fuel.

The Liquefied Petroleum Gases category includes, where data are available, pentanes plus.

The Other Products category includes asphalt, coke, aviation gasoline, lubricants, naphthas, paraffin wax, petrochemical feedstocks, unfinished oils, white spirits, and blending components.

Petroleum / Consumption

Total Petroleum Consumption includes internal consumption, refinery fuel and loss, and bunkering. Also included, where available, is direct combustion of crude oil.

The Jet Fuel category includes both naphtha-type jet fuel and kerosene-type jet fuel.

The Liquefied Petroleum Gases category also includes, where data are available, liquefied petroleum gases sold directly from natural gas processing plants for fuel or chemical uses and pentanes plus.

The Other Products category includes asphalt, coke, aviation gasoline, lubricants, naphthas, paraffin wax, petrochemical feedstocks, unfinished oils, white spirits, and blending components.

Total Petroleum Consumption includes internal consumption, refinery fuel and loss, and bunkering. Also included, where available, is direct combustion of crude oil.

Petroleum / Capacity

Data are as of January 1.

Data in thousand barrels per day are on a calendar day basis.

Catalytic cracking, thermal cracking, and reforming data for the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are available only on a stream day basis. These figures have been converted to a calendar day basis by reducing the stream day data by an amount corresponding to the percentage reduction of crude oil distillation capacity from stream day to calendar day. Thus, the catalytic cracking, thermal cracking, and reforming data for the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Island are estimated.

Petroleum / Stocks

Petroleum stocks include crude oil (including strategic reserves), natural gas plant liquids, refinery feedstocks, additives and oxygenates, other hydrocarbons, and refined petroleum products.

Petroleum / Reserves

Data are as of January 1.

Data for the United States are from the Energy Information Administration.

Data for other countries are from the Oil & Gas Journal.

Data for Kuwait and for Saudi Arabia each include one-half of the reserves in the Neutral Zone.

Reserve estimates for crude oil are very difficult to develop. As a convenience to the public, EIA makes available these crude oil reserve estimates from other sources, but it does not certify these data. Please carefully note the sources of the data when using and citing estimates of crude oil reserves.

Petroleum / Imports

The Jet Fuel category includes both naphtha-type jet fuel and kerosene-type jet fuel

The Liquefied Petroleum Gases category also includes, where data are available, liquefied petroleum gases sold directly from natural gas processing plants for fuel or chemical uses and pentanes plus.

The Other Products category includes asphalt, coke, aviation gasoline, lubricants, naphthas, paraffin wax, petrochemical feedstocks, unfinished oils, white spirits, and blending components.

Petroleum / Exports

The Jet Fuel category includes both naphtha-type jet fuel and kerosene-type jet fuel.

The Liquefied Petroleum Gases category also includes, where data are available, liquefied petroleum gases sold directly from natural gas processing plants for fuel or chemical uses and pentanes plus.

The Other Products category includes asphalt, coke, aviation gasoline, lubricants, naphthas, paraffin wax, petrochemical feedstocks, unfinished oils, white spirits, and blending components.

Exports of refined petroleum products do not include bunker fuels where identifiable.

Petroleum / Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Metric tons of carbon dioxide can be converted to metric tons of carbon equivalent by multiplying by 12/44.

Natural Gas / All Flows

Imports and Exports each include liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Consumption includes stock change (not shown in the table).

Natural Gas / Reserves

Data are as of January 1.

Data for the United States are from the Energy Information Administration.

Data for other countries are from the Oil & Gas Journal.

Data for Kuwait and for Saudi Arabia each include one-half of the reserves in the Neutral Zone.

Reserve estimates for natural gas are very difficult to develop. As a convenience to the public, EIA makes available these natural gas reserve estimates from other sources, but it does not certify these data. Please carefully note the sources of the data when using and citing estimates of natural gas reserves.

Natural Gas / Imports

Imports include liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Natural Gas / Exports

Exports include liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Natural Gas / Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Metric tons of carbon dioxide can be converted to metric tons of carbon equivalent by multiplying by 12/44.

Coal / All Flows

Imports and Exports each include metallurgical coke.

Consumption is the sum of Production plus Imports minus Exports (from this table) minus stock change (not shown in this table).

United States data are from Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review.

Coal / Production

United States coal production is from Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review.

Coal includes anthracite, subanthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, brown coal, and for Estonia, oil shale.

Coal / Consumption

United States coal consumption is from Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review.

Coal includes anthracite, subanthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, lignite, brown coal, and for Estonia, oil shale.

Coal / Reserves

Data are as of December 31. Data for the United States are from the Energy Information Administration.

Data for other countries are from the World Energy Council. World Energy Council definition of "Proved Recoverable Reserves": Proved Recoverable Reserves are the tonnage within the Proved Amount in Place that can be recovered (extracted from the earth in raw form) under present and expected local economic conditions with existing available technology.

Data for the United States represent both measured and indicated tonnage, as of January 1, of the most recent full year. The U.S. term "measured" approximates the term "proved" used by the World Energy Council. The U.S. "measured and indicated" data have been combined prior to depletion adjustments and cannot be recaptured as "measured alone."

The estimates in this table are dependent on the judgment of each reporting country to interpret local economic conditions and its own mineral assessment criteria in terms of specified standards of the World Energy Council. Consequently, the data may not all meet the same standards of reliability and some data, including the Energy Information Administration's (EIA)'s, may not represent reserves of coal that are known to be recoverable under current economic conditions and regulations. Some data, including the EIA's, represent estimated recovery rates for highly reliable estimates of coal quantities in the ground that have physical characteristics like those of coals currently being profitably mined.
U.S. coal rank approximations are based partly on Btu and may not match precisely borderline geologic ranks. Further, data in this table may represent different base years. Data for the U.S. represent recoverable coal estimates as of January 1 of the most recent full year. Data for other countries are as of the most recent period for which they are available. The Energy Information Administration does not certify the international reserves data but reproduces the information as a matter of convenience for the reader.

Coal / Imports

Coal Imports include metallurgical coke.

Coal / Exports

Coal Exports include metallurgical coke.

Coal / Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Metric tons of carbon dioxide can be converted to metric tons of carbon equivalent by multiplying by 12/44.

Electricity / Generation

Conventional thermal generation consists of electricity generated from coal, oil, and gas.

Hydroelectric generation for the United States and other countries excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage, where separately reported.

The term biomass and waste used here is similar to the term combustible renewables and waste.

Generation data consist of both utility and nonutility sources.

Data are reported as net generation as opposed to gross generation. Net generation excludes the energy consumed by the generating units and also excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage.

Electricity / Consumption

For the United States, total electric power consumption is equal to the data in the Total column under End Use from Table 8.1 of the Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Review.

For all other countries except the United States, total electric power consumption = total net electricity generation + electricity imports - electricity exports - electricity distribution losses.

Data are reported as net consumption as opposed to gross consumption. Net consumption excludes the energy consumed by the generating units.

Electricity / Capacity

Capacity data consist of both utility and nonutility sources.

Electricity / Net Imports

Data in this table are calculated as electricity imports less electricity exports for each country and year.

Negative data values indicate net electricity exports.

Electricity / Distribution Losses

For the United States, electricity distribution losses are set equal to the data in the T & D Losses and Unaccounted for column from Table 8.1 of the Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Review.

For countries for which data on electricity distribution losses are not available, electricity distribution losses are estimated as being equal to 7 percent of total net electricity generation.

Total Energy / Production

Total primary energy production reported in this table includes the production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and the net generation of nuclear, hydroelectric, and non-hydroelectric renewable electricity.

Total primary energy production for the United States also includes the production of biomass, geothermal, and, solar energy not used for electricity generation.

Total Energy / Consumption

Total primary energy consumption reported in this table includes the consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, coal, and net nuclear, hydroelectric, and non-hydroelectric renewable electricity.

Total primary energy consumption for each country also includes net electricity imports (electricity imports minus electricity exports).

Electricity net imports are included because the net electricity consumption by energy type data, noted above, are really net electricity generation data that have not been adjusted to include electricity imports and exclude electricity exports. Total primary energy consumption for the United States also includes the consumption of biomass, geothermal, and solar energy not used for electricity generation.

 
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