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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
Domestic production, totala 7.96 9.01 11.30 10.05 10.21 10.64 8.99 9.17 9.00 8.84 8.65 8.63 8.61 8.61 8.39 8.11 8.11 8.05 (R) 8.04 7.88
Crude oilb 7.04 7.80 9.64 8.38 8.60 8.97 7.36 7.42 7.17 6.85 6.66 6.56 6.47 6.45 6.25 5.88 5.82 5.80 (R) 5.75 5.74
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
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 8.84 9.48 10.16 10.71 10.85 11.46 11.87 (R) 11.53 12.25
Crude oilc 1.02 1.24 1.32 4.11 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 (R) 9.14 9.65
Petroleum productsd 0.80 1.23 2.10 1.95 1.65 1.87 2.12 1.84 1.81 1.83 1.93 1.61 1.97 1.94 2.00 2.12 2.39 2.54 (R) 2.39 2.61
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 0.95 0.94 1.04 0.97 0.98 1.02
U.S. net importse 1.61 2.28 3.16 5.85 6.37 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 (R) 10.55 11.24
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 (P) 20.04
By the transportation sector 5.14 6.04 7.78 8.95 9.55 (R) 9.84 (R) 10.89 (R) 10.76 (R) 10.88 (R) 11.12 (R) 11.42 (R) 11.67 (R) 11.92 (R) 12.10 (R) 12.42 (R) 12.77 (R) 13.01 (R) 12.94 (E) 13.12 (E) 13.24
Transportation petroleum use a percent of domestic petroleum production 64.5 67.0 68.8 89.1 93.5 (R) 92.5 (R) 121.1 (R) 117.4 (R) 121.0 (R) 125.9 (R) 132.0 (R) 135.3 (R) 138.5 (R) 140.5 (R) 148.0 (R) 157.5 (R) 160.4 (R) 160.6 163.1 168.2
Transportation petroleum use a percent of domestic petroleum consumption 52.4 52.4 52.9 54.8 56.0 (R) 62.6 (R) 64.1 (R) 64.4 (R) 63.9 (R) 64.5 (R) 64.4 (R) 65.8 (R) 65.1 (R) 65.0 (R) 65.7 (R) 65.4 (R) 66.0 (R) 65.8 66.4 66.1
World petroleum consumption 21.34 31.14 46.81 56.20 (R) 63.11 60.09 (R) 66.53 (R) 67.10 (R) 67.24 (R) 67.40 (R) 68.71 (R) 70.00 (R) 71.50 (R) 73.20 (R) 73.88 (R) 75.73 (R) 76.83 (R) 78.00 (R) 78.21 U
U.S. petroleum consumption as percent of world petroleum consumption 45.9 37.0 31.4 29.0 27.0 26.2 (R) 25.5 (R) 24.9 (R) 25.3 (R) 25.6 (R) 25.8 25.3 25.6 (R) 25.4 25.6 25.8 25.6 (R) 25.2 (R) 25.3 U

KEY: E = estimate; R = revised; U = data are not available.

a Includes crude oil, natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids.

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 = imports minus exports.

NOTE

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

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

1960-1970: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 5.1.

1975-2003: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review (Washington, DC: March 2003), tables 3.1a and 3.1b, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Apr. 14, 2004.

World petroleum consumption:

1960-1970: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2000, DOE/EIA-0384(2000) (Washington, DC: August 2001), table 11.9.

1975-2003: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2002, DOE/EIA-0384(2003) (Washington, DC: September 2004), table 11.10, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Sep. 16, 2004.

U.S. petroleum consumption by transportation sector:

1960-2001: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2001,DOE/EIA-0384(2001) (Washington, DC: November 2002), table 5.12c.

2002-2003: Ibid., Annual Energy Review 2002, DOE/EIA-0384(2003) (Washington, DC: September 2004), table 5.13c, Internet site http://www.eia.doe.gov as of Sep.16, 2004.



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