MECS Fuel Oil Tables

Table 1: Actual, Minimum and Maximum Use Values for Fuel Oils and Natural Gas
Year	Distillate Fuel Oil (TBtu)
	Actual	Minimum	Maximum	Discretionary Rate
1985	185	148	1224	3.4%
1994	152	125	1020	3.1%
	Residual Fuel Oil (TBtu)
	Actual	Minimum	Maximum	Discretionary Rate
1985	505	290	1577	16.7%
1994	441	241	1249	19.8%
	Natural Gas (TBtu)
	Actual	Minimum	Maximum	Discretionary Rate
1985	4656	2702	5233	77.2%
1994	6141	4435	6758	73.4%
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, 1985 and 1994 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Surveys.

Table 2: Establishments That Actually Switched Between Natural Gas and Residual Fuel Oil
Type of Switch	Number of Establishments in Population	Number That Use Original Fuel	Percentage That Use Original Fuel	Number That Can Switch to Another Fuel	Percentage That Can Switch to Another Fuel	Number That Actually Made a Switch	Percentage That Actually Made a Switch
Natural Gas into Residual Fuel Oil	247,199	158,733	64.2	5,779	3.6	1,279	22.1
Residual Fuel Oil into Natual Gas	247,199	3,080	1.2	1,496	48.6	997	66.6
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, 1994 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey, Number of Establishments by Total Inputs of Energy for Heat, Power, and Electricity Generation by Industry Group and Selected Industries; Number of Establishments That Actually Switched From Natural Gas to Residual Fuel Oil, by Industry Group and Selected Industries ; Number of Establishments That Actually Switched From Residual Fuel Oil to Natural Gas, by Industry Group and Selected Industries.

Table 3: Storage Capacity of Fuel Oil in 1985 and 1994 (Thousand Barrels)
	Distillate Fuel Oil	Residual Fuel Oil
1985	20,497	26,056
1994	8,218	16,416
Source: Energy Information Administration, 1985 and 1994 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Surveys.

File Last Modified: May 15, 2000: Contact: robert.adler@eia.doe.gov; Robert Adler; Survey Manager; Phone: 202-586-1134; Fax: 202-586-0018