Table 1-61: Crude Oil and Petroleum Products Transported in the United States by Mode
(billions)
| 1975 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | Ton-miles | Percent | |
| Crude oil, total | 331.5 | 100.0 | 753.0 | 100.0 | 786.2 | 100.0 | 628.2 | 100.0 | 586.0 | 100.0 | 543.2 | 100.0 | 486.9 | 100.0 | 454.1 | 100.0 | 423.0 | 100.0 | 376.0 | 100.0 | 376.6 | 100.0 | 384.0 | 100.0 | 380.4 | 100.0 | 374.1 | 100.0 | 376.3 | 100.0 | 366.0 | 100.0 | 335.5 | 100.0 | (R) 372.0 | 100.0 | 336.0 | 100.0 |
| Pipelinesa | 288.0 | 86.9 | 362.6 | 48.2 | 334.4 | 42.5 | 334.8 | 53.3 | 335.9 | 57.3 | 338.3 | 62.3 | 337.4 | 69.3 | 334.1 | 73.6 | 321.1 | 75.9 | 283.4 | 75.4 | 277.0 | 73.6 | 286.6 | 74.6 | 284.5 | 74.8 | 283.7 | 75.8 | 293.5 | 78.0 | 300.5 | 82.1 | 266.6 | 79.5 | (R) 306.3 | (R) 82.3 | 268.2 | 79.8 |
| Water carriersb | 40.6 | 12.2 | 387.4 | 51.4 | 449.2 | 57.1 | 291.2 | 46.4 | 247.7 | 42.3 | 202.4 | 37.3 | 147.3 | 30.3 | 117.9 | 26.0 | 100.0 | 23.6 | 91.0 | 24.2 | 98.1 | 26.0 | 95.7 | 24.9 | 94.1 | 24.7 | 88.7 | 23.7 | 81.1 | 21.6 | 63.8 | 17.4 | 66.9 | 19.9 | 63.2 | (R) 17.0 | 65.1 | 19.4 |
| Motor carriersc | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | (R) 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
| Railroads | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Refined petroleum products, total | 515.2 | 100.0 | 492.3 | 100.0 | 409.3 | 100.0 | 448.6 | 100.0 | 458.9 | 100.0 | 479.0 | 100.0 | 469.6 | 100.0 | 475.7 | 100.0 | 489.9 | 100.0 | 497.3 | 100.0 | 493.2 | 100.0 | 480.6 | 100.0 | 502.9 | 100.0 | 528.4 | 100.0 | 529.7 | 100.0 | 489.4 | 100.0 | 499.9 | 100.0 | (R) 485.9 | 100.0 | 474.1 | 100.0 |
| Pipelinesa | 219.0 | 42.5 | 225.6 | 45.8 | 229.9 | 56.2 | 249.3 | 55.6 | 265.2 | 57.8 | 280.9 | 58.6 | 279.1 | 59.4 | 285.7 | 60.1 | 296.6 | 60.5 | 293.9 | 59.1 | 299.1 | 60.6 | 299.6 | 62.3 | 305.7 | 60.8 | 315.9 | 59.8 | 314.0 | 59.3 | 280.9 | 57.4 | 291.1 | 58.2 | (R) 299.4 | 61.6 | 300.2 | 63.3 |
| Water carriers | 257.4 | 50.0 | 230.4 | 46.8 | 141.2 | 34.5 | 157.8 | 35.2 | 153.2 | 33.4 | 154.1 | 32.2 | 148.3 | 31.6 | 147.1 | 30.9 | 147.5 | 30.1 | 153.4 | 30.8 | 145.9 | 29.6 | 131.9 | 27.4 | 146.0 | 29.0 | 158.2 | 29.9 | 159.4 | 30.1 | 149.3 | 30.5 | 149.1 | 29.8 | 130.8 | 26.9 | 121.7 | 25.7 |
| Motor carriersc | 26.2 | 5.1 | 24.3 | (R) 4.9 | 26.9 | 6.6 | 28.2 | 6.3 | 24.6 | 5.4 | 28.0 | 5.8 | 26.0 | 5.5 | 26.7 | 5.6 | 27.6 | 5.6 | 30.1 | 6.1 | 29.7 | 6.0 | 29.4 | 6.1 | 31.9 | 6.3 | 33.2 | 6.3 | 33.4 | 6.3 | 33.8 | 6.9 | 33.5 | 6.7 | 33.4 | 6.9 | 32.2 | 6.8 |
| Railroads | 12.6 | 2.4 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 11.3 | (R) 2.8 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 15.9 | 3.5 | 16.0 | 3.3 | 16.2 | 3.4 | 16.2 | 3.4 | 18.2 | 3.7 | 19.9 | 4.0 | 18.5 | 3.8 | 19.7 | 4.1 | 19.3 | 3.8 | 21.1 | 4.0 | 22.8 | 4.3 | 25.4 | 5.2 | 26.2 | 5.2 | 22.3 | 4.6 | 19.9 | 4.2 |
| Combined crude and petroleum products, total | 846.7 | 100.0 | 1,245.3 | 100.0 | 1,195.5 | 100.0 | 1,076.8 | 100.0 | 1,044.9 | 100.0 | 1,022.2 | 100.0 | 956.5 | 100.0 | 929.8 | 100.0 | 912.9 | 100.0 | 873.3 | 100.0 | 869.8 | 100.0 | 864.6 | 100.0 | 883.3 | 100.0 | 902.5 | 100.0 | 906.0 | 100.0 | 855.4 | 100.0 | 835.4 | 100.0 | (R) 857.9 | 100.0 | 810.0 | 100.0 |
| Pipelinesa | 507.0 | 59.9 | 588.2 | 47.2 | 564.3 | 47.2 | 584.1 | 54.2 | 601.1 | 57.5 | 619.2 | 60.6 | 616.5 | 64.5 | 619.8 | 66.7 | 617.7 | 67.7 | 577.3 | 66.1 | 576.1 | 66.2 | 586.2 | 67.8 | 590.2 | 66.8 | 599.6 | 66.4 | 607.5 | 67.1 | 581.3 | 68.0 | 557.7 | 66.8 | (R) 605.7 | (R) 70.6 | 568.4 | 70.2 |
| Water carriersb | 298.0 | 35.2 | 617.8 | 49.6 | 590.4 | 49.4 | 449.0 | 41.7 | 400.9 | 38.4 | 356.5 | 34.9 | 295.6 | 30.9 | 265.0 | 28.5 | 247.5 | 27.1 | 244.4 | 28.0 | 244.0 | 28.1 | 227.6 | 26.3 | 240.1 | 27.2 | 246.9 | 27.4 | 240.5 | 26.5 | 213.1 | 24.9 | 216.0 | 25.9 | 194.0 | (R) 22.6 | 186.8 | 23.1 |
| Motor carriersc | 27.6 | 3.3 | 26.8 | 2.2 | 28.7 | 2.4 | 29.7 | 2.8 | 26.3 | 2.5 | 29.7 | 2.9 | 27.7 | 2.9 | 28.3 | 3.0 | 29.0 | 3.2 | 31.3 | 3.6 | 30.8 | 3.5 | 30.6 | 3.5 | 33.2 | 3.8 | 34.4 | 3.8 | 34.8 | 3.8 | 35.2 | 4.1 | 35.2 | 4.2 | 35.1 | (R) 4.1 | 33.9 | 4.2 |
| Railroads | 14.1 | 1.7 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 12.1 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 1.3 | (R) 16.7 | 1.6 | 16.8 | 1.6 | 16.7 | 1.7 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 18.7 | 2.0 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 18.9 | 2.2 | 20.2 | 2.3 | 19.8 | 2.2 | 21.6 | 2.4 | 23.2 | 2.6 | 25.8 | 3.0 | 26.6 | 3.2 | 23.0 | (R) 2.7 | 20.9 | 2.6 |
a Beginning with 2006 data, Pipeline data were taken from PHMSA F 7000-1-1. Previously, data were extracted from FERC Form No. 6, which included data for federally-regulated pipelines. For 2005, data for federally regulated Pipelines were estimated to include about 90 percent of the total national ton-miles, so the Pipeline statistics for that year were adjusted to include an additional 10 percent of ton-miles. From 1990 through 2004, the federally regulated estimate was 84 percent with a 16 percent addition for other Pipeline ton-miles.
b The large increase in Water carrier Ton-miles between 1975 and 1980 reflects the entrance of the Alaska pipeline, moving crude petroleum for water transportation to U.S. refineries.
c The amount carried by Motor carriers is estimated.
NOTE
Details may not add to totals due to rounding in the source publication.
SOURCES
1975: Association of Oil Pipe Lines, Shifts in Petroleum Transportation (Washington, DC), table 6.
1980-85: Ibid., (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables 1, 2, and 3.
1990-2009: Ibid., (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables 1, 2, and 3, available at http://www.aopl.org/publications/?fa=reports as of Apr. 5, 2012.