Table 1-61M: 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | Tonne-kilometers | Percent | |
| Crude oil, total | 484.0 | 100.0 | 1,099.4 | 100.0 | 1,147.8 | 100.0 | 917.2 | 100.0 | 855.5 | 100.0 | 793.1 | 100.0 | 710.9 | 100.0 | 663.0 | 100.0 | 617.6 | 100.0 | 548.9 | 100.0 | 549.8 | 100.0 | 560.6 | 100.0 | 555.4 | 100.0 | 546.2 | 100.0 | 549.4 | 100.0 | 534.3 | 100.0 | 489.8 | 100.0 | (R) 543.1 | 100.0 | 490.6 | 100.0 |
| Pipelinesa | 420.5 | 86.9 | 529.4 | 48.2 | 488.2 | 42.5 | 488.8 | 53.3 | 490.4 | 57.3 | 493.9 | 62.3 | 492.6 | 69.3 | 487.8 | 73.6 | 468.8 | 75.9 | 413.8 | 75.4 | 404.4 | 73.6 | 418.4 | 74.6 | 415.4 | 74.8 | 414.2 | 75.8 | 428.5 | 78.0 | 438.7 | 82.1 | 389.2 | 79.5 | (R) 447.2 | (R) 82.3 | 391.6 | 79.8 |
| Water carriersb | 59.3 | 12.2 | 565.6 | 51.4 | 655.8 | 57.1 | 425.1 | 46.4 | 361.6 | 42.3 | 295.5 | 37.3 | 215.1 | 30.3 | 172.1 | 26.0 | 146.0 | 23.6 | 132.9 | 24.2 | 143.2 | 26.0 | 139.7 | 24.9 | 137.4 | 24.7 | 129.5 | 23.7 | 118.4 | 21.6 | 93.1 | 17.4 | 97.7 | 19.9 | 92.3 | (R) 17.0 | 95.0 | 19.4 |
| Motor carriersc | 2.0 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | (R) 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| Railroads | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Refined petroleum products, total | 752.2 | 100.0 | 718.7 | 100.0 | 597.6 | 100.0 | 654.9 | 100.0 | 670.0 | 100.0 | 699.3 | 100.0 | 685.6 | 100.0 | 694.5 | 100.0 | 715.2 | 100.0 | 726.0 | 100.0 | 720.1 | 100.0 | 701.7 | 100.0 | 734.2 | 100.0 | 771.4 | 100.0 | 773.3 | 100.0 | 714.5 | 100.0 | 729.8 | 100.0 | (R) 709.4 | 100.0 | 692.2 | 100.0 |
| Pipelinesa | 319.7 | 42.5 | 329.4 | 45.8 | 335.6 | 56.2 | 364.0 | 55.6 | 387.2 | 57.8 | 410.1 | 58.6 | 407.5 | 59.4 | 417.1 | 60.1 | 433.0 | 60.5 | 429.1 | 59.1 | 436.7 | 60.6 | 437.4 | 62.3 | 446.3 | 60.8 | 461.2 | 59.8 | 458.4 | 59.3 | 410.1 | 57.4 | 425.0 | 58.2 | (R) 437.1 | 61.6 | 438.3 | 63.3 |
| Water carriers | 375.8 | 50.0 | 336.4 | 46.8 | 206.1 | 34.5 | 230.4 | 35.2 | 223.7 | 33.4 | 225.0 | 32.2 | 216.5 | 31.6 | 214.8 | 30.9 | 215.3 | 30.1 | 224.0 | 30.8 | 213.0 | 29.6 | 192.6 | 27.4 | 213.2 | 29.0 | 231.0 | 29.9 | 232.7 | 30.1 | 218.0 | 30.5 | 217.7 | 29.8 | 191.0 | 26.9 | 177.7 | 25.7 |
| Motor carriersc | 38.3 | 5.1 | 35.5 | (R) 4.9 | 39.3 | 6.6 | 41.2 | 6.3 | 35.9 | 5.4 | 40.9 | 5.8 | 38.0 | 5.5 | 39.0 | 5.6 | 40.3 | 5.6 | 43.9 | 6.1 | 43.4 | 6.0 | 42.9 | 6.1 | 46.6 | 6.3 | 48.5 | 6.3 | 48.8 | 6.3 | 49.3 | 6.9 | 48.9 | 6.7 | 48.8 | 6.9 | 47.0 | 6.8 |
| Railroads | 18.4 | 2.4 | 17.5 | 2.4 | 16.5 | (R) 2.8 | 19.4 | 3.0 | 23.2 | 3.5 | 23.4 | 3.3 | 23.7 | 3.4 | 23.7 | 3.4 | 26.6 | 3.7 | 29.1 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 3.8 | 28.8 | 4.1 | 28.2 | 3.8 | 30.8 | 4.0 | 33.3 | 4.3 | 37.1 | 5.2 | 38.3 | 5.2 | 32.6 | 4.6 | 29.1 | 4.2 |
| Combined crude and petroleum products, total | 1236.2 | 100.0 | 1,818.1 | 100.0 | 1,745.4 | 100.0 | 1,572.1 | 100.0 | 1,525.5 | 100.0 | 1,492.4 | 100.0 | 1,396.5 | 100.0 | 1,357.5 | 100.0 | 1,332.8 | 100.0 | 1,275.0 | 100.0 | 1,269.9 | 100.0 | 1,262.3 | 100.0 | 1,289.6 | 100.0 | 1,317.6 | 100.0 | 1,322.7 | 100.0 | 1,248.9 | 100.0 | 1,219.7 | 100.0 | (R) 1,252.5 | 100.0 | 1,182.6 | 100.0 |
| Pipelinesa | 740.2 | 59.9 | 858.8 | 47.2 | 823.9 | 47.2 | 852.8 | 54.2 | 877.6 | 57.5 | 904.0 | 60.6 | 900.1 | 64.5 | 904.9 | 66.7 | 901.8 | 67.7 | 842.8 | 66.1 | 841.1 | 66.2 | 855.8 | 67.8 | 861.7 | 66.8 | 875.4 | 66.4 | 886.9 | 67.1 | 848.7 | 68.0 | 814.2 | 66.8 | (R) 884.3 | (R) 70.6 | 829.8 | 70.2 |
| Water carriersb | 435.1 | 35.2 | 902.0 | 49.6 | 862.0 | 49.4 | 655.5 | 41.7 | 585.3 | 38.4 | 520.5 | 34.9 | 431.6 | 30.9 | 386.9 | 28.5 | 361.3 | 27.1 | 356.8 | 28.0 | 356.2 | 28.1 | 332.3 | 26.3 | 350.5 | 27.2 | 360.5 | 27.4 | 351.1 | 26.5 | 311.1 | 24.9 | 315.4 | 25.9 | 283.2 | (R) 22.6 | 272.7 | 23.1 |
| Motor carriersc | 40.3 | 3.3 | 39.1 | 2.2 | 41.9 | 2.4 | 43.4 | 2.8 | 38.4 | 2.5 | 43.4 | 2.9 | 40.4 | 2.9 | 41.3 | 3.0 | 42.3 | 3.2 | 45.7 | 3.6 | 45.0 | 3.5 | 44.7 | 3.5 | 48.5 | 3.8 | 50.2 | 3.8 | 50.8 | 3.8 | 51.4 | 4.1 | 51.4 | 4.2 | 51.2 | (R) 4.1 | 49.5 | 4.2 |
| Railroads | 20.6 | 1.7 | 18.2 | 1.0 | 17.7 | 1.0 | 20.4 | 1.3 | (R) 24.4 | 1.6 | 24.5 | 1.6 | 24.4 | 1.7 | 24.4 | 1.8 | 27.3 | 2.0 | 29.6 | 2.3 | 27.6 | 2.2 | 29.5 | 2.3 | 28.9 | 2.2 | 31.5 | 2.4 | 33.9 | 2.6 | 37.7 | 3.0 | 38.8 | 3.2 | 33.6 | (R) 2.7 | 30.5 | 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.
NOTES
Details may not add to totals due to rounding in the source publication.
1.459972 tonne-kilometers = 1 ton mile.
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.