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Annual Energy Outlook 2012

Release Date: June 25, 2012   |  Next Early Release Date: January 23, 2013  |   Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)

Comparison with other projections

Table 24. Projections of energy consumption by sector, 2010-2035 (quadrillion Btu)
Sector AEO2012
Reference
INFORUM IHSGI ExxonMobil IEA BP
  2010
Residential 11.7 11.4 11.2 -- -- --
Residential excluding electricity 6.7 6.5 6.2 6.0 -- --
Commercial 8.7 8.5 8.6 -- -- --
Commercial excluding electricity 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.0 -- --
Buildings sector 20.4 20.0 19.8 10.0 19.1a 21.8
Industrial 23.4 23.1 -- -- 22.9a 23.0
Industrial excluding electricity 20.1 19.9 -- 20.0 -- --
Lossesb 0.8 -- -- -- -- --
Natural gas feedstocks 0.5 -- -- -- -- --
Industrial removing losses and feedstocks 22.0 -- 21.4 -- -- --
Transportation 27.6 27.4 26.6 27.0 22.9a 22.8
Electric power 39.6 40.1 40.8 37.0 35.6a --
Less: electricity demandc 12.8 12.8 12.8 -- 14.3a --
Electric power losses 26.8 27.3 -- -- -- 23.1
Total primary energy 98.2 97.8 -- 94.0 85.7a 90.7
Excluding lossesb and feedstocks 96.8 -- 95.8 -- -- --
  2020
Residential 11.4 11.2 11.8 -- -- --
Residential excluding electricity 6.4 6.4 5.8 6.0 -- --
Commercial 9.2 9.5 9.5 -- -- --
Commercial excluding electricity 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.0 -- --
Buildings sector 20.5 20.7 21.3 9.0 20.4 21.9
Industrial 24.6 27.4 -- -- 24.8 23.4
Industrial excluding electricity 21.2 23.9 -- 20.0 -- --
Lossesb 1.2 -- -- -- -- --
Natural gas feedstocks 0.5 -- -- -- -- --
Industrial removing losses and feedstocks 22.9 -- 22.5 -- -- --
Transportation 27.3 29.0 27.4 28.0 23.8 21.0
Electric power 40.2 41.6 48.6 39.0 39.3 --
Less: electricity demandc 13.3 13.6 15.7 -- 16.4 --
Electric power losses 26.9 28.0 -- -- -- 23.7
Total primary energy 99.3 105.1 -- 96.0 91.4 90.1
Excluding lossesb and feedstocks 97.6 -- 104.1 -- -- --
  2030
Residential 11.7 11.6 12.6 -- -- --
Residential excluding electricity 6.2 6.3 5.7 5.0 -- --
Commercial 9.9 10.6 10.4 -- -- --
Commercial excluding electricity 4.4 4.5 4.0 4.0 -- --
Buildings sector 21.6 22.1 23.0 9.0 22.0 23.0
Industrial 26.1 28.8 -- -- 24.1 23.2
Industrial excluding electricity 22.7 25.3 -- 19.0 -- --
Lossesb 2.4 -- -- -- -- --
Natural gas feedstocks 0.5 -- -- -- -- --
Industrial removing losses and feedstocks 23.3 -- 23.0 -- -- --
Transportation 27.9 30.7 27.5 26.0 22.9 18.5
Electric power 43.2 45.0 54.3 41.0 41.6 --
Less: electricity demandc 14.5 14.8 18.1 -- 17.9 --
Electric power losses 28.7 30.1 -- -- -- 24.1
Total primary energy 104.3 111.8 -- 94.0 92.3 88.9
Excluding lossesb and feedstocks 101.5 -- 109.7 -- -- --
  2035
Residential 11.9 11.7 13.0 -- -- --
Residential excluding electricity 6.1 6.2 5.5 5.0 -- --
Commercial 10.3 11.1 10.8 -- -- --
Commercial excluding electricity 4.5 4.6 4.0 3.0 -- --
Buildings sector 22.2 22.8 23.8 8.0 22.9 --
Industrial 26.9 29.1 -- -- 23.9 --
Industrial excluding electricity 23.6 25.7 -- 18.0 -- --
Lossesb 3.2 -- -- -- -- --
Natural gas feedstocks 0.4 -- -- -- -- --
Industrial removing losses and feedstocks 23.3 -- 23.3 -- -- --
Transportation 28.6 31.9 27.8 25.0 23.1 --
Electric power 44.2 46.2 57.2 40.0 42.5 --
Less: electricity demandc 15.1 15.3 19.3 -- 18.6 --
Electric power losses 29.2 30.8 -- -- -- --
Total primary energy 106.9 114.7 -- 92.0 93.4 --
Excluding lossesb and feedstocks 103.3 -- 112.7 -- -- --
-- = not reported.
aIEA data are for 2009.
bLosses in CTL and biofuel production.
c Energy consumption in the sectors includes electricity demand purchases from the electric power sector, which are subtracted to avoid double counting in deriving total primary energy consumption.