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U.S. Production, Consumption, and Trade of Petroleum Products

1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Consumption 5.763 6.458 7.016 7.27 7.6 7.756 8.455 8.775 8.809 9.118 9.527 9.797 9.976 10.4 10.743 11.023 11.512 12.084 12.56 13.393 14.137 14.697 15.212 16.367 17.308 16.653 16.322 17.461 18.431 18.847 18.513 17.056 16.058 15.296 15.231 15.726 15.726 16.281 16.665 17.283 17.325 16.988 16.714 17.033 17.237 17.718 17.725 18.309 18.62 18.917 19.519 19.701 19.649 19.761 20.034 20.731 20.802 20.687 20.68 19.498 18.771 19.148
Production 5.477 5.906 6.719 6.867 7.111 7.033 7.578 7.951 7.978 7.517 7.932 7.965 8.174 8.353 8.64 8.769 9.014 9.579 10.22 10.599 10.827 11.297 11.155 11.185 10.946 10.462 10.007 9.736 9.862 10.275 10.135 10.17 10.18 10.199 10.264 10.509 10.581 10.231 9.944 9.765 9.159 8.914 9.076 8.868 8.582 8.388 8.322 8.295 8.269 8.011 7.731 7.733 7.67 7.626 7.4 7.228 6.895 6.841 6.847 6.734 7.27 7.513
Net Imports 0.318 0.545 0.422 0.52 0.633 0.696 0.88 1.006 1.007 1.425 1.569 1.613 1.743 1.913 1.915 2.057 2.281 2.375 2.23 2.609 2.933 3.161 3.701 4.519 6.025 5.892 5.846 7.09 8.565 8.002 7.985 6.365 5.401 4.298 4.312 4.715 4.286 5.439 5.914 6.587 7.202 7.161 6.626 6.938 7.618 8.054 7.886 8.498 9.158 9.764 9.912 10.419 10.9 10.546 11.238 12.097 12.549 12.39 12.036 11.114 9.667 9.44
Source: EIA Annual Energy Review, 2011 Table 10.3 from the U.S. Energy Information Administration
This chart shows trends in total petroleum product production, consumption, and trade from 1949 to 2011. Consumption has risen fairly steadily overall, with notable drops following the oil price shocks and supply disruptions of 1974, 1979, and 2008. U.S. petroleum imports peaked in 2005, and have since been declining due in part to increased domestic production and more stringent vehicle fuel economy standards.