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Table 4-3M: Domestic Demand for Refined Petroleum Products by Sector (Petajoules)

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 (R) 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (R) 2011 2012 (R) 2013 (R) 2014 2015
Total petroleum demand 21,016 24,526 31,146 34,535 36,576 32,627 35,399 34,655 35,371 35,542 36,460 36,337 37,639 38,149 38,845 39,919 40,373 40,292 40,330 40,926 42,442 42,522 42,016 41,665 38,939 36,884 37,443 36,741 35,889 36,519 36,802 37,321
Transportation 10,683 12,520 16,153 18,585 20,544 20,544 22,817 22,551 22,868 23,127 23,735 24,224 24,865 25,126 25,771 26,481 27,103 26,819 27,344 27,399 28,352 28,736 29,054 29,021 27,313 26,329 26,571 26,102 25,534 25,856 26,224 26,754
Industrial 6,083 7,188 8,204 8,574 10,033 8,139 8,705 8,396 9,023 8,847 9,253 9,058 9,515 9,763 9,581 9,870 9,573 9,682 9,671 9,737 10,366 10,165 10,305 9,962 9,048 8,236 8,617 8,579 8,595 8,779 8,595 8,642
Residential and commercial 3,667 4,057 4,554 4,035 3,220 2,794 2,516 2,443 2,435 2,382 2,355 2,260 2,397 2,283 2,115 2,290 2,490 2,445 2,301 2,519 2,456 2,332 1,986 1,999 2,093 1,916 1,865 1,749 1,533 1,615 1,670 1,629
Electric utilities 583 762 2,234 3,340 2,779 1,150 1,360 1,264 1,045 1,186 1,117 796 862 978 1,378 1,278 1,207 1,347 1,014 1,271 1,267 1,289 672 684 485 403 391 311 226 269 312 295
Transportation as percent of total petroleum demand 50.8 51.0 51.9 53.8 56.2 63.0 64.5 65.1 64.7 65.1 65.1 66.7 66.1 65.9 66.3 66.3 67.1 66.6 67.8 66.9 66.8 67.6 69.1 69.7 70.1 71.4 71.0 71.0 71.1 70.8 71.3 71.7

KEY: R = revised.

NOTES

Transportation's share of U.S. petroleum demand in this table differs slightly from table 4-1 because this table takes into account differences within sectors in the use of various grades of petroleum-based fuel that have a different Btu content per unit volume.

The sum of components may not add to totals due to rounding.

1,055.06 petajoules = 1 quadrillion British thermal unit (Btu).

SOURCES

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review (Washington, DC: May 2015), tables 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/mer/consump.html as of May 25, 2016.