Petroleum Production and Consumption and Some Important Percent Shares, 1950-2007
The U.S. share of the world’s petroleum consumption is approximately one-quarter. The U.S. relies heavily on imported petroleum. Imports accounted for over 59% of U.S. petroleum consumption in 2007.
| Domestic petroleum production | Net petroleum imports | Transportation petroleum consumption | U.S.petroleum consumption | World petroleum consumption | Net imports as a share of U.S.consumption | petroleum consumption as a share of world consumption | Transportation petroleum use as a share of domestic production | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (million barrels per day) | ||||||||
| 1950 | 5.91 | 0.55 | 3.36 | 6.46 | b | 8.4% | b | 56.8% |
| 1951 | 6.72 | 0.42 | 3.69 | 7.02 | b | 6.0% | b | 55.0% |
| 1952 | 6.89 | 0.52 | 3.88 | 7.29 | b | 7.2% | b | 56.4% |
| 1953 | 7.11 | 0.63 | 4.07 | 7.60 | b | 8.3% | b | 57.2% |
| 1954 | 7.03 | 0.70 | 4.11 | 7.76 | b | 9.0% | b | 58.5% |
| 1955 | 7.58 | 0.88 | 4.46 | 8.46 | b | 10.4% | b | 58.8% |
| 1956 | 7.97 | 1.01 | 4.63 | 8.80 | b | 11.5% | b | 58.1% |
| 1957 | 7.98 | 1.01 | 4.71 | 8.81 | b | 11.4% | b | 59.0% |
| 1958 | 7.52 | 1.42 | 4.83 | 9.12 | b | 15.6% | b | 64.3% |
| 1959 | 7.93 | 1.57 | 5.01 | 9.53 | b | 16.5% | b | 63.1% |
| 1960 | 7.99 | 1.62 | 5.15 | 9.82 | 21.34 | 16.5% | 46.0% | 64.5% |
| 1961 | 8.17 | 1.74 | 5.25 | 9.98 | 23.00 | 17.5% | 43.4% | 64.3% |
| 1962 | 8.35 | 1.91 | 5.48 | 10.40 | 24.89 | 18.4% | 41.8% | 65.6% |
| 1963 | 8.64 | 1.91 | 5.68 | 10.74 | 26.92 | 17.8% | 39.9% | 65.8% |
| 1964 | 8.79 | 2.06 | 5.85 | 11.05 | 29.08 | 18.7% | 38.0% | 66.5% |
| 1965 | 9.01 | 2.28 | 6.04 | 11.51 | 31.14 | 19.8% | 37.0% | 67.0% |
| 1966 | 9.58 | 2.37 | 6.36 | 12.08 | 33.56 | 19.7% | 36.0% | 66.4% |
| 1967 | 10.22 | 2.23 | 6.66 | 12.56 | 35.59 | 17.8% | 35.3% | 65.2% |
| 1968 | 10.63 | 2.62 | 7.22 | 13.43 | 38.96 | 19.5% | 34.5% | 67.9% |
| 1969 | 10.83 | 2.93 | 7.52 | 14.14 | 42.89 | 20.7% | 33.0% | 69.5% |
| 1970 | 11.30 | 3.16 | 7.78 | 14.70 | 46.81 | 21.5% | 31.4% | 68.9% |
| 1971 | 11.16 | 3.70 | 8.09 | 15.21 | 49.42 | 24.3% | 30.8% | 72.6% |
| 1972 | 11.22 | 4.53 | 8.59 | 16.41 | 53.09 | 27.6% | 30.9% | 76.6% |
| 1973 | 10.95 | 6.02 | 9.05 | 17.31 | 57.24 | 34.8% | 30.2% | 82.7% |
| 1974 | 10.46 | 5.89 | 8.84 | 16.65 | 56.68 | 35.4% | 29.4% | 84.5% |
| 1975 | 10.01 | 5.85 | 8.95 | 16.32 | 56.20 | 35.8% | 29.0% | 89.4% |
| 1976 | 9.74 | 7.09 | 9.40 | 17.46 | 59.67 | 40.6% | 29.3% | 96.5% |
| 1977 | 9.86 | 8.56 | 9.76 | 18.43 | 61.83 | 46.5% | 29.8% | 99.0% |
| 1978 | 10.27 | 8.00 | 10.16 | 18.85 | 64.16 | 42.5% | 29.4% | 98.9% |
| 1979 | 10.14 | 7.99 | 10.01 | 18.51 | 65.22 | 43.1% | 28.4% | 98.7% |
| 1980 | 10.17 | 6.36 | 9.57 | 17.06 | 63.11 | 37.3% | 27.0% | 94.1% |
| 1981 | 10.18 | 5.40 | 9.49 | 16.06 | 60.94 | 33.6% | 26.3% | 93.2% |
| 1982 | 10.20 | 4.30 | 9.31 | 15.30 | 59.54 | 28.1% | 25.7% | 91.2% |
| 1983 | 10.25 | 4.31 | 9.41 | 15.23 | 58.78 | 28.3% | 25.9% | 91.8% |
| 1984 | 10.51 | 4.72 | 9.71 | 15.73 | 59.82 | 30.0% | 26.3% | 92.4% |
| 1985 | 10.58 | 4.29 | 9.84 | 15.73 | 60.08 | 27.3% | 26.2% | 93.0% |
| 1986 | 10.23 | 5.44 | 10.19 | 16.28 | 61.81 | 33.4% | 26.3% | 99.6% |
| 1987 | 9.94 | 5.91 | 10.50 | 16.67 | 63.10 | 35.5% | 26.4% | 105.7% |
| 1988 | 9.76 | 6.59 | 10.88 | 17.28 | 64.97 | 38.1% | 26.6% | 111.4% |
| 1989 | 9.16 | 7.20 | 10.94 | 17.33 | 66.08 | 41.6% | 26.2% | 119.4% |
| 1990 | 8.91 | 7.16 | 10.89 | 16.99 | 66.63 | 42.2% | 25.5% | 122.2% |
| 1991 | 9.08 | 6.63 | 10.76 | 16.71 | 67.22 | 39.6% | 24.9% | 118.5% |
| 1992 | 8.87 | 6.94 | 10.91 | 17.03 | 67.39 | 40.8% | 25.3% | 123.0% |
| 1993 | 8.58 | 7.62 | 11.12 | 17.24 | 67.51 | 44.2% | 25.5% | 129.7% |
| 1994 | 8.39 | 8.05 | 11.13 | 17.72 | 68.78 | 45.5% | 25.8% | 132.6% |
| 1995 | 8.32 | 7.89 | 11.61 | 17.73 | 68.99 | 44.5% | 25.3% | 139.5% |
| 1996 | 8.30 | 8.50 | 11.91 | 18.31 | 71.54 | 46.4% | 25.6% | 143.5% |
| 1997 | 8.27 | 9.16 | 12.05 | 18.62 | 73.30 | 49.2% | 25.4% | 145.7% |
| 1998 | 8.01 | 9.76 | 12.36 | 18.92 | 73.94 | 51.6% | 25.6% | 154.3% |
| 1999 | 7.73 | 9.91 | 12.70 | 19.52 | 75.60 | 50.8% | 25.8% | 164.3% |
| 2000 | 7.73 | 10.42 | 12.98 | 19.70 | 76.63 | 52.9% | 25.7% | 167.9% |
| 2001 | 7.67 | 10.90 | 12.86 | 19.65 | 77.37 | 55.5% | 25.4% | 167.7% |
| 2002 | 7.63 | 10.55 | 13.12 | 19.76 | 78.02 | 53.4% | 25.3% | 172.0% |
| 2003 | 7.40 | 11.24 | 13.20 | 20.03 | 79.59 | 56.1% | 25.2% | 178.4% |
| 2004 | 7.23 | 12.10 | 13.61 | 20.73 | 82.30 | 58.4% | 25.2% | 188.2% |
| 2005 | 6.90 | 12.55 | 13.79 | 20.80 | 83.61 | 60.3% | 24.9% | 199.6% |
| 2006 | 6.84 | 12.39 | 13.92 | 20.69 | b | 59.9% | b | 201.7% |
| 2007 | 6.88 | 12.07 | 13.92 | 20.73 | b | 58.2% | b | 184.7% |
| Average annual percentage change | ||||||||
| 1950–2007 | 0.3% | 5.6% | 2.5% | 2.1% | b | |||
| 1970–2007 | -1.3% | 3.7% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.7%c | |||
| 1997–2007 | -1.8% | 3.6% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.9%c | |||
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, February 2008, Tables 2.5, 3.1, and A3. (Pre-1973 data from the Annual Energy Review).
World petroleum consumption - U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual 2005, October 2007, Table 1.1 and annual. (Additional resources: www.eia.doe.gov)
a Total domestic production includes crude oil, natural gas plant liquids and small amounts of other liquids.
b Data are not available.
c Average annual percentage change is to the latest year possible.
