Geoscience FAQ
How much oil is consumed in the United States?
Information preserved from U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Energy Information Administration's FAQs:
"Only a small amount of crude oil is directly consumed in the United States. Nearly all of the crude oil that is produced in or imported into the United States is refined into petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, and jet fuel, which are then consumed. Liquids produced from natural gas processing are also consumed as petroleum products. Renewable biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, are used as substitutes for, or as additives to, refined petroleum products. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) includes biofuels in consumption of petroleum products.1
In 2017, the United States consumed a total of 7.28 billion barrels of petroleum products, an average of about 19.96 million barrels per day.
1 EIA uses product supplied as a proxy for U.S. petroleum consumption. Product supplied measures the disappearance of these products from petroleum refineries, natural gas processing plants, blending plants, pipelines, and bulk terminals."
Learn More:
- Energy Explained: Crude Oil and Petroleum Products (Website), Energy Information Administration
A portal for introductory and in-depth information on oil products in the U.S.
- U.S. Petroleum Supply and Disposition (Data), Energy Information Administration
Data for U.S. petroleum supply and disposition with the ability to filter by year/month and region
- Oil Homepage (Website), Department of Energy
Department of Energy hub for information on oil, including news stories, trends over time, and the work of the Department of Energy in oil resources.
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