Energy Consumption in Nebraska's Industrial Sector

The industrial sector consists of manufacturing, construction, mining, agriculture, and forestry organizations.  Energy used by this sector to transport products to market or inputs to the organizations is included in the transportation sector.

For the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, a net total or net energy consumption (less electrical system energy losses) is provided to indicate the energy actually consumed by these sectors.  In addition, energy consumed in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity (electrical system energy losses) is allocated to each sector based on the electricity consumed by the sector.  Thus, total energy consumption represents the energy consumed by the sector as well as that used to provide electricity to the sector.

Between 2004 and 2005, industrial sector net energy use decreased 1.3 percent to 137.8 trillion British thermal units (Btu).  Total energy consumption attributed to the industrial sector in 2005 was 203.9 trillion Btu, a decrease of 0.5 percent from 2004.  Electricity use increased 2.3 percent, natural gas use increased 6.7 percent, and coal use increased 5.0 percent from 2004.  Renewable energy use decreased 12.7 percent, and petroleum use decreased 8.2 percent.  Renewable energy consumption was entirely wood and waste use.

In 2005, almost all of the industrial sector energy needs were met by petroleum products (39 percent), natural gas (30 percent), and electricity (22 percent).  Diesel fuel (22 percent), asphalt and road oil (6 percent), motor gasoline (5 percent), and propane (5 percent) made up the majority of the petroleum products consumed by the industrial sector; the rest of the products each comprised less than two percent.  Six (6) percent of the energy consumed in the industrial sector was coal, and 3 percent was renewable energy.

Other petroleum products include sixteen (16) separate products, all of which are assigned to the industrial sector.  The sixteen products are:  aviation gasoline blending components; crude oil; motor gasoline blending components; natural gasoline, including isopentane; pentanes plus; petrochemical feedstocks, naphtha; petrochemical feedstocks, other oils; petrochemical feedstocks, still gas; petroleum coke; plant condensate; special naphthas; still gas; unfinished oils; unfractionated streams; waxes; and miscellaneous.  Miscellaneous products vary from inexpensive (absorption oils similar to kerosene) to very expensive (hydraulic fluids) products.  The greater part of the miscellaneous product line consists of finished petrochemicals, especially the aromatic hydrocarbons:  benzene, toluene, and the xylenes.

Other
Petro-
leum¹

Sources:  State Energy Data Report.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Note:  Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding.
¹ Other petroleum includes the subtotal of sixteen (16) petroleum products consumed in the industrial sector.

The table and graphs were updated on June 18, 2008.  Typically, there are two years between updates.

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