Energy Prices, Industrial Sector, Nebraska

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.

Using an equivalent measure of million British thermal units (Btu), the graph below compares the prices of fuel.  The prices are also in nominal dollars to provide a better comparison.  In 2005, the highest price was for lubricants at $38.52 per million Btu.  The price of motor gasoline was $17.51, propane was $16.60, kerosene was $15.00, diesel fuel was $14.44, petroleum products in the other petroleum category was $13.58 (see definition in next paragraph), electricity was $12.98, natural gas was $8.29, residual fuel was $6.63, asphalt and road oil was $5.16, wood and waste was $1.46, and coal was $1.28.

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.

There are no direct fuel costs for hydroelectric, geothermal, wind, photovoltaic, or solar thermal energy, so no prices are reported.


Energy Prices by Fuel Type, Industrial Sector
Nebraska, 1970-2005
[Nominal Dollars per Million British Thermal Units (Btu)]
Year Coal Electricity Natural Gas Petroleum Renewable Annual
Average
Asphalt
and
Road Oil		 Diesel
Fuel		 Kerosene Lubri-
cants		 Motor
Gasoline		 Other
Petroleum1		 Propane Residual
Fuel		 Wood
and
Waste
1970 $0.16 $3.42 $0.32 $0.71 $0.73 $0.79 $5.08 $3.03 $0.43 $1.09 $0.40 $1.44 $0.88
1971 $0.41 $3.57 $0.36 $0.83 $0.79 $0.85 $5.27 $3.00 $3.48 $1.18 $0.65 $1.44 $0.97
1972 $0.22 $3.76 $0.48 $0.86 $0.79 $0.85 $5.58 $3.00 $3.77 $1.15 $0.64 $1.44 $1.00
1973 $0.24 $3.95 $0.43 $0.87 $0.94 $1.01 $5.33 $3.21 $4.31 $1.28 $0.86 $1.44 $0.94
1974 $0.57 $4.20 $0.54 $1.79 $1.85 $2.00 $7.22 $4.27 $4.32 $2.40 $1.14 $1.44 $1.47
1975 $0.81 $4.96 $0.69 $2.07 $2.25 $2.39 $7.48 $4.76 $4.56 $2.46 $1.74 $1.44 $1.77
1976 $1.03 $5.83 $0.85 $2.04 $2.39 $2.57 $7.05 $5.06 $5.12 $2.68 $1.93 $1.44 $2.09
1977 $1.17 $6.02 $1.02 $2.05 $2.53 $2.73 $6.97 $5.29 $5.78 $3.16 $2.27 $1.44 $2.27
1978 $1.47 $6.54 $1.11 $2.20 $2.76 $3.00 $7.60 $5.50 $6.93 $3.36 $2.03 $1.44 $2.56
1979 $1.72 $7.07 $1.26 $2.58 $3.34 $3.53 $10.21 $7.41 $8.88 $3.35 $2.28 $1.44 $3.08
1980 $1.69 $8.71 $2.21 $3.89 $4.94 $5.17 $14.36 $10.06 $11.23 $5.19 $3.13 $3.00 $4.50
1981 $1.97 $9.66 $2.84 $5.50 $6.40 $6.74 $18.00 $11.37 $13.57 $5.24 $4.09 $3.00 $5.35
1982 $1.79 $11.06 $3.62 $4.46 $5.72 $6.06 $17.25 $10.71 $15.76 $5.41 $4.44 $3.00 $5.62
1983 $1.67 $11.71 $3.79 $4.85 $6.67 $7.31 $16.98 $9.61 $14.29 $6.01 $4.47 $3.00 $6.07
1984 $1.70 $10.96 $3.71 $4.96 $6.57 $7.18 $17.63 $9.55 $13.48 $5.78 $4.65 $3.00 $5.85
1985 $2.51 $11.47 $3.67 $5.04 $6.25 $7.08 $17.61 $9.67 $13.38 $7.17 $4.28 $3.00 $6.21
1986 $1.67 $11.42 $3.28 $3.93 $4.04 $4.81 $15.59 $7.28 $7.20 $8.54 $2.81 $0.00 $5.33
1987 $1.62 $11.34 $2.81 $3.85 $4.50 $4.89 $13.58 $7.58 $7.78 $8.07 $2.60 $0.00 $5.16
1988 $1.57 $11.28 $2.90 $3.54 $4.16 $4.49 $14.62 $7.22 $6.53 $8.04 $2.13 $0.00 $5.03
1989 $1.47 $12.34 $2.96 $3.09 $4.72 $5.32 $14.48 $8.42 $9.15 $7.41 $2.02 $0.00 $5.47
1990 $1.48 $12.28 $3.02 $3.15 $5.87 $7.81 $14.60 $9.49 $8.55 $9.83 $2.22 $0.00 $6.15
1991 $1.43 $12.17 $2.80 $3.18 $5.22 $5.80 $16.80 $9.43 $16.33 $8.76 $2.03 $0.00 $5.77
1992 $1.57 $11.91 $2.98 $2.62 $5.16 $5.76 $18.32 $9.09 $24.75 $8.12 $1.97 $0.00 $5.74
1993 $1.43 $11.83 $3.17 $2.92 $5.00 $5.41 $18.96 $9.08 $19.10 $6.91 $2.27 $0.00 $5.36
1994 $1.46 $11.70 $3.17 $2.91 $4.86 $5.17 $19.11 $9.21 $24.75 $7.14 $2.08 $0.00 $5.37
1995 $1.42 $11.26 $2.85 $3.27 $4.87 $5.39 $19.41 $9.22 $23.89 $7.48 $2.38 $0.00 $5.24
1996 $1.45 $10.78 $3.27 $3.12 $5.85 $6.11 $20.08 $10.02 $22.95 $9.11 $2.94 $2.43 $5.81
1997 $1.42 $10.59 $3.86 $3.43 $5.37 $6.00 $17.98 $9.63 $24.62 $8.88 $2.65 $2.42 $5.78
1998 $1.42 $10.54 $3.25 $3.08 $4.24 $4.64 $19.07 $8.20 $20.11 $7.76 $2.64 $1.50 $5.04
1999 $1.45 $10.47 $3.38 $3.13 $5.01 $5.14 $16.75 $8.72 $20.54 $7.94 $2.69 $1.50 $5.31
2000 $1.39 $10.59 $4.60 $4.74 $7.96 $8.17 $17.99 $11.64 $21.33 $12.91 $3.93 $1.50 $6.96
2001 $1.14 $11.03 $5.77 $4.28 $7.27 $7.39 $19.00 $11.44 $7.80 $11.70 $4.05 $1.47 $7.28
2002 $1.15 $11.39 $4.25 $4.33 $6.59 $6.81 $21.74 $10.69 $7.47 $9.77 $3.40 $1.46 $6.77
2003 $1.13 $12.25 $5.86 $4.75 $7.87 $7.78 $26.51 $12.11 $8.33 $12.14 $3.87 $1.46 $8.02
2004 $1.21 $12.55 $6.70 $4.77 $10.12 $10.14 $29.35 $14.47 $10.32 $13.52 $5.03 $1.46 $9.17
2005 $1.28 $12.98 $8.29 $5.16 $14.44 $15.00 $38.52 $17.51 $13.58 $16.60 $6.63 $1.46 $11.05

Sources:  State Energy Price and Expenditure Report.  Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC.  Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes:  The average column contains the average price of all industrial sector energy sources for each year.
1 Other petroleum includes the subtotal of sixteen (16) petroleum products consumed in the industrial sector.

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

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