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Petroleum Consumption in Nebraska by Sector

In 2010, the state's petroleum consumption was 41,348 thousand barrels (41.3 million barrels), a 3.0–percent increase from 40,147 thousand barrels (40.1 million barrels) in 2009. The transportation sector was responsible for over three–quarters (77.6 percent) of the consumption, with the industrial, residential, commercial, and electric power sectors consuming the remaining 15.6 percent, 5.4 percent, 1.3 percent, and 0.1 percent, respectively.

Petroleum Consumption by Sector, Nebraska, 1960 – 2010

(Thousand Barrels)
Year Sectors Total
End–Use Sectors Electric
Power
Commercial Industrial Residential Transportation
1960 484 6,224 2,431 16,432 160 25,731
1961 495 6,131 2,583 16,808 158 26,176
1962 543 5,589 2,834 17,648 212 26,827
1963 604 5,657 3,225 18,981 258 28,725
1964 596 5,742 2,954 18,445 151 27,888
1965 593 5,177 3,343 17,583 178 26,875
1966 719 6,158 3,399 18,515 127 28,917
1967 690 6,216 3,474 19,907 110 30,397
1968 879 6,353 4,143 22,400 131 33,907
1969 934 6,720 4,654 22,593 186 35,087
1970 950 7,082 4,821 23,497 314 36,665
1971 921 7,258 4,728 24,149 217 37,273
1972 982 7,335 5,104 26,453 455 40,329
1973 939 6,962 4,587 27,849 382 40,719
1974 875 7,977 3,917 26,319 748 39,836
1975 790 8,035 3,976 25,976 967 39,745
1976 1,040 9,828 4,142 27,511 1,279 43,800
1977 937 9,437 3,671 28,948 888 43,882
1978 904 10,054 3,681 30,354 1,267 46,260
1979 831 11,027 2,040 27,605 750 42,254
1980 493 8,506 1,904 24,911 262 36,076
1981 631 7,640 1,846 23,377 93 33,588
1982 666 8,462 1,964 24,084 132 35,308
1983 1,103 8,153 2,160 25,654 80 37,150
1984 1,190 7,306 1,196 24,992 41 34,726
1985 1,085 7,877 1,483 24,722 62 35,229
1986 575 8,468 1,287 25,082 103 35,515
1987 637 8,925 1,568 26,050 92 37,273
1988 566 9,477 1,530 28,350 140 40,063
1989 539 9,401 1,619 26,869 110 38,539
1990 568 9,241 1,268 26,871 31 37,980
1991 416 8,903 1,542 26,320 30 37,211
1992 507 8,531 1,514 27,220 25 37,797
1993 450 8,326 1,457 27,311 42 37,586
1994 467 9,124 1,342 27,756 45 38,734
1995 287 8,253 1,372 29,501 61 39,475
1996 389 9,351 1,836 31,763 47 43,386
1997 305 8,708 1,478 32,404 72 42,966
1998 394 8,956 1,902 34,021 93 45,366
1999 389 8,524 1,953 34,994 70 45,930
2000 634 8,052 2,022 31,210 119 42,038
2001 613 8,841 1,870 29,445 62 40,831
2002 388 9,630 2,227 30,397 43 42,685
2003 582 9,853 2,038 30,538 102 43,113
2004 583 10,524 1,812 31,257 47 44,222
2005 411 9,616 1,944 30,957 63 42,990
2006 410 9,705 1,676 31,283 41 43,115
2007 437 9,397 1,889 31,729 76 43,528
2008 570 7,715 2,494 31,302 73 42,153
2009 441 7,307 2,199 30,154 45 40,147
2010 518 6,440 2,215 32,117 57 41,348

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.

The table and graph were updated on April 22, 2013. Typically, there are one to two years between updates.