Petroleum Consumption by Sector
Nebraska, 1960-2004


In 2004, the state's petroleum consumption was 44,485 thousand barrels (44.5 million barrels), a 2.6 percent increase from 43,344 thousand barrels (43.3 million barrels) in 2003.  The transportation and industrial sectors were responsible for nearly all of the consumption, with the residential, commercial, and electric power sectors consuming the remaining 3.8 percent, 1.6 percent, and 0.1 percent, respectively.


Year

 Sectors

Total
End-Use Sectors

Electric
Power

Commercial

Industrial

Residential

Transportation
1960 649 6,224 2,267 16,432 160 25,731
1961 673 6,131 2,405 16,808 158 26,176
1962 743 5,589 2,635 17,648 212 26,827
1963 845 5,657 2,984 18,981 258 28,725
1964 812 5,742 2,738 18,445 151 27,888
1965 827 5,177 3,110 17,583 178 26,875
1966 963 6,158 3,155 18,515 127 28,917
1967 960 6,216 3,204 19,907 110 30,397
1968 1,176 6,353 3,846 22,400 131 33,907
1969 1,283 6,720 4,305 22,593 186 35,087
1970 1,307 7,082 4,464 23,497 314 36,665
1971 1,264 7,258 4,385 24,149 217 37,273
1972 1,348 7,335 4,738 26,453 455 40,329
1973 1,262 6,962 4,264 27,849 382 40,719
1974 1,155 7,977 3,637 26,319 748 39,836
1975 1,079 8,035 3,688 25,976 967 39,745
1976 1,331 9,828 3,851 27,511 1,279 43,800
1977 1,195 9,437 3,413 28,948 888 43,882
1978 1,167 10,054 3,418 30,354 1,267 46,260
1979 962 11,027 1,909 27,605 750 42,254
1980 622 8,506 1,775 24,911 262 36,076
1981 751 7,640 1,726 23,377 93 33,588
1982 797 8,462 1,832 24,084 132 35,308
1983 1,260 8,153 2,003 25,654 80 37,150
1984 1,262 7,312 1,139 24,992 41 34,747
1985 1,177 7,877 1,392 24,722 62 35,229
1986 657 8,651 1,205 25,082 103 35,698
1987 749 9,108 1,456 26,050 92 37,455
1988 675 9,661 1,421 28,350 140 40,247
1989 650 9,584 1,508 26,869 110 38,722
1990 658 9,457 1,178 26,871 31 38,196
1991 529 8,903 1,429 26,320 30 37,211
1992 621 8,531 1,399 27,220 25 37,797
1993 557 8,326 1,349 27,311 42 37,586
1994 567 9,124 1,242 27,756 45 38,734
1995 395 8,253 1,265 29,501 61 39,475
1996 533 9,351 1,691 31,763 47 43,386
1997 421 8,708 1,362 32,404 72 42,966
1998 548 8,956 1,748 34,020 93 45,365
1999 546 8,524 1,796 34,994 70 45,930
2000 794 8,052 1,862 31,210 119 42,038
2001 763 9,056 1,720 29,445 62 41,046
2002 569 9,849 2,045 30,397 43 42,903
2003 650 10,084 1,969 30,538 102 43,344
2004 718 10,786 1,676 31,257 47 44,485

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 August 22, 2007.  Typically, there are two years between updates.

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