Table A3.  Approximate Heat Content of Petroleum Consumption and Biofuels Production, 1949-2006
                     (Million Btu per Barrel)



Year
Total Petroleum 1 Consumption by Sector Liquefied
Petroleum
Gases
Consumption

Motor
Gasoline
Consumption


Fuel
Ethanol

Ethanol
Feed-
stock 4



Biodiesel

Biodiesel
Feed-
stock 5

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Transportation

Electric Power 2,3

Total
1949
5.493 5.858 5.946 5.465 6.254 5.649 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1950
5.482 5.865 5.940 5.461 6.254 5.649 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1951
5.492 5.856 5.912 5.458 6.254 5.634 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1952
5.488 5.849 5.907 5.442 6.254 5.621 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1953
5.465 5.845 5.895 5.426 6.254 5.608 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1954
5.475 5.832 5.883 5.412 6.254 5.595 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1955
5.480 5.832 5.867 5.408 6.254 5.591 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1956
5.474 5.828 5.855 5.406 6.254 5.585 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1957
5.462 5.813 5.840 5.405 6.254 5.577 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1958
5.465 5.802 5.831 5.393 6.254 5.567 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1959
5.408 5.803 5.810 5.389 6.254 5.557 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1960
5.430 5.849 5.800 5.388 6.267 5.555 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1961
5.432 5.847 5.796 5.386 6.268 5.552 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1962
5.418 5.835 5.784 5.386 6.267 5.545 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1963
5.396 5.818 5.759 5.384 6.266 5.534 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1964
5.375 5.811 5.730 5.388 6.267 5.528 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1965
5.380 5.837 5.728 5.387 6.267 5.532 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1966
5.354 5.839 5.723 5.388 6.266 5.532 4.011 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1967
5.291 5.818 5.683 5.391 6.266 5.515 6 3.838 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1968
5.272 5.797 5.647 5.394 6.263 5.504 3.818 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1969
5.213 5.769 5.602 5.394 6.259 5.492 3.805 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1970
5.216 5.773 5.603 5.393 6.252 5.503 3.779 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1971
5.212 5.758 5.598 5.389 6.245 5.504 3.772 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1972
5.193 5.733 5.563 5.388 6.233 5.500 3.760 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1973
5.205 5.749 5.569 5.395 6.245 5.515 3.746 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1974
5.196 5.740 5.538 5.394 6.238 5.504 3.730 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1975
5.192 5.704 5.527 5.392 6.250 5.494 3.715 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1976
5.215 5.726 5.536 5.395 6.251 5.504 3.711 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1977
5.213 5.733 5.554 5.400 6.249 5.518 3.677 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1978
5.213 5.716 5.554 5.404 6.251 5.519 3.669 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1979
5.298 5.769 5.419 5.428 6.258 5.494 3.680 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1980
5.245 5.803 5.374 5.440 6.254 5.479 3.674 5.253 NA NA NA NA
1981
5.191 5.751 5.312 5.432 6.258 5.448 3.643 5.253 3.539 6.486 NA NA
1982
5.167 5.751 5.263 5.422 6.258 5.415 3.615 5.253 3.539 6.428 NA NA
1983
5.022 5.642 5.275 5.415 6.255 5.406 3.614 5.253 3.539 6.388 NA NA
1984
5.184 5.705 5.223 5.418 6.251 5.395 3.599 5.253 3.539 6.356 NA NA
1985
5.153 5.661 5.215 5.422 6.247 5.387 3.603 5.253 3.539 6.331 NA NA
1986
5.169 5.694 5.283 5.425 6.257 5.418 3.640 5.253 3.539 6.310 NA NA
1987
5.144 5.661 5.248 5.429 6.249 5.403 3.659 5.253 3.539 6.291 NA NA
1988
5.165 5.661 5.241 5.433 6.250 5.410 3.652 5.253 3.539 6.275 NA NA
1989
5.105 5.621 5.234 5.437 2 6.240 5.410 3.683 5.253 3.539 6.260 NA NA
1990
5.027 5.621 5.270 5.442 6.244 5.411 3.625 5.253 3.539 6.247 NA NA
1991
4.968 5.599 5.186 5.440 6.246 5.384 3.614 5.253 3.539 6.235 NA NA
1992
5.004 5.589 5.185 5.442 6.238 5.378 3.624 5.253 3.539 6.224 NA NA
1993
4.975 5.580 5.196 5.436 6.230 5.379 3.606 5.253 3.539 6.214 NA NA
1994
4.983 5.592 5.166 5.424 6.213 5.361 3.635 7 5.230 3.539 6.204 NA NA
1995
4.940 5.554 5.137 5.417 6.188 5.341 3.623 5.215 3.539 6.196 NA NA
1996
4.869 5.498 5.133 5.420 6.195 5.336 3.613 5.216 3.539 6.187 NA NA
1997
4.859 5.459 5.138 5.416 6.199 5.336 3.616 5.213 3.539 6.180 NA NA
1998
4.837 5.446 5.155 5.413 6.210 5.349 3.614 5.212 3.539 6.172 NA NA
1999
4.761 5.369 5.113 5.413 6.205 5.328 3.616 5.211 3.539 6.165 NA NA
2000
4.761 5.394 5.082 5.421 6.189 5.326 3.607 5.210 3.539 6.159 NA NA
2001
4.796 5.403 5.164 5.412 6.199 5.345 3.614 5.210 3.539 6.152 8 4.996 8 5.208
2002
4.742 5.364 5.116 5.410 6.173 5.324 3.613 5.208 3.539 6.146 8 4.996 8 5.208
2003
R 4.763 R 5.407 R 5.161 R 5.408 6.182 5.340 3.629 5.207 3.539 6.141 8 4.996 8 5.208
2004
R 4.807 R 5.434 5.164 5.420 6.192 5.350 3.618 5.215 3.539 6.135 8 4.996 8 5.208
2005
RE 4.800 RE 5.435 RE 5.194 RE 5.427 R 6.188 R 5.365 3.620 5.218 3.539 6.130 8 4.996 8 5.208
2006
E 4.787 E 5.429 E 5.192 E 5.426 P 6.141 P 5.352 P 3.604 P 5.218 3.539 6.125 NA NA
1Petroleum products supplied, including natural gas plant liquids and crude oil burned directly as fuel. 7There is a discontinuity in this time series between 1993 and 1994; beginning in 1994, the single
constant factor is replaced by a factor that is a quantity-weighted average of motor gasoline's major
components.  See Table A1.
2Electricity-only and combined-heat-and-power (CHP) plants within the NAICS (North American
Industry Classification System) 22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and
heat, to the public.  Through 1988, data are for electric utilities only; beginning in 1989, data are for electric
utilities and independent power producers.
8Net heat content (lower heating value).
3Electric power sector factors are weighted average heat contents for distillate fuel oil, petroleum coke,
and residual fuel oil; they exclude other liquids.
R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  E=Estimate.  NA=Not available.  
4Corn input to the production of fuel ethanol (million Btu corn per denatured barrel ethanol), used as the
approximate heat content for total biomass inputs to the production of fuel ethanol.
Note:  Weighted averages of the products included in each category are calculated by using heat content
values shown in Table A1.
5Soybean oil input to the production of biodiesel (million Btu soybean oil per barrel biodiesel), used as
the approximate heat content for total biomass inputs to the production of biodiesel.
Sources:  See "Thermal Conversion Factor Source Documentation," which follows Table A6.
6There is a discontinuity in this time series between 1966 and 1967; beginning in 1967, the single
constant factor is replaced by a quantity-weighted average of liquefied petroleum gases' major
components.