Table 3­4. U.S. Consumption of Energy by Selected Sources, 1990­1998


1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

19972
19982

Petroleum Products (million bbl per day)
16.99
16.71
17.03
17.24
17.72
17.72
18.23
18.23
18.48

Natural Gas1 (trillion cu. ft.)
18.72
19.04
19.54
20.28
20.76
21.58
21.99
22.25
23.23

Coal (million short tons)
895.5
887.6
892.4
925.9
930.2
958.6
995.0
1,019.0
1,025.8

Nuclear Power (quadrillion Btu)
6.16
6.58
6.61
6.52
6.84
7.18
7.17
7.24
7.34


1Dry Natural Gas

2Forecast

Source: Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review DOE/EIA­0384(95) (Washington, DC, March 1997), Table 1.3 and Appendix B, and Energy Information Administration, Short­Term Energy Outlook Second Quarter 1997 DOE/EIA­0202(97/Q2) (Washington, DC, April 1997), Tables 5, 8, 9, and 10.