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Energy INFOcard
Data for 2006 except where noted
Last Updated October 2007
Next Update August 2008

United States (2006)
       

PETROLEUM
Field production (Total crude oil & petroleum products (MMbd) 6.9
Net imports (crude oil & refined products) MMbd)

12.3

Consumption (24% of world total) (MMbd) 20.6
Share of consumption for transportation 69%
Net imports as share of consumption
60%
Share of U.S. imports from: Persian Gulf 16%
OPEC 40%
Proved reserves (crude oil) (12/31/2005) 21.8 billion barrels
World oil price (Nominal) $59.01
World oil price (Real, in 2000 $/bbl)
$50.85
(peak 1981: $62.67)

 NATURAL GAS   (Top of Page )
Production (dry gas) (2nd in world to Russia) (tcf) 18.5
Consumption
(21% of world total in 2005; 22.2) (tcf)
21.9
Consumption by sector
Industrial 35%
Electric Power 29%
Residential 20%
Commercial 13%
Transportation 3%
Net imports as a percentage of total consumption 16%
Proved reserves (dry) (tcf) (12/31/2005) 204
Wellhead price (Real, in year 2000 $/Mcf)
$5.53
(previous peak 2005: $6.50)

  COAL (Top of Page )
Production
(2nd in world to China in 2004)(1.12 billion tons)
1.16
Share produced West of the Mississippi 58%
Share produced from surface mining 69%
Exports as percent of production 4%
Electric power sector share of consumption 92%
Productivity 6.3 tons/miner-hour
vs 1.8 tons/miner-hour in 1976
Demonstrated reserve base (billion tons) 493

ELECTRICITY (Top of Page )
Net generation (trillion kilowatthours) 4.05
1Generation by energy source   Coal 49%
Nuclear 19%
Natural Gas 20%
Hydro 7%
Oil 2%
Non-hydro Renewable 2%
Percent retail sales by sector Residential 37%
  Commercial 35%
Industrial 27%
Transportation < 1%
Emissions (2005) Carbon dioxide----2,514 (million metric tons) Sulfur dioxide-------11.4 (million metric tons)
Nitrogen oxides------4.4 (million metric tons)

NUCLEAR (Top of Page )
Operable generating units 104 vs 63 in 1976
Capacity (million kilowatts) 100.1
Capacity factor 89.9% vs. 54.7% in 1976

RENEWABLE ENERGY (Top of Page )
Consumption (quadrillion Btu) 6.8
1Percent Consumption by energy source Hydropower 42%
Wood 31%
Waste 6%
Biofuels 11%
Other 9%
Renewable share of total energy consumption 7%

TOTAL ENERGY and EFFICIENCY OF USE (Top of Page )
Total primary energy production (quadrillion Btu) 71
1Production by energy source Coal 33%
Natural Gas 27%
Crude Oil and NGPL 19%
Nuclear 12%
Renewable 10%
Total consumption (quadrillion Btu) 99.9
1Percent consumption by energy source Petroleum 40%
Coal 23%
Natural Gas 22%
Nuclear 8%
Renewable 7%
1Percent consumption by sector Industrial 32%
Transportation 28%
Residential 21%
Commercial 18%
Energy-use CO2 emissions (million metric tons) (2005) 5,945
Energy-use CO2 emissions by sector (2005)   Transportation 33%
Industrial 28%
Residential 21%
Commercial 18%
Energy consumption/GDP ratio
(thousand Btu per 2000 dollar):
8.75
vs 16.74 in 1976
Number of households in the U.S. (million) (2001) 107
Households heated by:
(2001)
Natural Gas 55%
Electricity 29%
Distillate fuel oil 7%
LPG/Propane 5%
Wood 2%
Other 2%

World (2005) (Top of Page )
Primary energy production (quadrillion Btu) 460
Production by energy source Crude oil and NGPL 37%
Coal 27%
Natural Gas 23%
Hydro 6%
Nuclear 6%
Other 1%
World energy consumption (quadrillion Btu) 463
Consumption by selected countries U.S. 22%
China 15%
Russia 7%
Japan 5%
India 4%
Germany 3%
Per capita consumption by selected countries
(million Btu):
U.S. 341
Russia 212
Germany 176
Japan 177
China 54
Energy-related CO2 emissions (million metric tons) 28,193
CO2 Emissions by selected countries/regions U.S. 21%
Europe 17%
China 19%
Russia 6%
Japan 5%
India 4% 
Crude oil production MMbd (2006) 73.5
U.S. 7%; OPEC 42%; Persian Gulf 29%
Electricity generation (trillion kilowatthours) 17.4
Electricity generation by selected countries/regions U.S. 23%
Europe 20%
China 14%
Japan 6%
Russia 5% 
Nuclear share of electricity by selected countries France 79%
Germany 27%
Japan 27%
United Kingdom 20%
U.S. 19%
Share of world nuclear electricity generation
(6 largest)
U.S. 30%
France 16%
Japan 11%
Germany 6%
Russia 5%
S. Korea 5%
Retail regular gasoline price (2006)
(U.S. $/gallon) (selected countries)
United Kingdom $6.36
Italy $6.10
Germany $6.03
South Korea $5.93
Japan $4.47
Australia $3.54
U.S. $2.81
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Sources: U.S. data - Annual Energy Review 2006.
International data - International Energy Annual

1 Shares do not sum to 100 percent due to independent rounding.

Btu Equivalents:
1 barrel crude oil: 5.8 million
1 Mcf gas: 1.03 million
1 kWh electricity 3.4 thousand
1 ton coal: ~20 million;