U.S. Energy Industry Overview

Energy Production

71,034,406

Bil. Btu*

2006

DOE

By Fossil Fuels

56,032,329

Bil. Btu*

2006

DOE

By Renewable Energy Power Sources

6,793,748

Bil. Btu*

2006

DOE

By Nuclear

8,208,329

Bil. Btu*

2006

DOE

U.S. Energy Consumption

99,872,921

Bil. Btu*

2006

DOE

U.S. Energy Consumption per Person

331

mil. Btu*

2006

DOE

Petroleum Consumption for Transportation

13.985

MMBD

2006

DOE

Energy Imports

34,491,130

Bil. Btu*

2006

DOE

Energy Exports

4,931,406

Bil. Btu*

2006

DOE

Crude Oil Production

5.136

MMBD

2006

DOE

Number of Operable Refineries

149

2006

DOE

Number of Oil Wells

501,000

2006

DOE

Average Oil Well Productivity

10.25

Bbl/Well/Day

2006

DOE

Dry Natural Gas Production

18,483,671

Mcf

2006

DOE

Coal Production

1,161,444,135

Short Tons

2006

DOE

Electricity Net Generation

4,053.0

Mil. kWhs

2006

DOE

By Fossil Fuels

2,761.5

Mil. kWhs

2006

DOE

By Renewable Energy Power Sources

351.1

Mil. kWhs

2006

DOE

Average U.S. Retail Price of Electricity, All Sectors

8.85

Cents/kWh

2006

DOE

U.S. Share of the World's Total Petroleum Consumption

25.0

%

2007

PRE

U.S. Share of the World's Coal Reserves

25.0

%

2007

PRE

U.S. Share of the World's Natural Gas Reserves

3.0

%

2007

PRE

U.S. Share of the World's Petroleum Reserves

2.5

%

2007

PRE

Electricity Generation by Type of Fuel Consumed at Plants

Coal

52

%

2006

DOE

Nuclear

21

%

2006

DOE

Natural Gas

16

%

2006

DOE

Renewable Energy

10

%

2006

DOE

Petroleum

2

%

2006

DOE

*Reserves that can be commercially recovered.

Btu = British Thermal Unit

PRE = Plunkett Research estimate

kWh = Kilowatt-Hour

DOE = U.S. Department of Energy

Mcf = million cubic feet

Bbl = barrel = 42 U.S. gallons

MMBD = millions of barrels a day

BOPD = barrels of oil per day

Tcm = trillion cubic meters

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