Energy INFOcard

United States (2004)
COAL ELECTRICITY NATURAL GAS NUCLEAR
PETROLEUM RENEWABLE ENERGY TOTAL ENERGY & EFFICIENCY WORLD
PETROLEUM
Field production (crude oil, NGPL)(MMbd) 7.2
Net imports (crude oil & refined products) MMbd)

12.1

Consumption (25% of world total) (MMbd) 20.7
Share of consumption for transportation
66%
Dependence on foreign oil
(net imports/consumption)
58%
Share of U.S. imports from: Persian Gulf 19%
OPEC 43%
Proved reserves (crude oil, 2003)  22 billion barrels
Real world oil price
(in 2000 $/bbl)
$33.26
(peak 1980: $62.71)
  
 NATURAL GAS  
Production (dry gas) (2nd in world to Russia) (tcf) 18.8
Consumption
(23% of world total in 2003; 22.4) (tcf)
22.4
Consumption by sector
Industrial 38%
Residential 22%
Commercial 13%
Electric Power 24%
Transportation 3%

Net imports as a percentage of total consumption 15.2%
Proved reserves (dry) (tcf) 189
Real wellhead price
(in 2000 $/Mcf)
$5.07
(previous peak 2003: $4.60)
  
  COAL
Production
(2nd in world to China in 2003)(billion tons)
1.11
Share produced West of the Mississippi 56%
Share produced from surface mining 67%
Exports as percent of production 4%
Electric power sector share of consumption 92%
Productivity 6.8 tons/miner-hour
vs 1.8 tons/miner-hour in 1978
Demonstrated reserve base (billion tons) 496
  
ELECTRICITY
Net generation (trillion kilowatthours) 3.95
Generation by energy source   Coal 50%
Nuclear 20%
Natural Gas 18%
Hydro 7%
Oil 3%
Non-hydro Renewable 2%
Retail sales with direct use (consumption)
Residential 35%
  Commercial 33%
Industrial 27%
Direct Use 4%
Transportation < 1%
Emissions (2003) Carbon dioxide----2,409 (million metric tons) Sulfur dioxide-------11.7 (million short tons)
Nitrogen oxides------4.8 (million short tons)
  
NUCLEAR
Operable generating units 104 vs 70 in 1978
Capacity (million kilowatts) 100
Capacity factor 90.1% vs. 64.5% in 1978
  
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Consumption (quadrillion Btu) 6.1
Consumption by energy source   Hydropower 45%
Wood 33%
Waste 9%
Other 14%
Renewable share of total energy consumption 6%
  
TOTAL ENERGY and EFFICIENCY OF USE
Total primary energy production (quadrillion Btu) 70.3
Production by energy source   Coal 32%
Natural Gas 28%
Crude Oil and NGPL 20%
Nuclear 12%
Renewable 9%
Total consumption (quadrillion Btu) 100.2
Consumption by energy source   Coal 22%
Natural Gas 23%
Petroleum 41%
Nuclear 8%
Renewable 6%
Consumption by sector   Industrial 34%
Residential 21%
Commercial 17%
Transportation 28%
Energy-use CO2 emissions (2003) (million metric tons) 5,781
Energy-use CO2 emissions by sector (2003)  Industrial 29%
Residential 21%
Commercial 18%
Transportation 32%
Energy consumption/GDP ratio
(thousand Btu per 2000 dollar):
9.24
vs 15.95 in 1978
Number of households in the U.S. (2001) (million) 107
Households heated by :
(2001)
Natural Gas 55%
Electricity 29%
Distillate fuel oil 7%
LPG/Propane 5%
Wood 2%
Other 2%
  
World (2003)
Primary energy production (quadrillion Btu) 418
Production by energy source Coal 24%
Natural Gas 24%
Crude oil and NGPL 38%
Hydro 7%
Nuclear 6%
Other 1%
World energy consumption (quadrillion Btu) 422
Consumption by selected countries U.S. 23%
China 11%
Russia 7%
Japan 5%
Germany 3%
India 3%
Per capita consumption by selected countries
(million Btu):
U.S. 340
Russia 203
Germany 173
Japan 176
China 35
Energy-related CO2 emissions (million metric tons) 25,162
CO2 eEmissions by selected countries/regions U.S. 23%
Western Europe 15%
China 14%
Russia 6%
Japan 5%
India 4% 
Crude oil production (2004) MMbd() 72
U.S. 7%; OPEC 42%; Persian Gulf 29%
Electricity generation (trillion kilowatthours) 15.9
Electricity generation by selected countries/regions U.S. 25%
Western Europe 19%
China 11%
Japan 6%
Russia 6% 
Nuclear share of electricity by selected countries France 78%
Germany 28%
Japan 23%
United Kingdom 23%
U.S. 20%
Share of world nuclear electricity generation
(6 largest)
U.S. 30%
France 17%
Japan 9%
Germany 6%
Russia 5%
S. Korea 5%
Retail regular gasoline price (2004)
(U.S. $/gallon) (selected countries)
Germany $5.24
Japan $3.93
Australia $2.72
U.S. $1.88
  
Sources: U.S. data - Annual Energy Review/Latest annual publication for each energy source as of July 2005.
International data - International Energy Annual 2003
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;