Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 2.3 Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate LPG and Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Natural Gas(c) NGL(d) Coal Breeze Other(e)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 41 * 1 26 * * 0 13

 20-49 38 6 1 4 6 1 Q 14

 50-99 110 W 1 38 W 9 4 26

 100-249 342 39 1 154 19 52 4 73

 250-499 344 * * 76 75 138 46 10

 500 and Over 2,482 W 1 215 W 260 16 87

 Not Ascertained (f) 2,746 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,746

Total 6,104 92 6 514 1,989 460 74 2,970

Employment Size

 Under 50 228 7 2 104 71 * 0 43

 50-99 201 W 1 63 33 29 W 35

 100-249 879 25 1 140 501 116 45 49

 250-499 884 * 1 75 692 60 6 51

 500-999 436 W * 65 301 3 W 39

 1000 and Over 729 0 1 66 390 253 13 7

 Not Ascertained (f) 2,746 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,746

Total 6,104 92 6 514 1,989 460 74 2,970

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 1 * Q * * 0 0 *

 20-49 6 * * * * * * 5

 50-99 16 0 * * * 5 3 7

 100-249 5 * * * * * * 4

 250-499 3 0 * * * * 3 *

 500 and Over 118 0 * 2 5 107 * 3

 Not Ascertained (f) 184 0 0 0 0 0 0 184

Total 333 * 1 3 6 113 6 204

Employment Size

 Under 50 3 * Q * * 0 0 2

 50-99 5 * * Q 3 1 * Q

 100-249 22 * * * * 4 3 13

 250-499 3 0 * * 3 * 0 *

 500-999 3 0 * * * * 3 *

 1000 and Over 113 0 * 2 0 107 * 3

 Not Ascertained (f) 184 0 0 0 0 0 0 184
Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 2.3 Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate LPG and Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Natural Gas(c) NGL(d) Coal Breeze Other(e)

Total 333 * 1 3 6 113 6 204

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 4 * * 3 * * 0 Q

 20-49 8 3 * 1 W 0 W 1

 50-99 29 4 W 6 W 3 0 12

 100-249 84 0 * 38 6 33 1 6

 250-499 117 0 * 9 9 57 41 1

 500 and Over 252 0 W 12 W 132 W 9

 Not Ascertained (f) 433 0 0 0 0 0 0 433

Total 927 7 2 68 105 225 57 463

Employment Size

 Under 50 40 3 * 25 * * 0 11

 50-99 33 4 * 11 W 3 W W

 100-249 161 0 * 18 11 89 41 2

 250-499 93 * * 2 W Q W W

 500-999 10 0 * 5 W 1 W W

 1000 and Over 157 0 * 7 W 131 W W

 Not Ascertained (f) 433 0 0 0 0 0 0 433

Total 927 7 2 68 105 225 57 463

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 34 0 * 22 * * 0 11

 20-49 22 3 1 1 W 1 W 9

 50-99 54 W W 22 W 1 1 5

 100-249 246 39 * 115 12 19 * 61

 250-499 221 * * 67 66 80 1 6

 500 and Over 2,108 W W 201 W 21 W 72

 Not Ascertained (f) 1,887 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,887

Total 4,572 85 3 428 1,878 122 6 2,050

Employment Size

 Under 50 175 3 1 70 71 0 0 29

 50-99 160 W 1 52 W 25 W W

 100-249 692 25 * 119 490 23 1 33

 250-499 782 0 * 71 W 59 W W

 500-999 416 W * 60 W 1 W W
Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 2.3 Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate LPG and Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Natural Gas(c) NGL(d) Coal Breeze Other(e)

 1000 and Over 460 0 * 57 W 14 W W

 Not Ascertained (f) 1,887 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,887

Total 4,572 85 3 428 1,878 122 6 2,050

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 2 * * 1 * * 0 Q

 20-49 2 0 * 2 * 0 0 *

 50-99 12 0 0 10 * 0 0 Q

 100-249 7 0 * 2 * 0 3 3

 250-499 4 0 0 * * 0 1 3

 500 and Over 4 0 * * * * * 3

 Not Ascertained (f) 242 0 0 0 0 0 0 242

Total 272 * * 14 * * 4 253

Employment Size

 Under 50 10 * * 10 * 0 0 *

 50-99 Q 0 * * * * 0 Q

 100-249 4 0 * 3 * 0 * 1

 250-499 7 0 0 1 0 0 4 2

 500-999 6 0 * * * * 0 6

 1000 and Over * 0 0 * * 0 0 *

 Not Ascertained (f) 242 0 0 0 0 0 0 242

Total 272 * * 14 * * 4 253

 (a) Value of Shipments and Receipts and Employment Size categories were supplied by the

Bureau of the Census.

 (b) 'Distillate Fuel Oil' includes Nos. 1, 2, and 4 fuel oils and Nos. 1, 2, and 4

diesel fuels.

 (c) 'Natural Gas' includes natural gas obtained from utilities, local distribution companies,

and any other supplier(s), such as independent gas producers, gas brokers, marketers,

and any marketing subsidiaries of utilities.

 (d) Examples of Liquefied Petroleum Gases '(LPG)' are ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene,

normal butane, butylene, ethane-propane mixtures, propane-butane mixtures, and isobutane

produced at refineries or natural gas processing plants, including plants that fractionate raw

Natural Gas Liquids '(NGL).'

 (e) 'Other' includes all other energy that respondents indicated was used for nonfuel

purposes, i.e., as petrochemical feedstocks or raw material inputs. See also Footnote 'f'.

 (f) The entry in the 'Not Ascertained' row and the 'Other' column consists

of the feedstocks and raw material inputs that were consumed by petroleum

refineries for the production of nonenergy products (i.e., asphalt, waxes,

lubricants, and solvents), as well as feedstock consumption at adjoining
Released: March 2013

Next MECS will be fielded in 2015

Table 2.3 Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2010;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate LPG and Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Natural Gas(c) NGL(d) Coal Breeze Other(e)

petrochemical plants. That entry includes all of those inputs, regardless of

type. Those inputs that were converted to other energy products by petroleum

refineries (e.g., crude oil converted to residual and distillate fuel oils) are excluded.

 NF=No applicable RSE row/column factor.

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

 NA=Not available.

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. 

The derived estimates presented in this table are for the first use (formerly primary 

consumption) of energy as feedstocks or raw material inputs. First use is defined

as the consumption of the energy that was originally produced offsite or was 

produced onsite from input materials not classified as energy. Examples of the

latter are hydrogen produced from the electrolysis of brine; the output of

captive (onsite) mines or wells; woodchips, bark, and woodwaste from wood

purchased as a raw material input; and waste materials, such as wastepaper

and packing materials. First use excludes quantities of energy that are 

produced from other energy inputs and, therefore, avoids double counting.

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption

and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2010 Manufacturing Energy

Consumption Survey,' and Office of Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics,

Form EIA-810, 'Monthly Refinery Report' for 2010, and the Bureau

of the Census, data files for the '2010 Annual Survey of Manufacturers.'