Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 2.3 Nonfuel (Feedstock) Use of Combustible Energy, 2014;

 Level: National and Regional Data; 

 Row: Values of Shipments and Employment Sizes;

 Column: Energy Sources;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Economic Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Gas(c) natural gasoline)(d) Coal Breeze Other(e)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 291 * Q 33 * Q 0 256

 20-49 130 * * 10 W W W 105

 50-99 269 W W 25 71 W W 123

 100-249 312 33 * 70 24 116 2 68

 250-499 347 0 1 139 W W W 49

 500 and Over 3,409 W W 278 2,234 269 1 608

Subtotal 4,758 59 8 554 2,363 484 81 1,209

Not Ascertained(f) 529 0 0 0 0 0 0 529

Total 5,287 59 8 554 2,363 484 81 1,738

Employment Size

 Under 50 644 3 Q 100 W W 0 375

 50-99 286 W 1 32 W W W W

 100-249 834 13 1 178 410 W W 107

 250-499 946 W 1 99 696 W 8 89

 500-999 922 W 4 67 697 9 0 W

 1000 and Over 1,126 0 * 78 W 260 W 385

Subtotal 4,758 59 8 554 2,363 484 81 1,209

Not Ascertained(f) 529 0 0 0 0 0 0 529

Total 5,287 59 8 554 2,363 484 81 1,738

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 62 0 * Q * 0 0 60

 20-49 W 0 * 1 * W * W

 50-99 11 0 * * * W 1 W

 100-249 11 0 * 1 * * 2 8

 250-499 5 0 0 * Q * 0 4

 500 and Over W 0 * * 75 W * *

Total 321 0 * 4 76 137 3 100

Employment Size

 Under 50 73 0 * 1 * 0 0 72

 50-99 W 0 * Q * 1 * W

 100-249 94 0 * * 75 3 2 13

 250-499 Q 0 * * Q * 0 *

 500-999 W 0 * 1 0 * 0 W

 1000 and Over 134 0 0 0 * 134 * *

Total 321 0 * 4 76 137 3 100

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 53 * * 6 * * 0 47
 20-49 W 0 0 Q W 0 W W

 50-99 72 3 * 5 * 0 W W

 100-249 104 0 * 28 W W 0 23

 250-499 158 0 * 17 W W W 24

 500 and Over W 0 * 18 104 W 0 1

Total 666 3 1 80 131 237 71 143

Employment Size

 Under 50 130 3 * 11 W W 0 71

 50-99 W * * 23 W W W 28

 100-249 173 0 1 25 9 W W 42

 250-499 109 0 * 1 105 * * 2

 500-999 W 0 0 3 * W 0 *

 1000 and Over 167 0 * 17 W 114 W *

Total 666 3 1 80 131 237 71 143

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 135 * * 25 * Q 0 109

 20-49 37 * * * * * 0 36

 50-99 169 W W 18 71 1 0 71

 100-249 184 33 * 35 W W 0 29

 250-499 176 0 * 121 W W 1 21

 500 and Over 2,956 W W 259 2,055 17 1 606

Total 3,657 55 6 459 2,155 110 1 872

Employment Size

 Under 50 362 * * 86 118 Q 0 157

 50-99 176 W 1 5 56 W 0 58

 100-249 557 13 * 146 327 22 0 49

 250-499 829 W 1 98 590 W 1 86

 500-999 909 W 4 63 697 W 0 137

 1000 and Over 825 0 * 61 367 12 0 385

Total 3,657 55 6 459 2,155 110 1 872

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 41 0 Q 1 * 0 0 40

 20-49 34 0 * 3 * 0 0 31

 50-99 17 0 * 3 * 0 0 14

 100-249 14 0 * 6 * 0 * 8

 250-499 8 0 1 * 0 0 6 1

 500 and Over * 0 0 * 0 0 0 *

Total 115 0 1 12 1 0 6 94

Employment Size

 Under 50 79 0 Q 2 * 0 0 76

 50-99 18 0 * 3 * 0 0 14

 100-249 10 0 1 6 * 0 * 3

 250-499 7 0 * * 0 0 6 1

 500-999 Q 0 0 Q 0 0 0 *

 1000 and Over * 0 0 * 0 0 0 *

Total 115 0 1 12 1 0 6 94

 (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.
 (e) 'Other' includes net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from renewables, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was used to produce heat and 

power or as feedstock/raw material inputs. See also Footnote 'f'.

 (d) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include 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). 

 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 for heat and power and 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.

 Sources: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and the Bureau 

of the Census, data files for the '2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.'

 (f) Previously, the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) had accounted for energy consumed in petroleum refineries by measuring their own fuel use, assuming 

shipments of fuel products would later be counted in the industries that use them, and assigning the heat equivalent of the nonfuel products to the petroleum refinery (for a more 

detailed explanation see, "Feedstock and Offsite-Produced Fuel at Petroleum Refineries"). Starting with the 2014 MECS, however, EIA began collecting asphalt and petrochemical 

feedstock data from establishments that use those nonfuel products. These data are included in the 'Other' column. However, other 'Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products' (i.e. lubricants, 

solvents, waxes, and special naphthas) from refineries, and used elsewhere throughout the manufacturing sector as energy are not collected on the MECS. An estimate of the 

'Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products' used in manufacturing was derived using EIA's "U.S. Product Supplied for Crude Oil and Petroleum Products" data. The Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products 

are shown as a separate row, 'Not Ascertained,' under the 'Subtotal' for the 'Total United States' and this row is not allocated regionally. Therefore, the sum of the regional totals will 

equal the United States subtotal in the previous row. Because of the changes made to the 2014 MECS, the quantity in 'Other' for the petroleum refineries in Tables 1 and 2 is now less 

than it would otherwise be using the previous method. Similarly, the quantities in 'Other' for Chemicals (NAICS 325 and certain subindustries) and the asphalt industries (NAICS 324121 

and 324122) are now larger than they would otherwise be under the previous method. The 2014 "Feedstock and Offsite-Produced Fuel at Petroleum Refineries" data may be found on 

EIA's website:

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_psup_dc_nus_mbbl_a.htm

 * 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.
Released: November 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 2.3 Relative Standard Errors for Table 2.3;

 Unit: Percents.

Economic Residual Distillate Natural HGL (excluding Coke and

Characteristic(a) Total Fuel Oil Fuel Oil(b) Gas(c) natural gasoline)(d) Coal Breeze Other(e)

Total United States

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 5.3 51.0 55.3 8.2 79.0 73.8 X 6.0

 20-49 9.2 0.0 29.3 32.4 68.6 0.0 39.4 5.8

 50-99 0.9 0.0 6.1 5.6 0.2 4.0 0.0 1.7

 100-249 2.2 0.0 4.5 2.1 24.2 0.0 0.0 3.4

 250-499 0.6 X 15.8 0.7 5.1 0.0 0.0 2.9

 500 and Over 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Subtotal 0.4 0.1 7.3 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.4

Not Ascertained(f) 0.0 X X X X X X 0.0

Total 0.4 0.1 7.3 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.0

Employment Size

 Under 50 3.0 1.0 53.8 3.5 5.7 1.1 X 4.2

 50-99 2.8 0.0 14.5 8.1 9.2 0.2 39.7 3.8

 100-249 0.4 0.0 10.5 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.3

 250-499 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

 500-999 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 X 0.6

 1000 and Over 0.0 X 15.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Subtotal 0.4 0.1 7.3 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.4

Not Ascertained(f) 0.0 X X X X X X 0.0

Total 0.4 0.1 7.3 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7 1.0

Northeast Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 8.3 X 0.0 51.5 52.2 X X 8.4

 20-49 11.3 X 52.6 32.7 6.1 0.1 0.0 12.8

 50-99 0.2 X 0.0 16.3 66.3 0.1 0.0 0.0

 100-249 17.6 X 0.0 2.4 0.0 57.4 0.0 23.8

 250-499 15.0 X X 0.0 96.4 45.2 X 0.0

 500 and Over 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

Total 1.9 X 5.4 21.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 5.8

Employment Size

 Under 50 6.3 X 11.5 26.8 43.8 X X 6.4

 50-99 25.3 X 0.0 71.2 35.0 0.0 0.0 29.0

 100-249 2.1 X 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 14.9

 250-499 65.5 X 0.0 0.2 94.7 0.1 X 3.0

 500-999 0.2 X 0.0 1.0 X 45.2 X 0.0

 1000 and Over 0.0 X X X 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.3

Total 1.9 X 5.4 21.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 5.8

Midwest Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts
(million dollars)

 Under 20 8.5 51.3 81.6 46.0 59.4 43.0 X 7.8

 20-49 29.1 X X 52.1 70.4 X 39.7 11.9

 50-99 0.7 0.0 9.1 11.3 0.0 X 0.0 0.1

 100-249 0.3 X 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 X 1.1

 250-499 0.9 X 0.0 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9

 500 and Over 0.1 X 6.3 0.9 0.0 0.0 X 0.0

Total 1.7 1.1 17.1 5.3 5.5 0.0 0.8 3.0

Employment Size

 Under 50 8.4 1.0 81.9 32.7 70.3 0.0 X 5.2

 50-99 4.2 99.0 0.0 8.9 0.0 0.0 39.7 8.8

 100-249 0.6 X 8.6 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

 250-499 0.1 X 0.9 6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1

 500-999 11.1 X X 34.3 78.0 0.0 X 20.6

 1000 and Over 0.0 X 31.8 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1

Total 1.7 1.1 17.1 5.3 5.5 0.0 0.8 3.0

South Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 9.5 89.5 78.2 0.3 94.4 75.1 X 11.8

 20-49 7.3 0.0 32.7 16.7 54.2 26.1 X 7.5

 50-99 1.5 0.0 9.7 7.4 0.1 6.9 X 3.0

 100-249 3.6 0.0 84.4 3.8 37.3 0.0 X 3.8

 250-499 0.7 X 2.0 0.4 6.5 0.0 0.0 3.9

 500 and Over 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 0.4 0.0 3.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.5

Employment Size

 Under 50 3.7 89.5 12.3 0.2 1.1 75.1 X 8.4

 50-99 3.7 0.0 16.3 26.9 10.3 0.3 X 1.7

 100-249 0.4 0.0 94.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 X 2.8

 250-499 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 500-999 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 X 0.6

 1000 and Over 0.0 X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 X 0.0

Total 0.4 0.0 3.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.5

West Census Region

Value of Shipments and Receipts

(million dollars)

 Under 20 13.2 X 92.9 16.8 95.7 X X 13.5

 20-49 12.7 X 43.8 23.3 67.8 X X 13.8

 50-99 0.8 X 0.0 0.2 50.2 X X 0.0

 100-249 4.6 X 0.0 11.2 0.0 X 0.0 0.0

 250-499 1.4 X 22.2 60.7 X X 0.0 0.0

 500 and Over 3.7 X X 0.0 X X X 38.0

Total 6.0 X 42.7 7.8 37.1 X 0.0 7.2

Employment Size

 Under 50 8.7 X 86.0 1.9 4.7 X X 9.0

 50-99 1.5 X 0.0 3.8 98.7 X X 0.0

 100-249 8.0 X 17.7 11.4 47.3 X 0.0 0.0

 250-499 0.3 X 0.0 0.0 X X 0.0 2.1

 500-999 92.7 X X 93.4 X X X 0.1

 1000 and Over 3.1 X X 0.0 X X X 12.6

Total 6.0 X 42.7 7.8 37.1 X 0.0 7.2
 X=Not defined because RSE corresponds to a value of zero.

 -- Estimation is not applicable. Energy source is not included in series.

 (f) Previously, the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) had accounted for energy consumed in petroleum refineries by measuring their own fuel use, 

assuming shipments of fuel products would later be counted in the industries that use them, and assigning the heat equivalent of the nonfuel products to the petroleum 

refinery (for a more detailed explanation see, "Feedstock and Offsite-Produced Fuel at Petroleum Refineries"). Starting with the 2014 MECS, however, EIA began collecting 

asphalt and petrochemical feedstock data from establishments that use those nonfuel products. These data are included in the 'Other' column. However, other 

'Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products' (i.e. lubricants, solvents, waxes, and special naphthas) from refineries, and used elsewhere throughout the manufacturing sector as 

energy are not collected on the MECS. An estimate of the 'Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products' used in manufacturing was derived using EIA's "U.S. Product Supplied for Crude 

Oil and Petroleum Products" data. The Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products are shown as a separate row, 'Not Ascertained,' under the 'Subtotal' for the 'Total United States' 

and this row is not allocated regionally. Therefore, the sum of the regional totals will equal the United States subtotal in the previous row. Because of the changes made to 

the 2014 MECS, the quantity in 'Other' for the petroleum refineries in Tables 1 and 2 is now less than it would otherwise be using the previous method. Similarly, the 

quantities in 'Other' for Chemicals (NAICS 325 and certain subindustries) and the asphalt industries (NAICS 324121 and 324122) are now larger than they would otherwise 

be under the previous method. The 2014 "Feedstock and Offsite-Produced Fuel at Petroleum Refineries" data may be found on EIA's website:

 (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) Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids '(HGL)' include 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 net steam (the sum of purchases, generation from renewables, and net transfers), and other energy that respondents indicated was used to produce 

heat and power or as feedstock/raw material inputs. See also Footnote 'f'.

 Sources: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and 

the Bureau of the Census, data files for the '2014 Annual Survey of Manufactures.'

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_psup_dc_nus_mbbl_a.htm

 * 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 for heat and power and 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.