Released: October 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 1.5 First Use of Energy for All Purposes (Fuel and Nonfuel), 2014;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: Energy Sources and Shipments, including Further Classification of 'Other' Energy Sources;

 Column: First Use per Energy Sources and Shipments;

 Unit: Trillion Btu.

Total

Energy Source First Use

Total United States

Coal 1,260

Natural Gas 6,412

Net Electricity 2,600

 Purchases 2,665

 Transfers In 31

 Onsite Generation from Noncombustible Renewable Energy 6

 Sales and Transfers Offsite 101

Coke and Breeze 318

Residual Fuel Oil 87

Distillate Fuel Oil 107

Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids including Ethane 2,446

Other 6,201

 Lubricants (a) 262

 Special Naphthas (a) 69

 Waxes (a) 15

 Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products (a) 183

 Naphtha 528

 Bitumen 523

 Kerosene 40

 Motor Gasoline 6

 Petroleum Coke 705

 Still Gas/Waste Gas 1,391

 Pulping Liquor or Black Liquor 859

 Biomass Total 727

 Agricultural Waste 91

 Wood Harvested Directly from Trees 64

 Wood Residues and Byproducts from Mill Processing 546

 Wood-Related and Paper-Related Refuse 26

 Net Steam/Hot Water 604

 Miscellaneous 288

Shipments of Energy Sources Produced Onsite (b) 597

Total (c) 18,835

 (a) These nonenergy products are produced from feedstocks and raw material inputs
used by the petroleum refining industry. The energy content of these products is included

in 'Other' to account for their production. 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

 (b) 'Shipments of Energy Sources Produced Onsite' are those shipments produced or 

transformed onsite from the nonfuel use of other energy sources. For example, at an 

establishment that processes coal to make coke for later use, the entire quantity of coal is 

counted as first use. Any onsite consumption of coke is not counted as first use because

it would duplicate the coal use. If some of the coke is then sold to another establishment,

then that second establishment will consider this coke to be a shipment of an offsiteproduced energy source. Hence, the second establishment will count this coke as its first 

use, thereby resulting in double counting. In order to eliminate the double counting, the 

energy equivalent of the coke shipment must be subtracted from first use.

 (c) 'Total' is the sum of all of the listed energy sources, including 'Other,' minus the

shipments of energy sources produced onsite. It is the total amount of first use of energy

for all (fuel and nonfuel) purposes.

 * 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.

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

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

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

Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and 

Office of Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics, Form EIA-810, 'Monthly Refinery Report' for 2014. 
Released:October 2017

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 1.5 Relative Standard Errors for Table 1.5;

 Unit: Percents.

Total

Energy Source First Use

Total United States

Coal 0.7

Natural Gas 0.7

Net Electricity 1.2

 Purchases 1.2

 Transfers In 5.1

 Onsite Generation from Noncombustible Renewable Energy 7.6

 Sales and Transfers Offsite 1.0

Coke and Breeze 0.4

Residual Fuel Oil 0.7

Distillate Fuel Oil 5.0

Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids including Ethane 0.4

Other 1.0

 Lubricants (a) 0.0

 Special Naphthas (a) 0.0

 Waxes (a) 0.0

 Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products (a) 0.0

 Naphtha 0.1

 Bitumen 3.1

 Kerosene 0.4

 Motor Gasoline 5.9

 Petroleum Coke 0.1

 Still Gas/Waste Gas 0.1

 Pulping Liquor or Black Liquor 0.1

 Biomass Total 3.8

 Agricultural Waste 0.1

 Wood Harvested Directly from Trees 4.4

 Wood Residues and Byproducts from Mill Processing 4.5

 Wood-Related and Paper-Related Refuse 5.5

 Net Steam/Hot Water 6.4

 Miscellaneous 12.2

Shipments of Energy Sources Produced Onsite (b) 0.1

Total (c) 0.5

 (a) These nonenergy products are produced from feedstocks and raw material 

inputs used by the petroleum refining industry. The energy content of these products is included

in 'Other' to account for their production. 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
 (b) 'Shipments of Energy Sources Produced Onsite' are those shipments produced or 

transformed onsite from the nonfuel use of other energy sources. For example, at an 

establishment that processes coal to make coke for later use, the entire quantity of coal is 

counted as first use. Any onsite consumption of coke is not counted as first use because

it would duplicate the coal use. If some of the coke is then sold to another establishment,

then that second establishment will consider this coke to be a shipment of an offsiteproduced energy source. Hence, the second establishment will count this coke as its first 

use, thereby resulting in double counting. In order to eliminate the double counting, the 

energy equivalent of the coke shipment must be subtracted from first use.

 (c) 'Total' is the sum of all of the listed energy sources, including 'Other,' minus the

shipments of energy sources produced onsite. It is the total amount of first use of energy

for all (fuel and nonfuel) purposes.

 * 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.

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

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

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

Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey,' and 

Office of Petroleum and Biofuels Statistics, Form EIA-810, 'Monthly Refinery Report' for 2014.