Released: October 2009

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 1.5 First Use of Energy for All Purposes (Fuel and Nonfuel), 2006;

 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 1,433

Natural Gas 5,911

Net Electricity 2,851

 Purchases 2,894

 Transfers In 20

 Onsite Generation from Noncombustible Renewable Energy 4

 Sales and Transfers Offsite 67

Coke and Breeze 272

Residual Fuel Oil 314

Distillate Fuel Oil 143

Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Natural Gas Liquids 2,376

Other 8,443

 Asphalt and Road Oil (a) 1,259

 Lubricants (a) 436

 Naphtha < 401 Degrees (a) 608

 Other Oils ≥ 401 Degrees (a) 815

 Special Naphthas (a) 96

 Waxes (a) 37

 Miscellaneous Nonfuel Products (a) 148

 Kerosene 30

 Motor Gasoline 7

 Crude Oil for Fuel 0

 Petroleum Coke 834

 Still Gas/Waste Gas 1,551

 Pulping Liquor or Black Liquor 850

 Biomass Total 631

 Agricultural Waste 22

 Wood Harvested Directly from Trees 96

 Wood Residues and Byproducts from Mill Processing 495

 Wood-Related and Paper-Related Refuse 17

 Net Steam/Hot Water 855

 Miscellaneous 287

Shipments of Energy Sources Produced Onsite (b) 645

Total (c) 21,098

 (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.

 (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 offsite-produced 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
Released: October 2009

Next MECS will be conducted in 2010

Table 1.5 First Use of Energy for All Purposes (Fuel and Nonfuel), 2006;

 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

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.

 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.

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

 Notes: To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the cell's

corresponding RSE column and RSE row factors. Totals may not equal sum of

components because of independent rounding.

 Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets

and End Use, Energy Consumption Division, Form EIA-846, '2006 Manufacturing

Energy Consumption Survey.'