U.S. Energy Industry Overview

Energy Production

71,713,250

Bil. Btu*

2007

DOE

By Fossil Fuels

56,498,678

Bil. Btu*

2007

DOE

By Renewable Energy Power Sources

6,799,687

Bil. Btu*

2007

DOE

By Nuclear

8,208,329

Bil. Btu*

2007

DOE

U.S. Energy Consumption

101,599,750

Bil. Btu*

2007

DOE

U.S. Energy Consumption per Person

337

Mil. Btu*

2007

DOE

Petroleum Consumption for Transportation

14.265

MMBD

2007

DOE

Energy Imports

34,598,995

Bil. Btu*

2007

DOE

Energy Exports

5,361,000

Bil. Btu*

2007

DOE

Crude Oil Production

5.103

MMBD

2007

DOE

Number of Operable Refineries

150

2007

DOE

Number of Oil Wells

500,000

2007

DOE

Average Oil Well Productivity

10.2

Bbl/Well/Day

2007

DOE

Dry Natural Gas Production

19,277,519

Mcf

2007

DOE

Coal Production

1,145,567,167

Short Tons

2007

DOE

Electricity Net Generation

4,159.5

Bil. kWhs

2007

DOE

By Fossil Fuels

2,706.6

Bil. kWhs

2007

DOE

By Renewable Energy Power Sources

315.1

Bil. kWhs

2007

DOE

Average U.S. Retail Price of Electricity, All Sectors

9.14

Cents/kWh

2007

DOE

U.S. Share of the World's Total Petroleum Consumption

25.0

%

2008

PRE

U.S. Share of the World's Coal Reserves

25.0

%

2008

PRE

U.S. Share of the World's Natural Gas Reserves

3.0

%

2008

PRE

U.S. Share of the World's Petroleum Reserves

2.5

%

2008

PRE

Electricity Generation by Type of Fuel Consumed at Plants

Coal

48.5

%

2007

DOE

Natural Gas

20.6

%

2007

DOE

Nuclear

19.3

%

2007

DOE

Renewable Energy

10.0

%

2007

DOE

Petroleum

1.1

%

2007

DOE

*Reserves that can be commercially recovered.

Btu = British Thermal Unit

PRE = Plunkett Research estimate

kWh = Kilowatt-Hour

DOE = U.S. Department of Energy

Mcf = million cubic feet

Bbl = barrel = 42 U.S. gallons

MMBD = millions of barrels a day

BOPD = barrels of oil per day

Tcm = trillion cubic meters

Source: Plunkett Research, Ltd. Copyright© 2008, All Rights Reserved