Annual Energy Review, 1985

Technical Report · Wed May 07 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5853815

Energy production in the United States in 1985 totaled 64.7 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu), 1.7% below 1984. Coal and natural gas accounted for all of the decline. Coal production fell 1.7% to 19.4 quadrillion Btu, and natural gas production was down 5.8% to 16.9 quadrillion Btu. In contrast, nuclear power generation rose 17%. Crude oil production also increased, although by only 0.1%. US energy consumption in 1985 remained virtually the same. US economic growth slowed to 2.3% but, total energy consumption per dollar of GNP fell 2.5%. Petroleum net imports fell 1.0 quadrillion Btu (10.1%) and coal net exports rose 0.3 quadrillion Btu (12.8%). Petroleum imports averaged 5 million barrels per day. About one-third of this total came from Canada and Mexico. Imports from Arab members of OPEC declined to 0.5 million barrels per day in comparison to 0.8 in 1984.

• Research Organization: USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Markets and End Use
• OSTI ID: 5853815
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0384(85); ON: DE86010432
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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