Monthly Energy Review, January 1987

Technical Report · Wed Apr 29 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6591252

During 1985, the manufacturing sector of the US economy consumed an estimated 13.7 quadrillion Btu of energy for the production of heat, steam, or power, and the generation of electricity. The most heavily consumed energy source was natural gas, which accounted for approximately 4.6 quadrillion Btu (4483 billion cubic feet), approximately 34% of total manufacturing energy consumption. In contrast, the consumption of distillate and residual fuel oil by the manufacturing sector totaled 0.7 quadrillion Btu (114 million barrels), about 5% of the sector's total energy consumption. Thus, the ratio of natural gas to fuel oil consumption in 1985 was approximately 6.5 to 1. The energy consumption estimates in the text, tables, and figures of this article are from the 1985 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey. The results are provisional. The survey is based on a probability subsample of about 12,000 manufacturing establishments. The results are weighted to represent the universe of manufacturing establishments consisting of multiunit and single-unit establishments with five or more employees.

• Research Organization: USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Markets and End Use
• OSTI ID: 6591252
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0035(87/01); ON: DE87008980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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