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Petroleum Supply Monthly, June 1988. [Contains glossary]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6834944
Data on supply and demand for petroleum is presented. Total US demand for petroleum products (as measured by product supplied) averaged 17.1 million barrels per day in June 1988, more than 0.9 million barrels per day above the average for May and 0.2 million barrels per day above the average for June 1987. For the first 6 months of 1988, total US demand averaged 17.0 million barrels per day, 2.9 percent higher than for the comparable period in 1987. Other highlights include the following: Finished motor gasoline demand for June was 7.8 million barrels per day, the highest monthly level recorded since August 1978. Crude oil imports (excluding SPR) for the first 6 months of this year averaged 4.9 million barrels per day, 0.7 million barrels per day, or 17.4 percent, above the average for the first 6 months of 1987. Refinery utilization averaged 83.9 percent in the first half of 1988, compared with 81.6 percent for the first half of 1987. During June, drought conditions along the Mississippi River and its tributaries had no major impact on the petroleum industry's ability to produce and deliver petroleum products.
Research Organization:
USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Oil and Gas
OSTI ID:
6834944
Report Number(s):
DOE/EIA-0109(88/06); ON: DE88016247
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English