Petroleum market shares. Report on sales of propane to ultimate consumers, 1975
Data for the period January 1975 through December 1975, provided by refiners and by a sample of independent marketers of propane and propane-butane mixes, are summarized. Nationally, the total 1975 sales of propane to ultimate consumers as reported in the survey decreased approximately 944 million gallons (10 percentage points) relative to 1974 levels. The largest overall decreases occurred in the North Central States (201 million gallons), and Southern States (615 million gallons). These decreases are attributed primarily to reductions in demand by petrochemical, residential/commercial, and agricultural sectors. In 1975, the market share of refiner sales to ultimate consumers decreased approximately 4.7 percentage points over 1974 levels. Nonbranded and branded independent marketers appeared to have increased their market share by 2.6 and 2.1 percentage points, respectively. Refiner-marketers and independent marketers, however, do not necessarily compete in the same market; so a decline in a particular market by one marketer category is not necessarily associated with a gain by the other in that same market. A summary of the performances of refiner marketers, nonbranded independent marketers, and branded independent marketers follows in this report.
- Research Organization:
- Federal Energy Administration, Washington, D.C. (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7327450
- Report Number(s):
- PB-255624; FEA/B-76/307
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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