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Fact #376: June 13, 2005
U.S. Oil Consumption Over 20 Million Barrels per Day in 2004

The United States consumed 20.5 million barrels of oil per day in 2004, more than half of which (11.9 million barrels per day net) came from imports. Since 1998, the United States has imported over 50% of the oil it has consumed. Imports from the Persian Gulf region in 2004 were 2.5 million barrels per day, which amounts to 12.1% of U.S. consumption.

Supporting Information

U.S. Oil Consumption and Imports, 1973–2004

Year	U.S. Oil Consumption (million barrels per day)	Net Oil Imports (million barrels per day)	Imports from the Persian Gulf (million barrels per day)	Share of Net Imports to U.S. Oil Consumption	Share of Persian Gulf Imports to U.S. Oil Consumption
1973	17.31	6.03	0.85	34.8%	4.9%
1974	16.65	5.89	1.04	35.4%	6.2%
1975	16.32	5.85	1.17	35.8%	7.1%
1976	17.46	7.09	1.84	40.6%	10.5%
1977	18.43	8.57	2.45	46.5%	13.3%
1978	18.85	8.00	2.22	42.5%	11.8%
1979	18.51	7.99	2.07	43.1%	11.2%
1980	17.06	6.37	1.52	37.3%	8.9%
1981	16.06	5.40	1.22	33.6%	7.6%
1982	15.30	4.30	0.70	28.1%	4.6%
1983	15.23	4.31	0.44	28.3%	2.9%
1984	15.73	4.72	0.51	30.0%	3.2%
1985	15.73	4.29	0.31	27.3%	2.0%
1986	16.28	5.44	0.91	33.4%	5.6%
1987	16.67	5.91	1.08	35.5%	6.5%
1988	17.28	6.59	1.54	38.1%	8.9%
1989	17.33	7.20	1.86	41.6%	10.7%
1990	16.99	7.16	1.97	42.2%	11.6%
1991	16.71	6.63	1.85	39.6%	11.0%
1992	17.03	6.94	1.78	40.7%	10.4%
1993	17.24	7.62	1.78	44.2%	10.3%
1994	17.72	8.05	1.73	45.5%	9.8%
1995	17.73	7.89	1.57	44.5%	8.9%
1996	18.31	8.50	1.60	46.4%	8.8%
1997	18.62	9.16	1.76	49.2%	9.4%
1998	18.92	9.76	2.14	51.6%	11.3%
1999	19.52	9.91	2.46	50.8%	12.6%
2000	19.70	10.42	2.49	52.9%	12.6%
2001	19.65	10.90	2.76	55.5%	14.1%
2002	19.76	10.55	2.27	53.4%	11.5%
2003	20.03	11.24	2.50	56.1%	12.5%
2004	20.52	11.85	2.49	57.8%	12.1%
Source: Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, April 2005, Table 1.7

 

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