Petroleum Consumption by Product

Petroleum use in Nebraska for 2021 was 46,347 thousand barrels (46.3 million barrels), an increase of 4.0 percent from 2020. A new record was set in 2019 at 47,541 thousand barrels (47.5 million barrels).

Figure 1 shows that motor gasoline and distillate fuel (diesel fuel and heating oil) made up nearly equal slices of the pie resulting in 88.5 percent of the total petroleum products consumed in 2021. Propane made up 6 percent, jet fuel made up 2 percent, and asphalt and road oil made up 2 percent. Each of the other fuels' consumption was less than 1 percent of the pie.

Figure 2 shows, over the last sixty–one years, people have consumed more motor gasoline than any of the other petroleum products, with distillate fuel running a close second.

Petroleum Consumption by Product Nebraska 2021 Graph

Petroleum Consumption by Product Nebraska 1960-2021 Graph

Year	Asphalt and Road Oil	Aviation Gasoline	Distillate Fuel Oil	Jet Fuel	Kerosene	Lubricants	Motor Gasoline	Other Petro– leum	Propane	Residual Fuel	Total
2021	931	35	19,724	1,068	1	290	21,293	424	2,576	4	46,347
2020	942	36	19,729	867	1	272	19,875	154	2,693	3	44,571

Year	Asphalt and Road Oil	Aviation Gasoline	Distillate Fuel Oil	Jet Fuel	Kerosene	Lubricants	Motor Gasoline	Other Petro– leum	Propane	Residual Fuel	Total
2019	772	37	20,445	1,158	2	291	21,717	163	2,951	3	47,539
2018	860	38	19,940	800	1	293	21,677	179	2,567	6	46,360
2017	974	39	19,345	739	1	297	21,526	178	2,132	1	45,712
2016	875	37	19,316	603	2	323	21,615	110	2,312	0	45,806
2015	953	34	19,374	749	1	335	21,146	109	2,343	0	45,438
2014	929	38	19,161	577	2	308	21,133	109	2,771	1	45,532
2013	922	35	19,070	702	1	295	20,282	104	3,297	0	45,078
2012	1,139	44	19,832	574	1	279	19,813	37	2,632	1	44,679
2011	1,017	46	19,486	596	2	303	19,733	37	2,910	1	44,361
2010	1,141	49	20,350	605	5	320	20,361	39	3,236	1	46,325
2009	1,096	63	16,139	697	7	288	19,926	188	3,727	8	41,928
2008	810	66	16,374	888	5	320	20,217	230	3,503	81	42,302
2007	904	79	17,242	968	9	345	20,336	263	3,537	70	43,528
2006	1,053	80	16,534	1,060	8	334	20,163	277	3,762	77	43,115
2005	1,216	82	16,299	934	18	342	20,148	276	3,768	145	42,990
2004	1,301	56	16,435	918	22	344	20,840	298	4,039	231	44,222
2003	1,336	81	14,954	1,205	16	340	20,673	268	4,328	142	43,564
2002	803	93	13,936	1,527	7	368	20,846	257	4,943	124	42,685
2001	856	86	14,207	1,113	21	372	20,392	256	3,615	127	40,831
2000	937	64	14,937	1,231	15	406	20,457	19	3,830	142	42,038

Year	Asphalt and Road Oil	Aviation Gasoline	Distillate Fuel Oil	Jet Fuel	Kerosene	Lubricants	Motor Gasoline	Other Petro– leum	Propane	Residual Fuel	Total
1999	1,867	71	17,754	1,564	11	412	20,487	22	3,665	77	45,930
1998	1,400	63	18,646	1,081	23	408	20,305	24	3,300	116	45,366
1997	1,450	90	16,848	1,075	23	390	19,825	25	3,130	110	42,966
1996	1,771	75	16,644	1,007	19	369	19,474	28	3,831	167	43,386
1995	929	77	14,599	1,001	17	380	19,302	31	3,020	121	39,475
1994	1,031	76	14,595	1,259	21	387	18,043	31	3,080	212	38,734
1993	797	72	13,847	1,157	24	370	18,029	30	2,984	275	37,586
1992	898	81	13,848	1,198	20	363	17,951	28	3,225	185	37,797
1991	1,418	84	12,949	1,192	17	356	17,801	26	3,167	199	37,211
1990	1,388	83	12,848	1,501	41	398	18,451	316	2,912	257	38,196
1989	1,130	93	12,894	1,488	22	387	18,427	286	3,622	373	38,722
1988	1,262	96	14,121	1,505	76	377	18,609	290	3,500	412	40,247
1987	1,241	90	12,606	1,373	104	391	17,885	282	3,218	265	37,455
1986	954	117	12,024	1,353	168	346	17,757	277	2,449	252	35,698
1985	473	96	12,411	1,357	74	354	17,737	75	2,590	62	35,229
1984	631	107	12,003	1,385	88	380	17,871	74	2,118	70	34,726
1983	668	119	11,547	1,482	76	356	17,905	74	4,818	105	37,150
1982	736	123	9,253	1,453	93	340	18,261	68	4,788	191	35,308
1981	671	214	8,200	1,466	87	373	18,333	151	4,023	70	33,588
1980	719	213	9,149	1,588	62	389	19,100	130	4,499	228	36,076

Year	Asphalt and Road Oil	Aviation Gasoline	Distillate Fuel Oil	Jet Fuel	Kerosene	Lubricants	Motor Gasoline	Other Petro– leum	Propane	Residual Fuel	Total
1979	817	181	12,862	1,900	57	437	20,478	133	4,682	707	42,254
1978	1,606	207	12,630	1,989	456	418	22,075	146	5,469	1,266	46,260
1977	1,098	183	10,916	1,771	559	389	21,810	147	5,922	1,088	43,882
1976	570	138	10,426	1,692	635	547	21,580	155	6,552	1,505	43,800
1975	754	141	8,507	1,679	554	492	20,636	150	5,740	1,092	39,745
1974	976	174	8,847	1,797	623	519	20,412	150	5,289	1,049	39,836
1973	884	172	9,307	1,665	782	542	20,948	156	5,593	670	40,719
1972	889	89	9,097	1,721	771	476	20,414	145	6,006	720	40,329
1971	1,111	197	7,613	1,812	680	445	19,231	137	5,468	579	37,273
1970	1,137	199	7,449	1,783	582	479	18,525	102	5,616	793	36,665
1969	741	233	6,439	2,038	526	470	18,082	109	5,669	779	35,087
1968	787	556	6,454	2,124	638	467	17,451	81	4,705	643	33,907
1967	606	333	5,172	1,849	348	425	16,763	54	4,262	586	30,397
1966	714	362	4,464	1,510	722	442	16,412	43	3,818	430	28,917
1965	655	410	3,689	1,371	790	425	15,745	50	3,407	332	26,875
1964	654	443	4,659	1,530	496	401	15,422	45	3,255	983	27,888
1963	843	428	4,351	1,491	457	382	15,893	47	3,672	1,161	28,725
1962	705	423	4,080	1,463	610	382	15,486	60	2,953	666	26,827
1961	702	416	4,462	1,309	622	413	14,965	61	2,730	496	26,176
1960	780	371	4,151	1,202	677	424	14,998	62	2,650	415	25,731

Sources: State Energy Data Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.

Notes: Totals may not equal the sum of the components due to independent rounding. Numbers in red have been revised.

1 Other petroleum is the subtotal of sixteen (16) petroleum products consumed in the industrial sector.

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