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In the United States, most petroleum is consumed in transportation
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=40752
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Petroleum, which consists of crude oil and refined products such as gasoline, diesel, and propane, is the largest primary source of energy consumed in the United States, accounting for 36% of total energy consumption in 2018. Crude oil is processed at petroleum refineries to make many different products, such as motor gasoline, distillate fuel oil, hydrocarbon gas liquids, and jet fuel. More than two-thirds of finished petroleum products consumed in the United States are used in the transportation sector. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) U.S. petroleum flow diagram helps to visualize U.S. petroleum supply (production, imports, and withdrawals from storage) and disposition (consumption, exports, and additions to storage).

The large number of refined products and outlets for sale (e.g., gasoline stations) makes data difficult to collect and end-use consumption difficult to calculate. EIA uses petroleum product supplied to estimate petroleum consumption. EIA calculates product supplied by adding field production, refinery and blender net production, and imports and then subtracting stock change, refinery and blender net inputs, and exports. Petroleum product supplied increased for the sixth consecutive year in 2018, totaling about 20 million barrels per day (b/d).



In 2018, U.S. exports of crude oil reached a record high of 2.0 million b/d, an increase of about 0.8 million b/d from 2017. U.S. crude oil exports have increased significantly since the beginning of 2016, after the U.S. Congress lifted restrictions on exporting crude oil. In addition, U.S. exports of total petroleum products reached a record high of 5.6 million b/d in 2018, an increase of 0.3 million b/d from the previous year.

The United States imported about 8 million b/d of crude oil in 2018, a 3% decrease from 2017. Net imports of crude oil and petroleum products were down to about 2 million b/d, the lowest level since 1967. The United States still imports crude oil because of geographic and quality considerations.



In 2018, total field production, which includes crude oil, lease condensate, and natural gas liquids, reached a record high of more than 15 million b/d. U.S. crude oil production reached a record high of nearly 11 million b/d in 2018, a 17% increase from the record set in 2017. Production of natural gas liquids reached a record high of more than 4 million b/d, a 15% increase from the record set in 2017. Increased production from tight oil and shale formations drove these record highs.



Most crude oil is refined into petroleum products used for transportation, such as motor gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. The transportation sector has been the largest consumer of petroleum products in the United States since at least 1949, the earliest year for which EIA has data. Transportation accounted for about 14 million b/d of petroleum consumption in 2018. This level was the second highest since its peak in 2007.

After transportation, the industrial sector accounts for the second-largest share of petroleum consumption, accounting for about 5 million b/d in 2018. Examples of industrial use of petroleum products include hydrocarbon gas liquids used as feedstocks for chemicals and plastics, as well as asphalt and road oil used for construction and road maintenance.
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Re: In the United States, most petroleum is consumed in transportation
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2019, 12:39:01 pm »
Wish storage showed up here.  Going in, not out.
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Re: In the United States, most petroleum is consumed in transportation
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2019, 01:02:19 pm »


Weekly U.S. Ending Stocks excluding SPR of Crude Oil
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCESTUS1&f=W
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2019, 03:21:28 pm »


Weekly U.S. Ending Stocks excluding SPR of Crude Oil
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCESTUS1&f=W
Sorry, I was meaning SPR.  We are not adding anything in.
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Re: In the United States, most petroleum is consumed in transportation
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2019, 04:35:06 pm »
Sorry, I was meaning SPR.  We are not adding anything in.

That is politics only.
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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2019, 01:23:12 am »
That is politics only.
I do not understand that comment.

Do you mean that we have an SPR strictly for political reasons?

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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2019, 01:42:04 am »
I do not understand that comment.

Do you mean that we have an SPR strictly for political reasons?

No, we had a draw down and are not adding for political reasons.
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« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2019, 02:54:16 am »
No, we had a draw down and are not adding for political reasons.
I agree.

The SPR was not originally designed to be that.
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« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2019, 04:16:48 am »
The very reason we the people should never have permitted our
political frauds and hustlers, abetted by our crony capitalists,
to drive our private train systems out of effective existence.
Anyone who has traveled, knows that the train systems of Asia
and Europe, rival if not surpass, all their cars and planes.

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« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2019, 01:20:43 pm »
The very reason we the people should never have permitted our
political frauds and hustlers, abetted by our crony capitalists,
to drive our private train systems out of effective existence.
Anyone who has traveled, knows that the train systems of Asia
and Europe, rival if not surpass, all their cars and planes.
I have traveled on them.

The USA has a much better road system and there is no way a train system here can replace owning and driving a car.
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« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2019, 07:35:54 pm »
I have traveled on them.
The USA has a much better road system and there is no way a train system here can replace owning and driving a car.
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As an opinion forum all are entitled.
Yours is the USA has a superior road system. So what? It's hardly the issue.
We have cars and planes while Europe and Asia have cars, planes and trains.
Consequently because they are more diverse, their bridge, road and tunnel
infrastructure is hardly in an advanced state of decay, requiring tens of
billions to bring it up to minimum safety standards.
Add to that the comparative cost of running cars and planes w/petroleum
versus the cost of running trains w/electricity.
That is the issue!!!!!

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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2019, 08:46:51 pm »
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As an opinion forum all are entitled.
Yours is the USA has a superior road system. So what? It's hardly the issue.
We have cars and planes while Europe and Asia have cars, planes and trains.
Consequently because they are more diverse, their bridge, road and tunnel
infrastructure is hardly in an advanced state of decay, requiring tens of
billions to bring it up to minimum safety standards.
Add to that the comparative cost of running cars and planes w/petroleum
versus the cost of running trains w/electricity.
That is the issue!!!!!
Nope, the issue is a little thing I call freedom.

Socialistic governments wish everyone was bound to public transportation as then they can be controlled.

Living in Europe, I recall the many times I was dependent upon trains, buses and subways to get to work.  Nothing moved when the unions called a strike.

No thanks, you can keep your wonderful trains and other forms of mass transportation.

I prefer to go when and where I please.
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Re: In the United States, most petroleum is consumed in transportation
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2019, 12:54:11 am »
Nope, the issue is a little thing I call freedom.
Socialistic governments wish everyone was bound to public transportation as then they can be controlled.
Living in Europe, I recall the many times I was dependent upon trains, buses and subways to get to work.  Nothing moved when the unions called a strike.
No thanks, you can keep your wonderful trains and other forms of mass transportation.
I prefer to go when and where I please.
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Respectfully, our Railroads developed slowly before the Civil War then rapidly after it.
The catalysts included Callis Huntington, Cornelius Vanderbilt, James Hill, Jay Gould and
Edward Harriman who built the NY Central, the Union Pacific, the Pennsylvania,
the Great Northern and the Santa Fe, among dozens of carriers.
Additionally these and others constructed the majestic terminals of Boston, of New York,
of Philadelphia, of Chicago; including many more; done privately by our entrepreneurial
class whose government handout consisted of the "right of way" and emphatically not
ownership of the land.
Socialism had absolutely nothing, NOTHING, to do w/this development.
But as the decades passed our political frauds and hustlers together w/the crony
capitalist gang, by then embedded in DC, found a way to drive our privately controlled 
Railroad industry out of business.
We are most certainly NOT better off for this outcome!!!
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« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2019, 12:31:31 pm »
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Respectfully, our Railroads developed slowly before the Civil War then rapidly after it.
The catalysts included Callis Huntington, Cornelius Vanderbilt, James Hill, Jay Gould and
Edward Harriman who built the NY Central, the Union Pacific, the Pennsylvania,
the Great Northern and the Santa Fe, among dozens of carriers.
Additionally these and others constructed the majestic terminals of Boston, of New York,
of Philadelphia, of Chicago; including many more; done privately by our entrepreneurial
class whose government handout consisted of the "right of way" and emphatically not
ownership of the land.
Socialism had absolutely nothing, NOTHING, to do w/this development.
But as the decades passed our political frauds and hustlers together w/the crony
capitalist gang, by then embedded in DC, found a way to drive our privately controlled 
Railroad industry out of business.
We are most certainly NOT better off for this outcome!!!
Better roads and the birth of internal combustion automobiles is what diminished the railroads as preferred transportation vehicles.

Any country that now relies upon trains for mass transportation has that transportation supported almost exclusively by the government.  Govt control by definition is socialism.
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Re: In the United States, most petroleum is consumed in transportation
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2019, 06:40:17 pm »
Better roads and the birth of internal combustion automobiles is what diminished the railroads as preferred transportation vehicles.
Any country that now relies upon trains for mass transportation has that transportation supported almost exclusively by the government.  Govt control by definition is socialism.
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The Railroad industry built and unified the USA, on its own dime!!!!!! Reality!
The Auto industry was government subsidized, amounting to trillions, by the
Interstate highway system's bridges, roads and tunnels !!!!! Reality!
Indeed government assistance/subsidy, paid by taxpayers, is the essence of socialism.
Suggest you dispense w/your auto fantasy and get real. Good-bye!


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« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2019, 06:59:06 pm »
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The Railroad industry built and unified the USA, on its own dime!!!!!! Reality!
The Auto industry was government subsidized, amounting to trillions, by the
Interstate highway system's bridges, roads and tunnels !!!!! Reality!
Indeed government assistance/subsidy, paid by taxpayers, is the essence of socialism.
Suggest you dispense w/your auto fantasy and get real. Good-bye!

Four of the five transcontinental railroads were built with assistance from the federal government through land grants. Receiving millions of acres of public lands from Congress, the railroads were assured land on which to lay the tracks and land to sell, the proceeds of which helped companies finance the construction of their railroads.

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/railroad/
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Re: In the United States, most petroleum is consumed in transportation
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2019, 09:36:18 pm »
Four of the five transcontinental railroads were built with assistance from the federal government through land grants. Receiving millions of acres of public lands from Congress, the railroads were assured land on which to lay the tracks and land to sell, the proceeds of which helped companies finance the construction of their railroads.
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/railroad/
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Those "land grants" were 'Right of Way' Grants and did NOT transfer
land title to the privately held Railroads.
Rather it gave them permission to lay track and build structure on land.
Further, virtually all the land was NOT controlled by the federal government
as it belonged to the States.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica as well as others.

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Re: In the United States, most petroleum is consumed in transportation
« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2019, 09:51:11 am »
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As an opinion forum all are entitled.
Yours is the USA has a superior road system. So what? It's hardly the issue.
We have cars and planes while Europe and Asia have cars, planes and trains.
Consequently because they are more diverse, their bridge, road and tunnel
infrastructure is hardly in an advanced state of decay, requiring tens of
billions to bring it up to minimum safety standards.
Add to that the comparative cost of running cars and planes w/petroleum
versus the cost of running trains w/electricity.
That is the issue!!!!!
Some issue. You have an urban concept, unless I am mistaken.
We have trains here. None run on electricity.

The cost of setting that up, the hazard of ground level conductors to wildlife, livestock, and humans would be prohibitive, not to mention the power loss over the distances out this way. Supported above grade conductors would be even harder to maintain, so the trains run on diesel fuel.
But we have trains from the West coast going East, the East coast going West, and all points in between, along the line at least. Unit trains loaded with coal, oil, grain. Trainloads of containers, truck trailers, new cars, scrap metal, you name it. We have trains. But they don't go to all the places people are, and doing so would be uneconomical.

Automobiles and trucks work just fine, and if you are in a hurry and the weather permits, getting to a hospital by air can be a lifesaver, even if it is expensive. The next large town (over 10K pop.) is 125 miles or more in any direction, not uncommon in this region.

Funny how people think America is a county which has problems which can be solved with one size fits all solutions, colored by their local view of things. Instead there is the diversity of environment from Times Square to Hell's Half Acre (Wyoming). The problems and appropriate solutions are as diverse as the geography.
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« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2019, 12:23:37 pm »
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Those "land grants" were 'Right of Way' Grants and did NOT transfer
land title to the privately held Railroads.
Rather it gave them permission to lay track and build on the land.
Further, virtually all the land was NOT controlled by the federal government
as it belonged to the States.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica as well as others.

and land to sell
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« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2019, 12:25:55 pm »
Some issue. You have an urban concept, unless I am mistaken.
We have trains here. None run on electricity.

The cost of setting that up, the hazard of ground level conductors to wildlife, livestock, and humans would be prohibitive, not to mention the power loss over the distances out this way. Supported above grade conductors would be even harder to maintain, so the trains run on diesel fuel.
But we have trains from the West coast going East, the East coast going West, and all points in between, along the line at least. Unit trains loaded with coal, oil, grain. Trainloads of containers, truck trailers, new cars, scrap metal, you name it. We have trains. But they don't go to all the places people are, and doing so would be uneconomical.

Automobiles and trucks work just fine, and if you are in a hurry and the weather permits, getting to a hospital by air can be a lifesaver, even if it is expensive. The next large town (over 10K pop.) is 125 miles or more in any direction, not uncommon in this region.

Funny how people think America is a county which has problems which can be solved with one size fits all solutions, colored by their local view of things. Instead there is the diversity of environment from Times Square to Hell's Half Acre (Wyoming). The problems and appropriate solutions are as diverse as the geography.

Just to clarify, some do in the Northeast and elsewhere, most do not in the US.

https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/electrification-of-u.s.-railways-pie-in-the-sky-or-realistic-goal
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« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2019, 04:07:05 pm »
Just to clarify, some do in the Northeast and elsewhere, most do not in the US.

https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/electrification-of-u.s.-railways-pie-in-the-sky-or-realistic-goal
Sorry for my lack of specificity. To clarify, by "here" I meant North Dakota. Yes, in the Bos/Wash Corridor, I believe there are still electric trains, I recall seeing some in Pennsylvania RR livery as a kid.
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and land to sell
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Er.............how does one "sell" what one does NOT own (have title to)???????????

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Er.............how does one "sell" what one does NOT own (have title to)???????????

I provided a link from the Library of Congress that said the land was given to them.  Do you have something different to show me?

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/railroad/grants.html

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To remedy the situation, Congress provided assistance to the railroad companies in the form of land grants. The land grant railroads, receiving millions of acres of public land, sold the land to make money, built their railroads, and contributed to a more rapid settlement of the West. In the end, four out of the five transcontinental railroads were built with help from the federal government.
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« Reply #23 on: August 08, 2019, 06:20:01 pm »
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Er.............how does one "sell" what one does NOT own (have title to)???????????

Here is an example of land granted to the government to the railroad.  The shaded parts of this map are Company Land after the grant.

http://cprr.org/Museum/Maps/CP_Land_Map_1924.html
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SEC. 3 . And be it further enacted, {Land grants. Alternate sections.} That there be, and is hereby, granted to the said company, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of said railroad and telegraph line, and to secure the safe and speedy, transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores thereon, every alternate section of public land, designated by odd numbers, {Changed to ten by Sec. 4, 1864 , and grant to twenty miles.} to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side of said road, not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed: {Minerals and timbers. Sec. 4, 1864 .} Provided, That all mineral lands shall be excepted from the operation of this act; but where the same shall contain timber, the timber thereon is hereby granted to said company. And all such lands so granted by this section which shall not be sold or disposed of by said company within three years after the entire road shall have been completed, shall be subject to settlement and pre-emption like other lands, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to be paid to said company.

http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Pacific_Railroad_Acts.html
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