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Released October 2004
Alabama uses 7.0 RVP gasoline
in the Birmingham metropolitan area and conventional gasoline throughout
the rest of the state. Indigenous crude oil production totals 22,000 barrels
per day, ranking Alabama 16th out of the 31 producing states and Federal
Offshore areas. The state's three refineries have a combined crude oil
distillation capacity of 130,200 barrels per calendar day, while several
crude oil, product, and liquefied petroleum gas pipelines pass through
the state. Electricity makes up the largest share (46 percent) of fuel
used for home heating, followed by natural gas with a 38 percent share.
General Overview
Population: 4,500,752 (2003) ranked 23rd
Per Capita Income: $26,338 (2003) ranked 41st
Total Energy Consumption: 2.0 quadrillion Btu (2000), ranked
17th
Per Capita Energy Consumption: 443 million Btu (2000), ranked
9th
Total Petroleum Consumption: 11.6 million gallons per day (2001),
ranked 24th
Gasoline Consumption: 6.6 million gallons per day (2001), ranked
22nd
Distillate Fuel Consumption: 2.7 million gallons per day (2001),
ranked 24th
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Consumption: 0.8 million gallons per
day (2001), ranked 17th
Jet Fuel Consumption: 0.3 million gallons per day (2001), ranked
34th
Petroleum Supply (Upstream)
Crude Oil Proved Reserves: 51 million barrels (2002), ranked
18th (19th including Federal Offshore). Accounts for less than 1 percent
of U.S. crude oil proved reserves.
Crude Oil Production: 22,000 barrels per day (2003), ranked 15th
(16th including Federal Offshore). Accounts for less than 1 percent of
U.S. crude oil production.
Total Producing Oil Wells: 810 (2003)
Rotary Rigs in Operation: 3 (2003)
Transportation
Major Pipelines:
- Crude Oil - Hess, Hunt, Genesis, Citronelle-Mobile, Miller.
- Product - Amoco, Colonial, Plantation
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas - Dixie, Enterprise
Ports & Waterway Systems: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway System: Tombigbee River, Alabama-Coosa River, Locust Port, Mobile River, Mobile (Port).
Refining & Marketing (Downstream)
Refineries: Operable distillation capacity of 130,200 Barrels
Per Calendar Day (BCD) (2004)
- Hunt Refining Co. (Tuscaloosa @ 33,500 BCD)
- Shell Chemical LP (Saraland @ 80,000 BCD)
- Trigeant EP LTD (Mobile @ 16,700 BCD)
Gasoline Stations: 5,360 outlets (2004), or about 3.2 percent
of U.S. total.
Sources and notes: Energy Information Administration,
Bureau of Census, and National Petroleum News "Market Facts 2003."
Rankings include the District of Columbia.
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