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State Energy Data Release—March 9, 2012

State-level estimates for kerosene, distillate fuel oil, and residual fuel oil for data year 2010, are available at SEDS Updates.   Data highlights include the following:

• U.S. consumption of distillate fuel oil totaled 8.1 quadrillion Btu in 2010, a 5% increase from 2009.  The top consuming States were Texas, California, Pennsylvania, and New York. 

• U.S. consumption of residual fuel oil totaled 1.2 quadrillion Btu in 2010, a 5% increase from 2009.  The top consuming States were California, Texas, and Florida.

• The U.S. average distillate fuel oil price rose to $20.64 per million Btu from $16.98 per million Btu in 2009, a 22% increase.  The U.S. average residual fuel oil price rose to $11.89 per million Btu from $9.69 per million Btu in 2009, a 23% increase.

• U.S. consumption of kerosene totaled 41 trillion Btu in 2010, a 14% increase from 2009.  The top consuming States were New York, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

The State Energy Data System (SEDS) provides annual State-level estimates of energy consumption, prices, and expenditures by sector and energy source.  A full set of State-level estimates for all fuels, all sectors, and all years through data year 2010 will be released by the end of June 2012.