Production						Production
		Natural		Net				Natural		Net
	Crude	gas plant	Total	petroleum			Crude	gas plant	Total	petroleum
Year	oil	liquids	petroleum	imports		Year	oil	liquids	petroleum	imports
	million barrels per day						million barrels per day
1949	5.05	0.43	5.48	0.32		1975	8.37	1.63	10.01	5.85
1950	5.41	0.50	5.91	0.55		1976	8.13	1.60	9.74	7.09
1951	6.16	0.56	6.72	0.42		1977	8.24	1.62	9.86	8.56
1952	6.27	0.61	6.87	0.52		1978	8.71	1.57	10.27	8.00
1953	6.46	0.65	7.11	0.63		1979	8.55	1.58	10.14	7.99
1954	6.34	0.69	7.03	0.70		1980	8.60	1.57	10.17	6.36
1955	6.81	0.77	7.58	0.88		1981	8.57	1.61	10.18	5.40
1956	7.15	0.80	7.95	1.01		1982	8.65	1.55	10.20	4.30
1957	7.17	0.81	7.98	1.01		1983	8.69	1.56	10.25	4.31
1958	6.71	0.81	7.52	1.42		1984	8.88	1.63	10.51	4.72
1959	7.05	0.88	7.93	1.57		1985	8.97	1.61	10.58	4.29
1960	7.04	0.93	7.96	1.61		1986	8.68	1.55	10.23	5.44
1961	7.18	0.99	8.17	1.74		1987	8.35	1.60	9.94	5.91
1962	7.33	1.02	8.35	1.91		1988	8.14	1.62	9.76	6.59
1963	7.54	1.10	8.64	1.91		1989	7.61	1.55	9.16	7.20
1964	7.61	1.16	8.77	2.06		1990	7.36	1.56	8.91	7.16
1965	7.80	1.21	9.01	2.28		1991	7.42	1.66	9.08	6.63
1966	8.30	1.28	9.58	2.37		1992	7.17	1.70	8.87	6.94
1967	8.81	1.41	10.22	2.23		1993	6.85	1.74	8.58	7.62
1968	9.10	1.51	10.60	2.61		1994	6.66	1.73	8.39	8.05
1969	9.24	1.59	10.83	2.93		1995	6.56	1.76	8.32	7.89
1970	9.64	1.66	11.30	3.16		1996	6.46	1.83	8.29	8.50
1971	9.46	1.69	11.16	3.70		1997	6.45	1.82	8.27	9.16
1972	9.44	1.74	11.18	4.52		1998	6.25	1.76	8.01	9.76
1973	9.21	1.74	10.95	6.02		1999	5.93	1.83	7.76	9.61
1974	8.77	1.69	10.46	5.89

Source:  U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1999, Table 5.1, p. 119, DOE/EIA-0384(99) (GPO, Washington, DC, 2000).

Notes:  Crude oil includes lease condensate. NGPL = Natural gas plant liquids. Net imports = imports minus exports. Previous-year data may have been revised. Current-year data are preliminary and may be revised in future publications.

Last Updated on Wednesday, October 11, 2000