US Sept oil demand declines 1.5 pct vs yr ago-EIA

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | October 8, 2003

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US Sept oil demand declines 1.5 pct vs yr ago-EIA
Wednesday October 8, 2:37 pm ET

 WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - U.S. demand for crude oil and refined petroleum
products in September decreased 1.5 percent from a year earlier, the government
said on Wednesday.
 Oil demand last month dropped 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 19.2 million
bpd from the year before and was 1.2 million bpd less than August,
according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration.
 However, petroleum demand during the first nine months of this year has
averaged 19.9 million bpd, up 200,000 bpd, or 1 percent, from the same period in
2002, EIA said.
 The Energy Department's statistical agency also said gasoline demand in
September was up 300,000 bpd, or 3.5 percent, from a year ago to 9 million bpd.
 Distillate fuel demand, which includes diesel fuel and heating oil, was
unchanged at 3.7 million bpd in the latest month.
 Jet fuel use last month fell 100,000 bpd, or 6.3 percent, to 1.5 million bpd
from a year ago, EIA said.
 EIA's estimate of September petroleum demand and imports (in million barrels
per day) is as follows:
.                                 2003              2002     January-Sept
.                            -- Estimated --
.       Category             Sept     Aug    Diff    Sept    2003    2002
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Products Supplied............  19.2    20.4    -1.2    19.5    19.9    19.7
  Finished Motor Gasoline....   9.0     9.4    -0.4     8.7     8.9     8.8
  Distillate Fuel Oil........   3.7     3.6     0.1     3.7     3.9     3.7
  Residual Fuel Oil..........   0.7     0.9    -0.2     0.6     0.8     0.7
  Jet Fuel...........           1.5     1.6    -0.1     1.6     1.6     1.6
  Other Petro Products (a)...   4.3     4.9    -0.6     4.8     4.7     4.9
Crude Oil Inputs.............  15.4    15.6    -0.2    14.9    15.3    15.0
Operating Util (pct).........  93.2    94.4    -1.3    91.7    92.9    92.4
Imports...........             12.7    12.7     (s)    11.1    12.2    11.5
  Crude Oil..........          10.1    10.0     (s)     8.8     9.6     9.1
 SPR............                0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     (s)
 Other............             10.1    10.0     (s)     8.8     9.6     9.1
  Products...........           2.6     2.6    -0.1     2.3     2.7     2.4
 Finished Motor Gasoline..      0.5     0.6     (s)     0.5     0.5     0.5
 Distillate Fuel Oil.......     0.4     0.3     0.1     0.2     0.3     0.2
 Residual Fuel Oil........      0.2     0.3    -0.1     0.3     0.3     0.2
 Jet Fuel..........             0.1     0.1     (s)     0.1     0.1     0.1
 Other Petro Products (b).      1.3     1.3     (s)     1.2     1.4     1.3
(a) Includes crude oil product supplied, natural gas liquids, liquefied refinery
gases (LRG's), other liquids, and all finished petroleum products except finished
motor gasoline, distillate fuel oil, residual fuel oil and jet fuel.
(b) Includes natural gas liquids, liquefied refinery gases (LRG's), other
liquids, and all finished petroleum products except motor gasoline, jet fuel,
distillate fuel oil and residual fuel oil.
(s) Less than 0.05 million bpd.

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Full report from the Energy Information Administration is at:

Energy Information Administration: Monthly Energy Review - Contents

and then the 'current' pdf file at the bottom -

Monthly Energy Review - September 2003