Table 6. U.S. Carbon Sequestered by Nonfuel Use of Energy, 1990-1998
(Million Metric Tons of Carbon)

End Use 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 P1998
Industrial  
  Petroleum  
    Liquefied Petroleum Gases 16.2 18.6 18.7 18.2 20.9 21.4 22.2 22.3 21.3
    Distillate Fuel 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
    Residual Fuel 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
    Asphalt and Road Oil 24.1 22.2 22.7 23.7 24.2 24.3 24.2 25.2 26.0
    Lubricants 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9
    Other 19.7 19.3 20.5 22.6 23.3 23.5 24.1 26.1 27.6
      Pentanes Plus 1.2 0.7 0.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.9
      Petrochemical Feed 12.6 12.6 13.4 13.6 14.1 13.6 13.8 15.9 16.1
      Petroleum Coke 2.6 2.2 3.4 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 4.3
      Waxes and Miscellaneous 3.4 3.7 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.4
Coal 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Natural Gas 4.1 3.9 3.5 4.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.3
Transportation  
  Lubricants 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8
    Total 68.7 68.3 70.2 73.1 78.1 78.9 80.2 83.8 85.1

P = preliminary data.
Note: Data in this table are revised from the data contained in the previous EIA report, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 1997, DOE/EIA-0573(97) (Washington, DC, October 1998).
Source: EIA estimates documented in this chapter and in Appendix A.

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