Table A2. Rates of Sequestration for U.S. Fossil Fuel Consumption

Fuel Type Fraction of Fuel Combusted

Fraction
of Nonfuel Use of 
Energy Sequestered


Petroleum
 
  Motor Gasoline 0.990 --
  LPG 0.995

0.80

  Jet Fuel 0.990 --
  Distillate Fuel  0.990

0.50

  Residual Fuel 0.990

0.50

  Asphalt and Road Oil 0.990

1.00

  Lubricants 0.990

0.50

  Petrochemical Feed 0.990

0.75

  Aviation Gas 0.990 --
  Kerosene 0.990 --
  Petroleum Coke 0.990

0.50

  Special Naphtha 0.990

0.00

Other  
  Aviation Gas      
  Blending Components 0.990 --
  Crude Oil 0.990 --
  Naphtha <401oF 0.990

0.75

  Other Oil 401oF 0.990

0.50

  Petrochemical Feed Still Gas 0.990

0.80

  Motor Gasoline Blending Components 0.990 --
  Miscellaneous 0.990

1.00

  Natural Gasoline 0.990 --
  Plant Condensate 0.990 --
  Pentanes Plus 0.990 0.80
  Still Gas 0.995 --
  Special Naphthas 0.990

0.00

  Unfinished Oils 0.990 --
  Unfractionated Stream 0.990 --
  Waxes 0.990

1.00

Coal  
  Residential and Commercial 0.990 --
  Industrial Coking 0.990

0.75

  Industrial Other 0.990 --
  Electric Utility 0.990 --
Natural Gas  
  Flare Gas 1.000 --
  Natural Gas 0.995 0.29-0.52
Crude Oil 0.990 --
Sources: EIA estimates documented in this chapter; and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Reference Manual: Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Vol. 3 (Paris, France, 1997), pp. 1.28-1.29, web site www.iea.org/ ipcc/invs6.htm.

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