Basics and intermediates SULFUR
PETROLEUM
Thousands of long tons
1960
1968
1969
1970
1971a
Millions of barrels
1960
1968
1969
1970
1971a
Production, native Production, recovered Shipments, native Imports
4943 769 5003 741
7458 1359 6648 1571
7146 1422 6551 1674
7082 1457 6419 1537
6900 1550 6700 1300
Production Crude oil Natural gas liquids
2575 340
3330 550
3372 580
3516 613
3620 620
Petroleum products output Gasoline 1510 Kerosine and jet fuel 224 Distillate fuel oil 667 Residual fuel oil 332 Lubricants 59
1940 417 841 276 66
2028 425 848 266 65
2105 398 897 258 66
2210 396 920 296 68
a C&EN estimates.
Source: Bureau of Mines
BITUMINOUS COAL Millions of short tons
Production Exports Consumption Electric utilities Industrial (including coke) Coke Retail a Preliminary.
1960
1968
1969
1970
415.5 36.5
545.2 50.6
560.5 56.2
602a 70.9
173.9
294.7
308.5
320.5
173.1 81.0 30.4
188.5 90.8 15.2
185.8 92.9 12.7
186.2 95.9 10.1
1969
1970
SALT Thousands of short tons
1960
1968
25,479 1,057 420
41,274 3,456 728
44,245 3,302 716
a
45,804 3,536a 423a
a Preliminary. Source: Bureau of Mines POTASH Thousands of short tons
1960
1968
1969
1970
Production, marketable Imports Exports
4472 415 833
4769 3658 1336
4918 3978 1259
4853 4418 1047
Source: Bureau of Mines PHOSPHATE ROCK
I960
1968
1969
1970
19,618 144 4,473
41,251 116 12,099
37,725 140 11,336
38,739 136 10,895
Thousands of short tons
Production, marketable Imports Exports Source: Bureau of Mines
NATURAL GAS Billions of ft*
I960
1968
1969
1970
Marketed production 12,771 19,322 20,698 21,921 398.2 95.5 116.9 Net stored underground 131.7 Imports 156 652 727 821 Consumption 4,837 3,101 4,450 4,728 Residential 2,057 1,801 1,955 1,020 Commercial 7,899 7,134 7,612 Industrial na 3,894 3,144 3,486 Electric utilities 1,725 na = not available
Source: Bureau of Mines
12A C&EN SEPT. 6, 1971
Source: Bureau of Mines
PRODUCTION OF ORGANIC INTERMEDIATES
Source: Bureau of Mines
Production Imports Exports
a C&EN estimates.
Annual change, Millions of pounds, unless otherwise noted
% 1960
1968
1969
1970*
1096 1664 1675 1700b 761 1361 1518 1598 229 1021 1157 1037 120 263 334 372
Acetic anhydride Acetone Acrylonitrile Aniline Benzene, millions of gallons 1,3-Butadiene Carbon disulfide Carbon tetrachloride Cyclohexane Dioctyl phthalates Dodecylbenzene Ethanol, synthetic Ethanolamines: mono, di, tri Ethylene
126 224 255 265 5448 13151 16436 18000b
Ethylene oxide Formaldehyde, 37% Maleic anhydride Methanol, synthetic Naphthalene
1475 2625 3408 3671 1872 4305 4398 4312 90 182 201 216 1966 3817 4206 4945 510 902 854 711
Perchloroethylene Phenol, synthetic Phthalic anhydride Propylene Propylene oxide
209 636 635 702 773 1513 1691 1710 401 744 760 714 2477 7025 7235 7200b 309. 958 1177 1121
457 1000 1185 1166 1883 2929 3123 3054 372 763 883 1011 564 2039 2232 1817 170 440 438 419 492 758 529 533 1695 2127 2361 2400b
1745 Styrene na TEL (tetraethyllead) TML (tetramethyllead) na Toluene, millions of gallons 274 Urea, total, 100% 1469 Vinyl acetate 251 Vinyl chloride 1037 Xylenes, millions of gallons p-xylene 139 o-xylene 210
3698 4648 4353 485 371 na
76
I96070
196970
1% 4% 5 8 16 -10 11 12
10 5
-2
11 12 9 1 4
14 -19 -4
8 13 10 9 9 10 3 13 8 6 11 14 10 na
4 10
-2
1 2
8 -2 7 18 -17 11 1 -6 0 -5 -6 na
na na
na -9
4871 5944 6430 718 729 799 2969 3736 4040
10 16 12 15
944 850 825 1316 1628 1588
19 23
-3 -2
116 695
759 694
a Preliminary figures, b C&EN estimates. Sources: Department of Commerce; Tariff Commission
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PRODUCTION OF INORGANIC INTERMEDIATES Thousands of tons, unless otherwise noted
Acids Hydrochloric acid, 100% Hydrofluoric acid, total 100% Nitric acid, 100% Phosphoric acid, 100%, P 2 0 5 Sulfuric acid, 100% H2S(X millions of tons Chlorine and alkalies Chlorine, total Potassium hydroxide, 88 to 92% KOH Sodium carbonate Synthetic, 58% Na 2 0 Natural, 58% Na 2 0 Sodium hydroxide Total, 100% Dry Industrial gases Acetylene, billions of ft3 Argon, millions of ft3 Carbon dioxide Solid Liquid and gas Hydrogen High purity, billions of ft3 Lower purity, billions of ft8 Nitrogen, high purity, billion of ft3 Oxygen High purity, 99.5% Lower purity, 95% Inorganic fertilizer materials Ammonia, synthetic, anhydrous, 100% Ammonium nitrate, original solution Ammonium sulfate Synthetic and by-product Coke oven Other chemicals Aluminum chloride, anhydrous 100% Aluminum sulfate, commercial, 17%, A1203 Calcium carbide, commercial Calcium phosphate dibasic, anhydride 100% Carbon, activated Hydrogen peroxide, 100% by wt. Phosphorus, elemental, white, yellow, red Phosphorus, oxychloride 100% Phosphorus pentasulfide, 100% Potassium pyrophosphate, anhydrous 100% Sodium bichromate and chromate, hydrous Sodium chlorate, 100% NaC103 Sodium phosphate, tripoly 100% Sodium silicate, liquid and solid, anhydrous Sodium sulfate, total high and low purity Titanium dioxide a Preliminary figure,
b Excludes captive production In refineries.
1960
Annual change, % 1960-70 1960-70
1968
1969
1970^
970 118
1,748
1,911
1,918
302
327
317
3,315 2,087 17,883
6,362 5,268 28,544
6,443 5,373 29,537
6,460 5,471 29,146
4,637
8,444
9,414
9,755
103
179
177
175
8 5
4 -1
4,558
790
4,596 2,043
4,540 2,495
4,414 2,678
0 13
-3 7
4,972
8,868
9,917
10,074
545
545
457
488
7 -1
2 7
12,143
570
15,071 2,114
14,386 2,597
14,382 2,972
3 18
0 14
470 428
374 684
369 700
333 787
-3 6
-10 12
13,278 51,958 18,566
34,699 167,053 118,731
31,939 33,151b 130,956
28,407 30,193' 146,547
8 -5 23
-11 -9 12
2,400 1,479
10,264 2,174
11,428 2,055
11,564 1,505
17 0
1 -27
4,818 3,122
12,120 5,737
12,918 5,891
13,098 6,185
11 7
1 4
859 632
2,002
1,916
1,898
721
648
595
36
40
32
1,179
1,244
1,177
942 416 85 65 613 34 52 49 146 167
856 496 86 55 629 31 56 41 153 187
770 na 82 58 597 33 62 39 150 198
1,177
1,215
1,190
633
657
612
1,073
1,483
1,483
1,362
456
623
660
655
24 879 1,093
235 60 30 409 24 na 26 122 92 690 497
7% 10 7 10 5
0% -3 0 2 -1
-1
3 3 -3 na 3 7 4 3 na 4 2 8 6 2 2 4
-20 -5 -10 na -5 5 -5 6 11 -5 -2 6 -2 -7 -8 -1
na = not available. Sources: Departnnent of Connmerce; Tariff Commission SEPT. 6, 1971 C&HN 13A
BASICS AND INTERMEDIATES, continued PRODUCTION OF TOP 50 CHEMICALS Rank 1970
Sulfuric acid, total Ammonia, synthetic anhydrous Oxygen, high and low purity Sodium hydroxide, 100%, liquid Chlorine, gas 6 7 8 9 10
Ethylene Sodium carbonate, synthetic, natural Nitric acid, total Ammonium nitrate, original solution Phosphoric acid, total
11 12 13 14 15
1960
35.8
9.6 7.9 9.9 9.3
Billions of pounds 1968 1969
19691970"
70
Annual change, 1965-
70
3°b 8 7 8 8
% I960
70
49.7 17.7 18.6 13.7 13.0
59.1 25.4 26.0 19.2 18.8
58.3 26.2 26.1 20.2 19.5
-1% 1 0 5 4
18.0 14.0 12.9 12.4 10.9
9 0 0 5 2
13 2 6 6 7
10
5° i
11 13 T
8
5.4
9.6
10.8
12.8
6.6 6.2 4.2
9.8 9.3 7.8
16.4 14.1 12.9 11.8 10.7
Nitrogen, high purity Benzene b Propylene Ethylene dichloride Urea, primary solution
1.3 3.3 2.5 1.3 1.5
5.3 6.1 3.7 2.5 2.8
9.5 8.7 7.2 6.0 5.4
10.6
8.5 8.0 6.5 6.4
12 -2 0 8 19
15 7 14 18 18
2; 10 11 17 16
16 17 18 19 20
Polyethylene, high, low density Tolueneb Ammonium sulfate Methanol, synthetic Ethylbenzene
1.3 2.0 3.0 2.0 1.7
3.0 4.0 5.3 2.9 3.0
5.5 5.5 5.1 4.1 4.8
5.9 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.6
7 -9 -3 19 -5
14 5 -1 12 9
10 5 10 Id
21 22 23 24 25
Styrene Formaldehyde Vinyl chloride Hydrochloric acid, total Ethylene oxide
1.7 1.9 1.0 1.9 1.5
2.9 3.1 2.0 2.7 2.2
4.6 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.2
4.4 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.7
-5 3 8 0 15
9 7 15 7 11
26 27 28 29 30
Xylene, total b 1,3-Butadiene, rubber grade Polyvinyl chloride, copolymers Carbon black Sodium sulfate, high, low purity
2.0 1.9 1.2 2.1 2.2
2.5 2.7 1.8 2.4 2.8
2.8 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0
3.3 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7
19 -2 3 -2 -8
6 3 11 4 0
31 32 33 34 35
Ethylene glycol Aluminum sulfate, commercial Calcium chloride, solid, liquid Sodium tripolyphosphate Polystyrene, straight, rubber-modified
1.3 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.7
1.8 2.1 2.3 1.8 1.4
2.4 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.2
2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3
5 -5 3 -2 3
7 2 1 4 11
36 37 38 39 40
Carbon dioxide, all forms Ethanol, synthetic Isopropanol Acetic acid Cumene
1.9 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.2
2.2 2.0 1.5 1.3 0.7
2.1 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.6
2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8
5 3 0 5 4
1 2 7 9 22
41 42 43 44 45
Cyclohexane Phenol, total Acetaldehyde Acetic anhydride Dimethyl terephthalate
0.6 0.8 na 1.1 na
1.7 1.2 1.2 1.5 0.5
2.2 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.5
1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7
-17 3 2 0 10
1 7 7 3 25
12
46 47 48 49 50
Acetone Calcium carbide Titanium dioxide Sodium silicate Phosphorus, white, red
0.8 2.2 0.9 1.0 0.8
1.1 2.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
1.5 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.3
1.6 1.5 1.3 1.2 1.2
6 -10 -1 -7 -5
7 -7 3 1 1
8 _^ 4
a Preliminary figures, b Includes small amount of production from tar distillation, na = not available. 14A C&EN SEPT. 6, 1971
13 3 7 *7
If?
10 0
15 " 10 -; 5 }v
^ :
7 2
~ 0
13 -) _-) h
li 23
0
na 4 na
0
4
Sources: Department of Commerce; Tariff Commission; Department of Interior; Industry; C&EN estimates
