Table 2 



DOMESTIC DEMAND BY CONSUMING SECTOR FOR OIL 



AND GAS IN 1966 



Source; Bureau of Mines. 



Table 3 



DOMESTIC DEMAND BY CONSUMING SECTOR, AS A PER CENT OF 



TOTAL CONSUMPTION FOR OIL AND GAS IN 1966 AND 2000 



Sector 



Petroleum 



1966 



2000 



Transportation 54 



Household and Commercial^ . . 24 



Industrial* 17 



Electric Utilities 3 



Miscellaneous and 



Unaccounted 2 



Total 100% 



Source: Bureau of Mines. 

 Includes raw materials. 



At this rate, the free world is expected to 

 consume nearly 400 biUion barrels of petroleum 

 and 650 trillion cubic feet of natural gas during 

 the next 20 years. This is about three times the 

 total amount of these materials produced through- 

 out the free world during the last 100 years (Table 

 4). 



The special interagency study group mentioned 

 previously* estimated that between 1960-2000, 



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69 

 3 



26 

 1 



100% 



100% 100% 



three-fourths of the domestic energy needs will 

 have to be met by petroleum (44 per cent, or 240 

 biUion barrels) and natural gas (31 per cent or 

 1,000 trillion cubic feet). These estimates are 470 

 per cent of the proved petroleum reserves at the 

 start of this period and 330 per cent of the gas 

 reserves. 



One of the major remaining areas in which to 

 search for these resources is in the submerged 

 continental margins of the world. 



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