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Oxygenate Use (Bgal)
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
Figure VI.A.3-1
U.S. Oxygenate Use Over Time
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Year
Ethanol Consumption, Total MTBE Consumption, RFG
Source: Energy Information Administration 48
48 Total ethanol use based on EIA Monthly Energy Review, June 2006 (Table 10.1: Renewable Energy
Consumption by Source, Appendix A: Thermal Conversion Factors). MTBE use in RFG also provided by
EIA (file received from EIA representative on March 9, 2006). Reported 2004 MTBE use has been
adjusted from 2.0 to 1.9 Bgal based on assumption of timely implementation of CA, CT, and NY MTBE
bans on 1/1/04 (EIA reported a slight delay and thus showed small amounts of MTBE use in these states in
2004)
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