Table 3
Heavy fuel oil demand, by industry, 1990 to 2005

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  1990 1995 2000 2005 1990 1995 2000 2005
petajoules percent
Pulp and paper 97.6 58.7 56.7 47.8 23.3 19.4 16.1 12.3
Petroleum refining1 40.0 38.5 39.9 31.6 9.5 12.7 11.4 8.1
Primary metal manufacturing 20.0 15.2 14.8 18.5 4.8 5.0 4.2 4.8
Mining and oil and gas extraction 14.9 16.5 15.0 12.5 3.6 5.5 4.3 3.2
Other industrial 32.8 21.9 21.0 17.8 7.8 7.3 6.0 4.6
Utilities 137.1 80.6 110.1 126.5 32.7 26.7 31.3 32.7
Marine transportation 60.1 56.6 67.8 67.5 14.3 18.7 19.3 17.4
Other 16.9 14.5 25.9 65.2 4.0 4.8 7.4 16.8
Total 419.5 302.4 351.2 387.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1. Producer consumption by the petroleum refining industry. The industry consumes some of the heavy fuel oil it produces to satisfy its own energy needs.
Data sources: Statistics Canada, n.d., CANSIM tables 128-0002 and 128-0009.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, EnviroStats, volume 1, number 2, "Heavy fuel oil consumption in Canada", catalogue number 16-002-XWE.