The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2019) is reported.


Value:		≈ 2.1 × 10²⁰ J / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 5.8 × 10¹³ kWh / yr ≈ 6.6 × 10¹² W ≈ 6.6 TW ≈ 210 EJ / yr
HuID:		39756
Relevant Year(s):		2019
Summary:		Global energy produced from the consumption of oil in 2019. This is reported as 'petroleum and other liquids' in the EIA database. Petroleum and other liquids consumption includes all domestic use and international bunkering of refined products, refinery fuel, and where available, direct combustion of crude oil and refinery by-products. Other products include asphalt, petroleum coke, aviation gasoline, lubricants, ethane, naphtha, paraffin wax, petrochemical feedstocks, unfinished oils, white spirits, and direct use of crude oil. This value corresponds to 6.6 TW of power produced globally from oil.
Method:		The EIA collects data from individual countries and does not provide a statement of uncertainty.
Source:		U.S. Energy Information Administration Primary Energy. (2020)
Dataset:		Energy consumed from oil (EIA_OilConsumption_2022_totals.csv) global resolution regional resolution
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Original Data License:		CC0
Added By:		rbanks