End use of refined petroleum products, 2014
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Released: 2015-11-20
Net sales of refined petroleum products increased 3.7% from 2013 to 90.0 million cubic metres in 2014.
Motor gasoline (47.1%) and diesel fuel oil (32.1%) accounted for the majority of sales, while aviation turbo fuel (8.3%), light fuel and heavy fuel oils (6.9%) and other products (5.6%) accounted for the rest.
Motor gasoline sales up
Sales of motor gasoline totalled 42.4 million cubic metres in 2014, up 3.9% from the previous year. Gasoline stations received the majority of the distributed volumes at 24.5 million cubic metres, up 1.8% from 2013. Sales to secondary distributors increased 14.8% to 9.7 million cubic metres.
Diesel fuel oil sales rise
Sales of diesel fuel oil were up 2.6% from a year earlier to 28.9 million cubic metres in 2014. Road transport and support activities, the main contributor to diesel fuel sales, increased 4.7% to 8.4 million cubic metres.
Sales to secondary distributors rose 7.7% to 4.7 million cubic metres. During the same period, sales to gasoline stations decreased 3.6% to 3.7 million cubic metres, while sales to agriculture decreased 7.5% to 2.2 million cubic metres, moderating the overall increase.
Aviation fuel sales edge up
Sales of aviation turbo fuel edged up 0.9% from 2013 to 7.5 million cubic metres in 2014. Canadian airlines received the majority of distributed volumes, 5.8 million cubic metres, while sales to foreign airlines totalled 1.0 million cubic metres.
Light and heavy fuel sales increase
Sales of light fuel (heating) oil rose 1.9% from 2013 to 2.5 million cubic metres in 2014. During the same period, sales of heavy fuel oil increased 8.0% to 3.7 million cubic metres.
Note to readers
The Annual Survey on End Use of Refined Petroleum Products collects data on the activities of Canadian refineries that produce refined petroleum products (North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] 324000). The survey collected sales data for 11 fuel types including motor gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation turbo fuel (kerosene), light (heating) oil and heavy fuel oil.
Starting with the 2014 reference year, the Annual Survey on End Use of Refined Petroleum Products sample includes refineries only. The selected sample of secondary distributors of refined petroleum products previously surveyed (NAICS subsector 412) is no longer included.
The other products category includes aviation gasoline, aviation turbo fuel (naphtha type), stove oil, asphalt, lubricating oils and greases.
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