A Survey of Leading States in Sectors of American Energy Production
From a spread sheet of the EIA, Energy Information Agency, we show the leading states in the sectors of American energy production. This will document what states will have readjustments in economy, employment areas, and politics as we shift to sustainability. It also shows where we can expect current political factors.
We start with ranking the sectors of energy supply. The units are in quadrillions of BTUs, or quads. The quad is 10^15 BTU, or 293 billion kWh. This will help us compare various sectors and states, better than just percentages. The figures are for 2017, and total 88 quadrillion Btu energy produced. In 2018, the US consumed 101.3 quads.
Production by Sectors
Amounts of primary energy supply in various sectors, and their percentage of overall sources.
| Sector | Supply | Percentage |
| Natural Gas | 33.42 | 38.0% |
| Crude Oil | 19.53 | 22.2% |
| Coal | 15.55 | 17.7% |
| Renewables, not bio | 8.96 | 10.2% |
| Nuclear | 8.42 | 9.6% |
| Biofuels | 2.14 | 2.4% |
Included in Renewables without biofuels are hydro, wind, wood, solar, biomass waste, and geothermal, but not broken up by category. There are of course imports and exports in various sectors of consumption, but these tables are just US primary sources. For understanding the quad units, the about 10% from nuclear is the output from about 100 nuclear reactors. So a yearly nuclear reactor output is about 0.1%, or 0.1 in these units. The total clean energy is Renewables, Nuclear, and Biofuels, adding up to 19.66 units or 22.2%. Total Renewables including Biofuels are 12.6%.
Natural Gas
| Texas | 8.63 |
| Pennsylvania | 5.80 |
| Oklahoma | 2.93 |
| Louisiana | 2.24 |
| Colorado | 2.00 |
| Ohio | 1.99 |
| West Virginia | 1.93 |
| Wyoming | 1.78 |
| Gulf of Mexico, Federal Offshore | 1.22 |
Texas is 25.8% of output, and Pennsylvania is 17.4%, of the total 33.42 quads.
Crude Oil Production
| Texas | 7.28 |
| Gulf of Mexico, Federal Offshore | 3.51 |
| North Dakota | 2.24 |
| Alaska | 1.03 |
| California | 1.00 |
| New Mexico | 0.98 |
| Oklahoma | 0.95 |
| Colorado | 0.75 |
Texas is 37.3%, and the Offshore Gulf of Mexico is 18.0% of the total output of crude oil at 19.53 quads.
Coal Production
| Wyoming | 5.52 |
| West Virginia | 2.39 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.26 |
| Illinois | 1.08 |
| Kentucky | 1.02 |
Of the total 15.55 quads of coal, Wyoming is 35.5%, and Pennsylvania is 15.4%.
Renewables, other than Biofuels
| California | 1.09 |
| Washington | 0.94 |
| Texas | 0.73 |
| Oregon | 0.49 |
| New York | 0.43 |
| Alabama | 0.26 |
| Georgia | 0.26 |
| Oklahoma | 0.26 |
| Florida | 0.24 |
| Lousiana | 0.23 |
| Iowa | 0.23 |
California leads with 12.2% of the total 8.96 quads. That is about the same as our percentage of the US population.
Nuclear
| Illinois | 1.02 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.87 |
| South Carolina | 0.57 |
| Alabama | 0.45 |
| North Carolina | 0.44 |
| New York | 0.44 |
| Texas | 0.40 |
Illinois was 12.1%, and Pennsylvania was 10.3% of the total 8.42 quads. Illinois has 11 nuclear reactors. California was further down the list at 0.19 quads. US nuclear reactors produce about 800 billion kilowatt hours a year. California also owns the output of a third reactor at Palo Verde in Arizona, in addition to the two at Diablo Canyon.
The 8.42 quads presented is “primary” nuclear fuel, as it is for the other fuels. The 800 billion kilowatt hours of electricity produced by nuclear is equal to 2.73 quads, leading to an efficiency of 32.4% for the conversion of nuclear fuel into electricity.
Biofuels
| Iowa | 0.55 |
| Nebraska | 0.29 |
| Illinois | 0.23 |
| Minnesota | 0.16 |
| Indiana | 0.16 |
| South Dakota | 0.15 |
Iowa produced 25.7% of the total biofuels at 2.14 quads.
