Motor fuels; deliveries by petajoule, weight and volume, 1946-April 2021

Changed on: 30/07/2021 02:00

Motor fuels; deliveries by petajoule, weight and volume, 1946-April 2021
Delivery motor fuels	Periods	Motor fuels in petajoule Road transport and other consumers Total road transport and other consumers (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Road transport and other consumers Automotive LPG (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Road transport and other consumers Natural gas (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Road transport and other consumers Electricity (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Water transport Total water transport (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Water transport Heating and other gasoil Deliveries to inland water transport (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Water transport Heating and other gasoil Deliveries to sea transport (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Air transport Total air transport (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Air transport Kerosene type jet fuel (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Air transport Aviation gasoline (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Rail transport Total rail transport (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Rail transport Heating and other gasoil (PJ)	Motor fuels in petajoule Rail transport Electricity (PJ)	Motor fuels physical units Road transport and other consumers Automotive LPG (million kg)	Motor fuels physical units Road transport and other consumers Natural gas (million m3)	Motor fuels physical units Road transport and other consumers Electricity (million kWh)	Motor fuels physical units Water transport Heating and other gasoil Deliveries to inland water transport (million kg)	Motor fuels physical units Water transport Heating and other gasoil Deliveries to sea transport (million kg)	Motor fuels physical units Air transport Kerosene type jet fuel (million kg)	Motor fuels physical units Air transport Aviation gasoline (million kg)	Motor fuels physical units Rail transport Heating oil and other gasoil (million kg)	Motor fuels physical units Rail transport Electricity (million kWh)
Total deliveries	2020 May*	33.7	0.4	.	.	41.6	3.7	4.0	4.8	4.8	0.0	.	.	.	8	.	.	86	92	110	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2020 June*	33.8	0.5	.	.	41.0	3.6	4.4	5.6	5.5	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	84	102	128	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2020 July*	36.4	0.4	.	.	43.0	3.9	5.0	7.6	7.6	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	91	115	174	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2020 August*	32.7	0.4	.	.	42.1	3.3	4.9	8.6	8.6	0.0	.	.	.	9	.	.	77	113	197	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2020 September*	37.2	0.4	.	.	44.1	3.8	4.3	8.2	8.2	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	89	99	189	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2020 October*	35.2	0.4	.	.	42.3	4.1	5.0	8.1	8.1	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	94	115	186	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2020 November*	33.7	0.5	.	.	39.6	3.9	4.7	7.6	7.6	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	91	109	174	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2020 December*	33.1	0.3	.	.	40.1	3.9	4.3	7.5	7.5	0.0	.	.	.	7	.	.	91	99	172	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2021 January*	28.6	0.3	.	.	40.6	3.8	4.6	7.1	7.1	0.0	.	.	.	8	.	.	88	106	163	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2021 February*	29.2	0.3	.	.	35.9	3.6	4.3	6.0	6.0	0.0	.	.	.	7	.	.	83	99	139	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2021 March*	36.1	0.4	.	.	41.4	4.0	5.1	6.8	6.8	0.0	.	.	.	9	.	.	94	117	156	0	.	.
Total deliveries	2021 April*	34.8	0.4	.	.	41.0	4.0	4.6	6.9	6.9	0.0	.	.	.	9	.	.	92	107	158	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2020 May*	33.7	0.4	.	.	0.7	0.7		0.1	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	8	.	.	16		2	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2020 June*	33.8	0.5	.	.	0.9	0.9		0.1	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	20		3	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2020 July*	36.4	0.4	.	.	0.7	0.7		0.2	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	15		3	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2020 August*	32.7	0.4	.	.	0.6	0.6		0.2	0.2	0.0	.	.	.	9	.	.	14		4	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2020 September*	37.2	0.4	.	.	0.8	0.8		0.2	0.2	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	19		4	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2020 October*	35.2	0.4	.	.	0.9	0.9		0.1	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	20		3	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2020 November*	33.7	0.5	.	.	0.7	0.7		0.2	0.2	0.0	.	.	.	10	.	.	16		4	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2020 December*	33.1	0.3	.	.	0.7	0.7		0.1	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	7	.	.	16		2	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2021 January*	28.6	0.3	.	.	0.8	0.8		0.1	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	8	.	.	18		3	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2021 February*	29.2	0.3	.	.	0.7	0.7		0.1	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	7	.	.	16		2	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2021 March*	36.1	0.4	.	.	0.8	0.8		0.1	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	9	.	.	18		3	0	.	.
Deliveries for final consumption	2021 April*	34.8	0.4	.	.	0.8	0.8		0.1	0.1	0.0	.	.	.	9	.	.	18		3	0	.	.
Deliveries for bunkers	2020 May*					40.9	3.0	4.0	4.7	4.7								69	92	108
Deliveries for bunkers	2020 June*					40.2	2.8	4.4	5.4	5.4								64	102	124
Deliveries for bunkers	2020 July*					42.3	3.3	5.0	7.4	7.4								75	115	170
Deliveries for bunkers	2020 August*					41.6	2.8	4.9	8.4	8.4								64	113	194
Deliveries for bunkers	2020 September*					43.3	3.0	4.3	8.1	8.1								70	99	185
Deliveries for bunkers	2020 October*					41.4	3.2	5.0	8.0	8.0								74	115	183
Deliveries for bunkers	2020 November*					38.9	3.2	4.7	7.4	7.4								75	109	171
Deliveries for bunkers	2020 December*					39.4	3.2	4.3	7.4	7.4								75	99	170
Deliveries for bunkers	2021 January*					39.8	3.0	4.6	6.9	6.9								70	106	159
Deliveries for bunkers	2021 February*					35.2	2.9	4.3	5.9	5.9								66	99	137
Deliveries for bunkers	2021 March*					40.6	3.3	5.1	6.7	6.7								76	117	153
Deliveries for bunkers	2021 April*					40.2	3.2	4.6	6.7	6.7								73	107	155
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table provides information on deliveries of motor fuels for transport and other customers in the Netherlands. Deliveries are either for consumption in the Netherlands and international road transport, which is called final consumption, or for international sea and air transport, which is traditionally called bunkering.

The table gives figure for all modes of transport and Agricultural and mobile equipment. Figures for relevant motor fuels are given by transport category. Pure biofuels for road transport are not included in this table. Blended biofuels are included in the deliveries of motor gasoline and transport diesel. Biofuels are products produced from agricultural crops.

Deliveries of motor fuels are expressed by energy (petajoules) and physical units (million kg or million kWh). Deliveries for road transport are also published in volume (million litres). This table includes figures (in petajoules) on total transport, total road transport, total water transport, total air transport and total rail transport. This is not possible for physical units, due to different units (e.g. kg and kWh) are not countable.

Since 2013, low-duty red diesel no longer sold. The customers of these red diesel, such as construction and agriculture, have since been obliged to fill the high-duty diesel also consumed by road transport. Until August 2016 was a month made a model-based estimate of the share of road transport in the use of diesel. This model-based estimation is no longer considered responsible for determining monthly figures. The difference in consumption of diesel between road transport and other consumers in the tables by month is therefore lapsed. On an annual basis, the difference in consumption of diesel between road transport and other consumers will be published in the following table: 'Energy balance sheet; supply and consumption, sector'.

Data available from:
From 1946.

Status of the figures:
This table contains definite figures until 2018 and provisional from January 2019.
Since this table is discontinued, the figures will not become definite.

Changes as of 30 July 2021:
None; this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
No longer applicable.

This table is succeeded by 'Crude and petroleum products balance sheet; supply and consumption'. See section 3.

Description topics

Motor fuels in petajoule

Amounts of substances, expressed in petajoules, combusted for the propulsion of vehicles transporting persons or goods, mobile- and none mobile equipment, including motor gasoline, transport diesel, kerosene, natural gas, electricity and fuel oil. Pure biofuels for road transport are not included in this table. Blended biofuels are included in the deliveries of motor gasoline and transport diesel.
A joule is a unit of energy equivalent to 0.24 calories. A Petajoule (PJ) equals 1,000,000,000,000,000 joules (10 to the power of 15) and is equivalent to 31.6 million cubic metres of natural gas or 278 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Road transport and other consumers

All passenger and freight transport on public road by car, auto bus, goods vehicle, motorcycle, moped, etc. Includes transport on own premises and consumption of mobile equipment, such as tractors and mobile machinery for construction (which typically do not operate on public roads).

Total road transport and other consumers: Total deliveries of motor fuels for road transport, namely automotive LPG, motor gasoline, diesel, natural gas and electricity. Diesel trains and other diesel engines, such those as used in agriculture and construction.

Automotive LPG: Motor fuel consisting of propane and butane. Often called LPG (liquefied petroleum gas). In summer, the proportion propane/butane is about 60:40, in winter 70:30.

Natural gas: Fuel for vehicles produced from natural gas or biogas or upgraded to natural gas quality. The natural gas is compressed (CNG) or liquefied (LNG) for use in vehicles.

The volumes published here are estimates based on the number of vehicles running on natural gas and the average energy consumption per type of vehicle (mainly cars, vans, HGVs and buses).

Electricity: Electricity from an external source used to power an electric motor. The motor's battery can be charged at special charging points or through a normal socket. Electricity sourced from the internal battery, e.g. in hybrid cars, or through braking energy recovery, is not included here.

The volumes published here are estimates based on the number of vehicles running solely on electricity and the average energy consumption per type of vehicle (mainly cars, vans, HGVs, buses including trolley buses, mopeds and electric bikes).

Water transport

All passenger and freight water transport, like inland water and sea water transport. Excludes fishing.
For the period 1955-1960 fishing is included in the deliveries of gasoil to water transport.

Total water transport: Total deliveries of motor fuels for water transport, namely gasoil and fuel oil.

Heating and other gasoil

Oil for use outside road transport, for example for lighter ship engines. The distillation range of heating gasoil lies between 180 and 380 degrees Celsius, for other gasoil the boiling point is up to 540 degrees Celsius.

Deliveries to inland water transport: Deliveries of heating and other gasoil to all types of inland water transport ships, including deliveries for inland fishing and recreational transport. From 1956 to 1960 all deliveries for final consumption of gasoil for inland water transport are included in deliveries to water transport traders. From 1961 to 1981 this is the case for an unknown part. From 1955 to 1978 all deliveries to bunkers for gasoil for inland water transport are included in deliveries to bunkers for water transport traders. From 1979 onwards this is the case for an unknown part.

Deliveries to sea transport: Deliveries of gasoil to all types of sea transport ships.

Up to 1961 the figures for domestic consumption and deliveries to sea fishing and piloting are included in international transport.

Deliveries to water transport traders: Deliveries of heating and other gasoil to water transport traders. Up to 1990 all deliveries for final consumption of gasoil for inland water transport and fishing are included in deliveries to water transport traders.

Air transport

All passenger air and freight air transport.

Total air transport: Total deliveries of motor fuels for air transport, namely kerosene type jet fuel, aviation gasoline and gasoline type jet fuel.

Kerosene type jet fuel: Fuel for aircraft with an aviation turbine power unit. Kerosene is a medium heavy oil with a distillation range between 150 and 300 degrees Celsius. Certain specifications make it suitable for use in aviation.

Aviation gasoline: Fuel for aircraft with a piston engine. These are often light aircraft with a propeller.

Gasoline type jet fuel: Fuel for aircraft with a jet engine. It is a blend of lighter motor gasoline, heavier kerosene and sometimes naphtha. From 1988 onwards it is no longer delivered to final consumers.

Rail transport

All passenger and freight transport by rail, like train, tram and metro. Excludes transport on own premises.
Trolley buses are included in road transport.

Total rail transport: Total deliveries of motor fuels for rail transport, namely diesel and electricity.

Heating and other gasoil: Oil for use outside road transport, for example for lighter ship engines. The distillation range of heating gasoil lies between 180 and 380 degrees Celsius, for other gasoil the boiling point is up to 540 degrees Celsius.

Electricity: Electricity used by trams and trains.

Motor fuels physical units

Amounts of substances, expressed in million kg or million m3, combusted for the propulsion of vehicles transporting persons or goods and mobile- and none mobile equipment, including motor gasoline, diesel, kerosene, natural gas, electricity and fuel oil. Pure biofuels for road transport are not included in this table. Blended biofuels are included in the deliveries of motor gasoline and transport diesel. Biofuels are products produced from agricultural crops.