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Diesel Fuel in Canada - Key Industries
We estimated the required consumption info using data from Canada's National Energy Board and National Resources Canada due to the lack of this data in the public domain. In 2018, our calculation showed that Canada's entire transportation section sector consumed 7,227 trillion liters of diesel fuel. The industrial sector (mining, manufacturing, and the oil and gas extraction industries) consumed 3,613 trillion liters; the agricultural and commercial sectors consumed 1,084 trillion liters, and the domestic sector consumed 240 billion liters. However, Statistics Canada reported that in 2017, Canada's railway industry consumed 2,040,497,000 liters of diesel fuel while the urban transit and passenger bus sectors consumed 784,580,000 liters.
INDUSTRIES THAT USE THE MOST DIESEL FUEL IN CANADA
- A 2018 report by Canada's National Energy Board revealed the industries with the most demand for petroleum products. As per the report, they included the transportation sector (60%); the industrial sector, which includes mining, manufacturing, and the oil and gas extraction sectors (30%); the agricultural and commercial sectors (9%), and the domestic sector (2%).
- In 2018, Canadians consumed 110 billion liters of petroleum products per day, according to the Natural Resources Canada's report; diesel fuel accounted for 30% of this daily consumption.
- In 2018, our calculation showed that Canada's entire transportation section sector consumed 7,227 trillion liters of diesel fuel. The industrial sector (mining, manufacturing, and the oil and gas extraction industries) consumed 3,613 trillion liters; the agricultural and commercial sectors consumed 1,084 trillion liters, and the domestic sector consumed 240 billion liters.
- As of 2017, Canada's railway industry consumed 2,040,497,000 liters of diesel fuel while the urban transit and passenger bus sectors consumed 784,580,000 liters, as per data by Statistics Canada.
RESEARCH STRATEGY
We investigated official Canadian directories relevant to the oil industry such as Natural Resources Canada, the National Energy Board, and the Canadian Fuels Association in search of studies, surveys, or statistics, which revealed the annual consumption of diesel fuel in the country. Unfortunately, there was no report by these domains with data specific to the use of diesel fuel by industries. Instead, we discovered a report by Canada's National Energy Board, which disclosed the industries with the most demand for all petroleum products combined. Also, we found another report by Natural Resources Canada with insights into the daily consumption of petroleum products in Canada, including diesel oil.
Therefore, we proceeded to investigate the Statistics Canada portal with the hope of locating statistical reports of the consumption of diesel fuel by industry in Canada. This investigation produced only two reports showing that in 2017, Canada's railway industry consumed 2,040,497,000 liters of diesel fuel while the urban transit and passenger bus sectors consumed 784,580,000 liters. Again, there were no statistics in the public domain by the Statistics Canada portal relevant to the consumption of diesel fuel in Canada for all industries; neither was there any report revealing those that consumed it the most.
Next, we examined reports by trusted media and energy websites in Canada, hoping to find info specific to the most consumption of diesel fuel in Canada by industry. For this, we researched Energynow.ca, Bore Report, Calgary Herald, and others. This research did not yield any info relevant to the consumption of diesel fuel in Canada by industries; instead, we only found reports with insights into data already discovered in our earlier research. Hence, due to the lack of required data in the public domain pertinent to the industries with the most consumption of diesel fuel in Canada, we estimated the requested information using data available in the public domain.
CALCULATIONS
In 2018, Canada's domestic consumption of petroleum products was 110 billion liters per day. Out of this volume, diesel fuel accounted for 30% of this daily consumption, according to Natural Resources Canada's 2018 report. From this info, we estimated the 2018 domestic consumption of diesel in Canada as follows: [(daily consumption of diesel fuel) x (one year)]
Also, in 2018, as a report by the National Energy Board in Canada, the industries with the most demand for petroleum products were the transportation sector (60%); the industrial sector, which includes mining, manufacturing sectors, and the oil and gas extraction sectors (30%); the agricultural and commercial sectors (9%), and the domestic sector (2%).
Next, we took it that the industries with the most demand for petroleum products, based on a 2018 report by Canada's National Energy Board, also consumed the most diesel fuel in the country. Thus, we estimated the consumption for each industry in 2018, as follows:
1. The transportation industry (60%) = [(estimated volume of diesel fuel consumed in 2018)*percentage demanded by the transportation industry in 2018]
2. The industrial industry (mining, manufacturing sectors, and the oil and gas extraction sectors) (30%) = [(estimated volume of diesel fuel consumed in 2018)*percentage demanded by the industrial industry in 2018]
3. The agricultural and commercial sectors (9%) = [(estimated volume of diesel fuel consumed in 2018)*percentage demanded by the agricultural and commercial sectors in 2018]
4. The domestic sector (2%) = [(estimated volume of diesel fuel consumed in 2018)*percentage demanded by the domestic sector in 2018]