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U.S. Refinery and Blender Net Production of Liquefied Petroleum Gases - Normal Butane/Butylene (Thousand Barrels)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1981 799 890 736 1,087 1,210 1,603 1,460 823 815 293 337 -299
  1982 -399 146 58 430 313 735 800 662 529 116 -208 -159
  1983 -88 197 793 1,071 1,029 1,779 2,023 2,012 1,935 1,656 1,093 1,019
  1984 1,237 1,200 2,330 2,414 2,664 3,059 2,738 2,555 1,375 1,475 773 851
  1985 1,633 2,090 2,509 2,809 2,997 3,491 3,431 3,199 2,791 1,767 1,216 2,145
  1986 2,884 2,926 3,065 3,482 2,972 3,195 3,939 3,323 2,504 2,724 2,168 1,828
  1987 2,431 2,345 3,737 3,674 3,344 3,519 4,264 3,537 3,249 2,947 2,197 2,484
  1988 3,095 3,152 4,047 3,595 3,507 4,180 4,381 4,437 3,745 3,772 2,630 2,812
  1989 2,848 2,751 4,503 5,103 6,359 6,064 6,102 5,670 4,192 3,223 2,000 1,094
  1990 1,057 915 3,600 3,667 4,590 4,570 4,241 3,810 1,451 198 -1,792 -1,695
  1991 -1,081 1,127 3,963 4,848 5,809 5,482 4,914 4,621 1,367 549 -1,357 -1,571
  1992 -979 1,348 5,248 6,905 6,777 6,731 7,094 6,766 2,766 1,551 -928 -1,505
  1993 -1,592 81 4,874 6,397 6,841 7,029 7,027 6,590 2,820 256 -1,422 -1,975
  1994 -1,121 917 4,074 6,793 7,020 7,192 7,368 7,012 2,938 857 -1,984 -795
  1995 -147 739 4,574 7,205 8,098 7,822 7,496 7,607 2,562 -439 -2,052 -1,915
  1996 -740 419 4,196 6,936 7,512 7,179 6,781 6,456 2,709 249 -2,456 -1,572
  1997 -882 -113 3,304 6,436 7,070 7,190 7,229 7,564 1,890 -1,042 -3,408 -3,036
  1998 -2,023 154 3,672 6,673 7,280 6,242 6,939 6,495 1,305 -732 -3,147 -3,525
  1999 -2,816 -893 3,672 7,112 7,064 6,614 6,936 7,591 3,064 -978 -3,660 -4,490
  2000 -2,349 -736 3,129 7,293 8,031 7,793 8,290 7,951 1,867 -518 -4,369 -2,564
  2001 -1,883 -456 3,535 7,230 8,394 8,077 8,146 7,834 2,007 -1,405 -4,193 -3,749
  2002 -2,926 -322 3,287 6,698 7,286 7,201 7,929 7,801 1,370 -1,443 -4,969 -4,198
  2003 -3,157 -1,738 3,587 7,627 8,854 7,480 7,961 7,649 1,086 -1,693 -4,930 -4,567
  2004 -3,956 -2,487 2,455 7,248 8,141 7,614 7,833 7,286 1,447 -3,438 -5,719 -5,471
  2005 -4,241 -2,244 2,431 7,319 7,538 8,436 7,899 7,186 -1,646 -5,191 -6,118 -5,780
  2006 -4,576 -1,059 2,566 6,834 7,967 7,988 8,187 8,070 1,319 -1,148 -5,203 -6,638
  2007 -4,406 -2,110 2,981 7,188 8,468 8,299 7,418 7,645 1,269 -1,848 -5,658 -5,074
  2008 -3,963 -1,488 3,456 7,559

Updated on 6/26/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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