U.S. Sulfur Content (Weighted Average) of Crude Oil Input to Refineries (Percent)



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U.S. Sulfur Content (Weighted Average) of Crude Oil Input to Refineries (Percent)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1985	0.88	0.88	0.93	0.90	0.86	0.88	0.89	0.93	0.94	0.93	0.96	0.96
1986	0.94	0.93	0.91	0.93	0.96	0.99	0.98	0.97	0.98	0.99	0.98	0.93
1987	0.98	0.96	0.94	0.91	0.96	1.01	0.99	1.01	1.04	1.04	1.03	1.00
1988	1.04	1.05	1.04	1.04	1.06	1.04	1.02	1.06	1.07	1.05	1.01	1.02
1989	1.02	1.06	1.06	1.07	1.05	1.06	1.06	1.09	1.06	1.08	1.04	1.07

1990	1.08	1.12	1.07	1.03	1.08	1.13	1.14	1.11	1.07	1.13	1.11	1.12
1991	1.15	1.14	1.14	1.09	1.11	1.09	1.13	1.15	1.15	1.15	1.17	1.15
1992	1.16	1.18	1.20	1.20	1.16	1.16	1.14	1.18	1.16	1.13	1.14	1.16
1993	1.18	1.15	1.11	1.10	1.13	1.17	1.14	1.17	1.17	1.13	1.14	1.18
1994	1.13	1.12	1.13	1.14	1.17	1.15	1.16	1.16	1.14	1.14	1.16	1.13

1995	1.09	1.12	1.13	1.11	1.14	1.16	1.16	1.10	1.13	1.10	1.11	1.16
1996	1.11	1.13	1.15	1.14	1.12	1.11	1.14	1.19	1.16	1.17	1.18	1.18
1997	1.21	1.20	1.23	1.26	1.24	1.25	1.28	1.28	1.29	1.27	1.28	1.26
1998	1.26	1.32	1.34	1.34	1.29	1.33	1.32	1.30	1.30	1.31	1.26	1.29
1999	1.28	1.31	1.34	1.30	1.30	1.35	1.35	1.35	1.32	1.35	1.33	1.34

2000	1.37	1.32	1.33	1.28	1.33	1.31	1.33	1.35	1.37	1.31	1.38	1.42
2001	1.41	1.42	1.45	1.39	1.37	1.44	1.40	1.42	1.36	1.44	1.46	1.44
2002	1.45	1.47	1.37	1.38	1.39	1.41	1.40	1.40	1.42	1.40	1.41	1.47
2003	1.46	1.44	1.43	1.45	1.48	1.43	1.42	1.39	1.38	1.38	1.45	1.41
2004	1.42	1.39	1.40	1.43	1.44	1.42	1.43	1.42	1.46	1.44	1.48	1.46

2005	1.42	1.43	1.44	1.42	1.46	1.44	1.43	1.40	1.36	1.38	1.43	1.43
2006	1.40	1.46	1.44	1.41	1.39	1.41	1.42	1.41	1.40	1.39	1.45	1.39
2007	1.39	1.42	1.46	1.40	1.40	1.45	1.45	1.44	1.43	1.43	1.46	1.48
2008	1.44	1.47	1.50	1.46

Updated on 6/26/2008

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration