EIA-821 Reference Guide

FORM EIA-821 ANNUAL FUEL OIL AND KEROSENE SALES REPORT
LINE-BY-LINE REFERENCE GUIDE
Kerosene
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Sold directly to consumers for:

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Residential Use (Non-Farm):

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Commercial Use:

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Backup generator
Home heating and cooking
Personal lawn equipment
EXCLUDE: Apartment buildings and Farmhouses
Apartment building
Bank
Casino
Church
College/School/Institution
Department/Retail store
Environmental clean-up service
Flushing fuel lines
Forestry service
Golf course
Government (Federal, State, local, and district; INCLUDE fuel used in
vehicles)
Hazardous waste company
Hospital
Hotel/Motel
Landfill site government owned
Landscaping
Laundry company
Lumber yard that sells the lumber
Medical service
Port Authority/publicly owned port or loading dock
Post/Base exchanges (PX) for use at location
Ski resort
Utilities not generating electricity (e.g., sewer, gas, and water)
Also INCLUDE: Military Use as defined on page 3 for Lines 30 through 32
Off-highway Use as defined on page 3 for Lines 41 through 46
On-highway Use as defined on page 3 for Lines 39 and 40
Railroad Use as defined on page 2 for Lines 24 through 26
Vessel Bunkering as defined on page 2 for Lines 27 through 29
EXCLUDE: Kero-jet/jet fuel

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Industrial Use:

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Farm Use:

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All Other Uses (Including own company, please
specify):

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Asphalt (blacktop) production companies
Assembly plant
Chemical production company
Food processing company
Gravel pit/Quarry
Manufacturing company
Manufacturing or repairing ships, vessels, and boats
Mills - saw/paper
Mining company/Strip mine
Printing/publishing company
Recycling company
Also INCLUDE: Electric Power Use as defined on page 3 for Lines 33 through
35
Oil Company Use as defined on page 2 for Lines 21 through 23
Crop heater/Smudge pot
Farm home heating
Livestock and animal production
Planting and harvesting
Company's own use
Please specify the use of any volumes
Also INCLUDE: Volumes not listed in Lines 1 through 4 above or Line 6 below

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Sold to Dealers, Resellers, and Refiners:

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Total Kerosene (Add Lines 1 thru 6)

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Company that resells the product
Gas station
Post/Base exchanges (PX) for resale
Refiner
Truck stop

If you have any questions or if you sell to types of companies not included on the guide, please call:

1-800-638-8812.

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Distillate Fuel Oil
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Residential Use (Non-Farm):
No. 1
No. 2
Commercial Use (See Reference Guide):
No. 1

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No. 2 Fuel Oil

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No. 2 Diesel ≤ 15 ppm Sulfur, Ultra Low

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No. 2 Diesel > 15 and ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Backup generator
Home heating and cooking
Personal lawn equipment
EXCLUDE: Apartment buildings and Farmhouses

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Airport ground equipment
Apartment building
Bank
Casino
Church
College/School/Institution
Company's own use (EXCLUDE diesel used in your on-road vehicles)
Department store/Retail Store
Environmental clean-up service
Flushing fuel lines
Forestry service
Golf course
Government (Federal, State, local, and district; INCLUDE fuel used in
vehicles)
Hazardous waste company
Hospital
Hotel/Motel
Landfill site government owned (exclude private landfill, see Off-highway, as
defined on page 3 for Lines 41 through 43)
Landscaping
Laundry company
Lumber yard that sells the lumber
Medical service
Port Authority/publicly owned port or loading dock
Post/Base exchanges (PX) for use at location
Ski resort
Utilities not generating electricity (e.g., sewer, gas, and water)
EXCLUDE: Buses, trucks, and trucking companies. See On-highway Diesel Use
(Lines 39 and 40) as defined on page 3.

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Industrial Use (Manufacturing and Mining):
No. 1

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Oil Company Use (Drilling and Own Company
Refining):
No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

Asphalt (blacktop) production companies
Assembly plant
Chemical production company
Food processing company
Gravel pit/Quarry
Manufacturing company
Manufacturing or repairing ships, vessels, and boats
Mills - saw/paper
Mining company/Strip mine
Printing/publishing company
Recycling company

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Company's own use for all equipment at the refinery/gas plant
INCLUDE: Volumes used or sold to oil and natural gas companies for drilling,
exploration, field service and pipelines
EXCLUDE: Diesel used in your on-road vehicles and feed stocks

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Railroad company (Transit and Scenic)

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No. 2 Fuel Oil

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No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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No. 4

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Other Distillate

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Railroad Use:
No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Other Distillate

If you have any questions or if you sell to types of companies not included on the guide, please call:

1-800-638-8812.

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Vessel Bunkering:
No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Other Distillate

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Military Use:
No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Other Distillate

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Electric Power (Electric utility and Nonutility)
No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Other Distillate

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Farm Use:
No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Other Distillate
On-highway Diesel Use:
Diesel ≤ 15 ppm Sulfur, Ultra Low
Diesel > 15 and ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low

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Off-highway Use: Construction
No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Other Distillate

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Off-highway Use: Other (Specify e.g., Logging)
No. 2 Diesel ≤ 500 ppm Sulfur, Low
(include Ultra Low Sulfur)

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No. 2 Diesel > 500 ppm Sulfur, High

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Other Distillate
All Other Uses (Specify):

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Sold to Dealers, Resellers, and Refiners:

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Total Distillate (Add Lines 8 thru 48)

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Barge company
Fire Boat
Fishing Boat
Marina
Police Boat
Vessel/Ship
EXCLUDE: Military Use

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Army Corps of Engineers
Coast Guard (include bunker fuel for vessels)
Defense Energy Support Center (DESC)
Military
United States Armed Services (include bunker fuel for vessels)
EXCLUDE: Post/Base exchanges (PX) for resale

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Electric power generation company (includes combined heat and power plants)
that sell electricity on or into the grid.

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Crop heater/Smudge pots
Farm equipment
Farm home heating
Irrigation pumps for farms
Livestock and animal production
Planting and harvesting

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Line 40 should be blank due to EPA standards for on-highway diesel
Report No.1 and No. 2 Diesel
Bus (private, public, and transit authority) company
Company operated retail outlet/card-lock
Company's own use in vehicles for marketing and distribution
Post/Base exchanges (PX) for resale
School buses
Trucks that travel on the road
Trucking company
EXCLUDE: Government vehicles

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Construction company
Construction crane
Dredging Company
Earth moving equipment
Excavating company
Landfill site privately owned (exclude government landfill, see Commercial, as
defined on page 2 for Lines 10 through 15)
Paving company
Road building/repair

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Geothermal energy drilling company
Logging company
Privately owned port or loading dock
Truck refrigeration unit (reefer)
Scrap/junk yard
Water well drilling company

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Please specify the use of any volumes

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Company that resells the product
Gas station
Refiner
Truck stop

If you have any questions or if you sell to types of companies not included on the guide, please call:

1-800-638-8812.

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Residual Fuel Oil – No. 5 and No. 6

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Commercial Use (Nonmanufacturing):

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Industrial Use (Manufacturing and Mining):

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Oil Company Use (Drilling and Own Company
Refining):

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Vessel Bunkering (Shipping and Boating):

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Military Use:

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Electric Power (Electric utility and Nonutility)

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Apartment building
Bank
Casino
Church
College/School/Institution
Department/Retail store
Environmental clean-up service
Forestry service
Golf course
Government (Federal, State, local and district)
Hazardous waste company
Hospital
Hotel/Motel
Laundry company
Lumber yard that sells the lumber
Medical service
Port Authority/publicly owned port or loading dock
Post/Base exchanges (PX) for use at location
School bus company, non-vehicle use
Ski resort
Utilities not generating electricity (e.g., sewer, gas, and water)
Also INCLUDE: Off-highway as defined on page 3 for Lines 41 through 46

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Asphalt (blacktop) production companies
Assembly plant
Chemical production company
Food processing company
Gravel pit/Quarry
Manufacturing company
Manufacturing or repairing ships, vessels, and boats
Mills - saw/paper
Mining company/Strip mine
Printing/publishing company
Recycling company
Company's own use for all equipment at the refinery/gas plant
INCLUDE: Volumes used or sold to oil and natural gas companies for drilling,
exploration, field service and pipelines
EXCLUDE: Feed stocks

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Barge company
Fire/Police/Fishing Boats
Vessel/Ship
EXCLUDE: Military Use
Army Corps of Engineers
Coast Guard (include bunker fuel for vessels)
Defense Energy Support Center (DESC)
Military
United States Armed Services (include bunker fuel for vessels)
Electric power generation company (includes combined heat and power plants)
that sell electricity on or into the grid.

All Other Uses (Specify):

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Sold to Dealers, Resellers, and Refiners:

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Total Residual (Add Lines 50 thru 57)

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Please specify the use of any volumes
Also INCLUDE: Railroad Use as defined on page 2 for Lines 24 through 26
Farm Use as defined on page 3 for Lines 36 through 38
Company that resells the product
Refiner

How to Submit Forms:
Preferred method: Secure File Transfer option available at:

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Fax form to:

1-202-586-9772, Attn: EIA-821

Mail form to:

Oil & Gas Survey
U.S. Department of Energy (EI-25)
Attn: EIA-821
Ben Franklin Station
P.O. Box 279
Washington, DC 20044-0279