Australian Bureau of Statistics 1301.0 - Year Book Australia,
2006 Previous ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME)
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ENERGY CONVERSION AND SUPPLY LOSSES The energy conversion
sectors represent an intermediate stage in the energy supply
chain. These sectors transform primary energy products into more
useful, higher value-added secondary (derived) energy products.
Petroleum refiners, for example, transform crude oil into
petroleum products such as petrol and diesel. The main energy
conversion sectors, comprising electricity generators, gas
manufacturers, petroleum refiners, and operators of coke ovens
and blast furnaces, are significant users of primary energy
products. Of the conversion sectors, the petroleum refining and
electricity generation sectors are the two main users of energy.
In 2003-04 these two conversion sectors used 1,511 PJ and 2,334
PJ respectively (table 17.15). Since 1998-99 energy use by the
petroleum refining sector has declined