Gas and oil accounted for 43 percent of Dow's costs this year; in 2002, they represented 29 percent.

Gas and oil for cars account for $24 of that, down from $50 in 1981.

Foreign oil accounted for 50.9 percent of total demand in July and contributes more than $50 billion yearly to the nation's trade deficit.

As a direct share of the gross domestic product, oil accounted for 8.5 percent of the economy in 1980.

In the early 1980s oil accounted for about 13% of their import bill.

The crude oil accounted for 6% of the revenue for 2011.

But oil now accounts for only 5 percent of electricity generation, leaving relatively less room for improvement in that sector.

If all goes to plan, oil should account for some 50% of demand in 1990 and 38% in the year 2000.

In 1982 crude oil accounted for more than half the total cost of imports.

Coal and oil together account for 66% of the energy consumption of India.