Investor Presentaiton
LPRO: LEGISLATIVE POLICY AND RESEARCH OFFICE
PETROLEUM
BACKGROUND BRIEF
Oregon imports 100 percent of its petroleum, more than 90 percent from refineries in
Washington's Puget Sound region. 5 Oregon, along with Alaska, Arizona, California,
Hawaii, Nevada, and Washington, form a nearly self-contained system of petroleum
production and consumption.
Approximately 80 percent of the crude oil the
Puget Sound refineries use originates in Alaska's
North Slope oil fields. This percentage is
changing as Puget Sound refineries increasingly
source crude oil from the Western Canada
Sedimentary Basin (tar sands and wells), and the
oil fields in Alaska decline. Less than five percent
of Puget Sound refineries' crude oil comes from
the continental United States, Mexico, Indonesia
or the Middle East. However, these percentages
are changing as refineries in Washington now
receive crude oil by rail from the Bakken field in
Montana/North Dakota.6
Ninety-three percent of Oregon's transportation
fuel comes from petroleum-based products.
NATURAL GAS
ALASKA NORTH SLOPE
OIL FIELD
VALDEZ
REFINERIES
TRANS ALASKA.
PIPELINES
WESTERN CANADA
SEDIMENTARY BASIN
TRANS MOUNTAIN
PIPELINE
OLYMPIC PIPELINE
PORTLAND
CHEVRON
PIPELINE
SALT LAKE CITY
REFINERIES
An increase in Oregon's renewable energy has had an effect on other resources in the
electricity mix. The percentage of natural gas-powered electricity in Oregon has increased
from 12.1 percent in 2012 to 18.4 percent in 2016.7 There has also been a 60 percent
Oregon Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines and Utility Territories
NW Natural
Cascade Natural
Gas
Avista
MAUPIN
JOHN DAY
LAQRANDE
increase in natural gas
used for electricity
between 2012 and 2016.
Northwest Natural,
Cascade Natural Gas,
and Avista are the
state's investor-owned
natural gas distribution
utilities.
Transmission
Pipelines
COOS BAY
BOSEBURG
References: 1, 15, 17, 20
GOLD BEACH
MEDFORD
KLAMATH FALLB
Biennial Energy Report Chapter 1- Page 16
Map 1: Oregon's
Natural Gas
Transmission Lines and
Service Territories.
5 EIA Oregon Profile Analysis. Available online: http://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.cfm?sid=OR
6 EIA Washington Profile Analysis. Available online: https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.cfm?sid=WA
7
Oregon Department of Energy 2018 Biennial Energy Report https://www.oregon.gov/energy/Data-and-
Reports/Documents/2018-Biennial-Energy-Report.PDF
August 8, 2019
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