Taiwan's energy supply in the first five months of this year amounted to 57.10 million kiloliters of crude oil equivalent (KLOE), up 4.14 percent from the same period of last year, according to a report released yesterday by the Bureau of Energy.
Meanwhile, energy consumption during the January-May period increased 2.97 percent from last year's level to 43.70 million KLOE, the report shows.
Around 98.23 percent of the nation's total energy used during the first five months was imported.
With continuing hikes in international crude oil, liquefied natural gas and coal prices, the value of imported energy grew 44.53 percent in the five months to May compared with the same period last year.
Energy consumption in the electrical and electronic machinery sector climbed the most at 12.84 percent, followed by the chemical material manufacturing industry at 5.4 percent, the commercial sector at 4.41 percent, the industrial sector at 3.74 percent, the transportation sector at 3.44 percent, the steel industry at 3.02 percent and the household sector at 1.32 percent.
The agricultural sector posted a decrease of 21.57 percent in energy consumption, while the oil refining industry decreased consumption by 4 percent.
In terms of quantity of energy supplies, crude oil and related products reached 30.63 million KLOE, up 7.47 percent from a year ago, while a total of 19.92 million KLOE of oil products was consumed, up 6.04 percent.
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