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Oil consumption in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2004 to 2024 (in 1,000 barrels daily)

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Release date

June 2025

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2004 to 2024

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Supplementary notes

This report was previously published by BP.
Figures refer to inland demand as well as international aviation and marine bunkers and refinery fuel and loss. Biogasoline and biodiesel consumption are excluded.

This statistic was compiled using several releases of the publication.

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Consumption of oil in the United Kingdom has seen an overall decline during the displayed period, falling to **** million barrels per day by 2024. Most oil consumption in the UK is used for transport, especially road transport. However, demand is expected to decline in the following decades. In comparison, the consumption by the aviation sector is set to increase.

Imports higher than production

Since 2010, the UK’s crude oil production has mostly been in decline, despite recording increases in 2015 and 2016. Production had fallen to nearly ** barrels per day by 2023. Projections for production show a gradual decrease to an estimated **** million metric tons of oil equivalent by 2050. Demand is set to be nearly * the amount of indigenous production.

Oil reserves in decline

Along with Norway, the UK holds the greatest oil reserves in the North Sea. However, these have been in decline for decades. Between the end of 1995 and the end of 2023, proved reserves fell from over **** billion barrels to *** billion barrels.