United Kingdom Oil

Summary Table

  Barrels Global Rank
2,754,685,000 30th in the world

  Barrels per Day Global Rank
1,083,928 19th in the world
1,583,896 15th in the world
Daily Deficit
-499,968  
Oil Imports
 797,631  
Oil Exports
620,188  
177,443  
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Oil Reserves in the United Kingdom

See also: List of countries by Oil Reserves

The United Kingdom holds 2,754,685,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2016, ranking 30th in the world and accounting for about 0.2% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000 barrels.

The United Kingdom has proven reserves equivalent to 4.8 times its annual consumption. This means that, without imports, there would be about 5 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Oil Reserves
2,754,685,000 barrels
Global Rank: 30th | Share of World: 0.17 %
5 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in the United Kingdom

Oil Consumption in the United Kingdom

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  • The United Kingdom consumes 1,583,896 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.
  • The United Kingdom ranks 15th in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 1.6% of the world's total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.
  • The United Kingdom consumes 1.01 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 65,655,203 people), or 370 gallons per capita per year (9 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in the United Kingdom

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  • The United Kingdom produces 1,083,928.37 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking 19th in the world.
  • The United Kingdom produces every year an amount equivalent to 14.4% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Imports

  • The United Kingdom imports 11% of its oil consumption (177,443 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production

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