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Fossil Fuels: Imports

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 10 January 2025UIN 21090

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the (a) countries of origin, (b) value, and (c) volume of imported (i) oil and (ii) gas in each year since 2010.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Annual oil and gas imports volume and value figures are published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics, Annex Table G.1: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dukes-foreign-trade-statistics

More detailed import volume data are also published in individual chapter tables.

For oil see Table 3.7: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/petroleum-chapter-3-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes

For gas see Table 4.5: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/natural-gas-chapter-4-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes

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