Ireland · Oil imports
Ireland: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
In 2018, Ireland imported 2.9 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Norway (47%), the United Kingdom (20%) and the United States (19%). Its refined-product imports were 5.0 million tonnes, most from the United Kingdom (61%), Russia (13%) and Sweden (8%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Crude oil, 2018
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Norway
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Algeria
- Azerbaijan
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | Share:47% | Thousand tonnes:1,354 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:20% | Thousand tonnes:569 | |
| United States | Share:19% | Thousand tonnes:564 | |
| Canada | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:189 | |
| Algeria | Share:6% | Thousand tonnes:171 | |
| Nigeria | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:57 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:1 | |
| SpainEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 | |
| PolandEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Refined products, 2018
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:2.76 Mt · United Kingdom 48%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.40 Mt · United Kingdom 73%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:1.58 Mt · United Kingdom 81%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.04 Mt · Canada 44%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.06 Mt · United Kingdom 100%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:0.01 Mt · France 51%months: 12 with imports |
| LPG | Imports:0.14 Mt · United Kingdom 64%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2018, Ireland imported 1.6 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the United Kingdom (81%), the Netherlands (10%) and Spain (3%).
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- United Kingdom
- Kuwait
- United Arab Emirates
- Netherlands
- Saudi Arabia
- China
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Share:81% | Thousand tonnes:1,275 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:160 | |
| SpainEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:55 | |
| FranceEU | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| United States | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:14 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:12 | |
| GermanyEU | Share:<0.1% | Thousand tonnes:<1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.
Year by year
CalculatedSelect a year to see its origins above.
| Year | Crude oilmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published | Refined productsmillion tonnes, seven product families · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|---|
| January–July 2026 | Crude oil:1.55 Mt · United States 82%months: 7 with imports | Refined products:2.41 Mt · United Kingdom 39%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:3.12 Mt · United States 69%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.83 Mt · Netherlands 34%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:1.91 Mt · United States 95%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.71 Mt · United Kingdom 30%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:2.99 Mt · United States 60%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.92 Mt · United Kingdom 38%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:2.99 Mt · United States 65%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.67 Mt · United Kingdom 64%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:3.02 Mt · United States 55%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.37 Mt · United Kingdom 50%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:2.91 Mt · United States 78%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:3.95 Mt · United Kingdom 72%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:2.61 Mt · United States 72%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.11 Mt · United Kingdom 56%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:2.91 Mt · Norway 47%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.99 Mt · United Kingdom 61%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:3.37 Mt · Norway 57%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.17 Mt · United Kingdom 76%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:3.13 Mt · Norway 84%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.97 Mt · United Kingdom 75%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:3.49 Mt · Norway 71%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.71 Mt · United Kingdom 79%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) - Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (international trade in goods, detailed data)
- Eurostat Comext — EU trade since 1988 by CN8 (refined products, CN 2710 and 2711)
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country the cargo was shipped from, as customs record it. Transit hubs such as the Netherlands therefore appear as sources; for crude oil, the default view counts by the country of production instead.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.