Ireland · Oil imports
Ireland: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
In 2023, Ireland imported 2.9 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (65%), Azerbaijan (22%) and Norway (9%). Its refined-product imports were 4.8 million tonnes, most from the United Kingdom (45%), the United States (21%) and the Netherlands (15%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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, 2023
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- United States
- Norway
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Nigeria
- Azerbaijan
- Other origins
- Origin not published
- No imports reported
Every crude origin, 2023
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:65% | Thousand tonnes:1,862 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:22% | Thousand tonnes:617 | |
| Norway | Share:9% | Thousand tonnes:251 | |
| Canada | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:88 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:34 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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, 2023
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:2.78 Mt · United States 32%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.26 Mt · United Kingdom 82%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuelshown below | Imports:1.36 Mt · United Kingdom 95%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.16 Mt · United States 61%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.06 Mt · Belgium 49%months: 6 with imports · 3 reported none · 3 not published |
| Naphtha | Imports:none importedmonths: 12 reported none |
| LPG | Imports:0.17 Mt · United Kingdom 86%months: 12 with imports |
Jet fuel
In 2023, Ireland imported 1.4 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from the United Kingdom (95%), the Netherlands (4%) and Belgium (0.5%).
Share of jet fuel imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- Saudi Arabia
- United Kingdom
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- United Arab Emirates
- France
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Share:95% | Thousand tonnes:1,301 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:4% | Thousand tonnes:51 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| Norway | Share:0.4% | Thousand tonnes:6 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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–June 2026 | Crude oil:1.43 Mt · United States 75%months: 6 with imports | Refined products:2.39 Mt · United Kingdom 55%months: 6 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:2.96 Mt · United States 62%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.66 Mt · United Kingdom 57%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:2.00 Mt · United States 87%months: 10 with imports · 2 reported none | Refined products:5.70 Mt · United Kingdom 50%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023shown below | Crude oil:2.85 Mt · United States 65%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.80 Mt · United Kingdom 45%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:3.13 Mt · United States 62%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.87 Mt · United Kingdom 81%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:3.05 Mt · United States 57%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.38 Mt · United Kingdom 58%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:3.10 Mt · United States 70%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.47 Mt · United Kingdom 65%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:2.60 Mt · United States 69%months: 11 with imports · 1 reported none | Refined products:5.43 Mt · United Kingdom 60%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018 | Crude oil:2.98 Mt · Norway 45%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.19 Mt · United Kingdom 59%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:3.29 Mt · Norway 59%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:5.20 Mt · United Kingdom 65%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:3.20 Mt · Norway 81%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.73 Mt · United Kingdom 69%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:3.64 Mt · Norway 71%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:4.52 Mt · United Kingdom 76%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2023
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.
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.