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 2021, Ireland imported 3.0 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (57%), Norway (27%) and Canada (12%). Its refined-product imports were 4.4 million tonnes, most from the United Kingdom (58%), the Netherlands (10%) and Belgium (8%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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, 2021
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, 2021
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:57% | Thousand tonnes:1,740 | |
| Norway | Share:27% | Thousand tonnes:828 | |
| Canada | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:361 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:88 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:33 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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, 2021
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:2.69 Mt · United Kingdom 52%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.22 Mt · United Kingdom 76%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.72 Mt · United Kingdom 86%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.23 Mt · United Kingdom 97%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.37 Mt · Belgium 82%months: 11 with imports · 1 reported none |
| Naphtha | Imports:none importedmonths: 12 reported none |
| LPGshown below | Imports:0.15 Mt · United Kingdom 84%months: 12 with imports |
LPG
In 2021, Ireland imported 145 thousand tonnes of lpg, most from the United Kingdom (84%), the Netherlands (10%) and Norway (2%).
Share of lpg imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Norway
- France
- Spain
- Other origins
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Share:84% | Thousand tonnes:122 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:10% | Thousand tonnes:15 | |
| Norway | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| SpainEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:3 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:2 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:0.6% | Thousand tonnes:1 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2021
- 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 |
| 2023 | 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 |
| 2021shown below | 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
- 2021
- 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.