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 2019, Ireland imported 2.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from the United States (69%), Norway (23%) and Canada (7%). Its refined-product imports were 5.4 million tonnes, most from the United Kingdom (60%), the United States (9%) and Russia (8%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2019
- 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, 2019
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, 2019
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Share:69% | Thousand tonnes:1,788 | |
| Norway | Share:23% | Thousand tonnes:590 | |
| Canada | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:176 | |
| United Kingdom | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:41 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2019
- 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, 2019
Calculated2% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road dieselshown below | Imports:2.87 Mt · United Kingdom 48%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrol | Imports:0.61 Mt · United Kingdom 47%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:1.49 Mt · United Kingdom 80%months: 12 with imports |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.26 Mt · United Kingdom 91%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.05 Mt · United Kingdom 87%months: 12 with imports |
| Naphtha | Imports:none importedmonths: 10 reported none · 1 not published |
| LPG | Imports:0.14 Mt · United Kingdom 68%months: 12 with imports |
Road diesel
In 2019, Ireland imported 2.9 million tonnes of road diesel, most from the United Kingdom (48%), the United States (17%) and Russia (16%).
0.6% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.
Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- United States
- Russia
- Sweden
- Belgium
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Share:48% | Thousand tonnes:1,390 | |
| United States | Share:17% | Thousand tonnes:487 | |
| Russia | Share:16% | Thousand tonnes:448 | |
| SwedenEU | Share:7% | Thousand tonnes:207 | |
| NetherlandsEU | Share:5% | Thousand tonnes:158 | |
| Norway | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:96 | |
| BelgiumEU | Share:2% | Thousand tonnes:45 | |
| Canada | Share:0.7% | Thousand tonnes:21 | |
| DenmarkEU | Share:0.2% | Thousand tonnes:6 | |
| Cannot be traced to a named country | 0.6% | 16 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2019
- 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 |
| 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 |
| 2019shown below | 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
- 2019
- 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.