Oil and Natural Gas: Imports

(asked on 2nd June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the amount of (1) oil and (2) gas imported to and used in the UK in each of the years 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 and 2025–26.


Answered by
Lord Whitehead Portrait
Lord Whitehead
This question was answered on 16th June 2026

Data are presented in the table below. Production is the amount extracted from the North Sea along with small amounts of onshore production. Refinery receipts represent crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and process oils (i.e. partly refined oils) as received by UK refineries. Receipts can be processed or go into stock for later use at the refinery or exports. Indigenous refinery receipts represent crude oil and NGLs received by refineries from UK production. For gas, due to the interconnected nature of gas pipeline infrastructure and the consequent mixing of UK continental shelf production and imports it is not possible to determine exactly what proportion of indigenously produced gas is used domestically.

thousand tonnes

Production

Imports

Refinery receipts

Total

Indigenous

2021

40,866

38,061

48,498

6,766

2022

38,166

43,019

53,736

7,220

2023

33,361

41,389

51,840

6,754

2024

30,388

44,573

51,960

4,002

2025 [provisional]

31,180

40,493

48,150

4,666

Natural Gas

GWh

Production

Imports

2021

363,992

560,844

2022

423,226

618,291

2023

383,037

494,919

2024

343,722

453,301

2025 [provisional]

332,444

463,692

Notes.

Source: Energy Trends Tables 3.10 and 4.2

Years. Data in calendar years as published in Energy Trends.

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