United Kingdom Oil
Summary Table
| Barrels | Global Rank |
| 2,754,685,000 | 30th in the world |
| Barrels per Day | Global Rank |
| 1,083,928 | 19th in the world |
| 1,583,896 | 15th in the world |
Daily Deficit | -499,968 | |
Oil Imports | 797,631 | |
Oil Exports | 620,188 | |
| 177,443 | |
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)Oil Reserves in the United Kingdom
See also: List of countries by Oil Reserves
The United Kingdom holds 2,754,685,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2016, ranking 30th in the world and accounting for about
0.2% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000 barrels.
The United Kingdom has proven reserves equivalent to 4.8 times its annual consumption. This means that, without imports, there would be about 5 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).
Oil Reserves
2,754,685,000 barrels Global Rank:
30th | Share of World:
0.17 % 5 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)
History of Oil Reserves in the United Kingdom
Oil Consumption in the United Kingdom
See also: List of countries by Oil Consumption
- The United Kingdom consumes 1,583,896 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.
- The United Kingdom ranks 15th in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 1.6% of the world's total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.
- The United Kingdom consumes 1.01 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 65,893,358 people), or 368 gallons per capita per year (9 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]
Oil Production in the United Kingdom
See also: List of countries by Oil Production
- The United Kingdom produces
1,083,928.37 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking 19th in the world.
- The United Kingdom produces every year an amount equivalent to 14.4% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).
Oil Imports
- The United Kingdom imports 11% of its oil consumption (177,443 barrels per day in 2016).
History of Oil Consumption and Production
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