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Energy Insight: Trade: UK crude oil imports (DSS09)
UK crude oil import
The UK has been a net importer of crude oil since 2005. The total net crude oil imports (imports minus exports) in 2018 was 3.3 million tonnes.
Sources of UK imports
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Significantly, crude oil imports from the US increased to 4 million tonnes and constituted 8% of the total import. Russia was the fifth largest importer after Norway, Algeria, Nigeria and the USA.
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Value of UK imports
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Energy Insight details
Physical description: Pdf 1p; statistical datasheet, available to logged-in EI members and subscribers
Keywords: Statistics - Oil - Imports - Energy consumption
Subjects: Statistics, Energy consumption, Crude oil, Oil and gas, Oil