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Where does the United Kingdom get its crude oil? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $30.8 billion of crude oil (51.6 million tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Norway (38%), the United States (34%) and Libya (9%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 11th-largest importer of crude oil.

Summary

Value
$30.8billion
Tonnes
51.6million tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
11th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Norway11.7Tonnes: 20,698,621USD per tonne: $56538%Sea
United States10.6Tonnes: 16,935,258USD per tonne: $62734.5%Sea
Libya2.7Tonnes: 4,269,110USD per tonne: $6308.7%Sea
Nigeria1.3Tonnes: 2,111,360USD per tonne: $6164.2%Sea
Guyana0.88Tonnes: 1,704,523USD per tonne: $5142.9%Sea
Algeria0.75Tonnes: 1,135,550USD per tonne: $6642.5%Sea
Turkey0.6Tonnes: 926,407USD per tonne: $6431.9%Sea
Canada0.58Tonnes: 949,767USD per tonne: $6061.9%Sea
Angola0.47Tonnes: 712,198USD per tonne: $6561.5%Sea
Azerbaijan0.24Tonnes: 659,516USD per tonne: $3630.78%Sea
Kazakhstan0.23Tonnes: 340,217USD per tonne: $6770.75%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.17Tonnes: 285,284USD per tonne: $6100.57%Sea
Republic of the Congo0.14Tonnes: 239,622USD per tonne: $5910.46%Sea
Cameroon0.09Tonnes: 139,500USD per tonne: $6460.29%Sea
Equatorial Guinea0.08Tonnes: 118,048USD per tonne: $6730.26%Sea
Malaysia0.06Tonnes: 89,345USD per tonne: $6420.19%Sea
Liberia0.05Tonnes: 90,133USD per tonne: $5730.17%Sea
Brazil0.05Tonnes: 39,178USD per tonne: $1,2880.16%Sea
Tunisia0.05Tonnes: 95,741USD per tonne: $5240.16%Sea
South Africa0.05Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.16%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Norway was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Norway 11.7
  • United States 10.6
  • Libya 2.7
  • Nigeria 1.3
  • Guyana 0.88

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Norway3.711.7
United States010.6
Libya0.072.7
Nigeria0.11.3
Guyana00.88

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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