United Kingdom

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Over the past decade, U.K.’s oil and natural gas consumption have remained relatively stable while domestic production of both has declined, making the country a net energy importer.
Oil remains important to the U.K. energy balance, with oil's contribution to total energy consumption accounting for 37 percent.
The U.K. is a significant producer of natural gas and meets much of its own demand. However, the country increasingly relies on imports of natural gas.
Natural gas-fired power stations are replacing coal as the principle source of the U.K. power supply.

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		30 Year History	United Kingdom	Europe	OECD	World	Rank	United Kingdom
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,157.72	4,273	21,615	87,093	19
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,026.43	3,418	14,914	74,080	19
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,607.88	15,033	45,877	87,421	14
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-450.16	-10,759	-24,261	--	8	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA		NA		NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,766	16,787	45,873	88,097	13	1,767
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.86	12	##############	##############	29	2.83
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		29 Year History	United Kingdom	Europe	World	Rank		United Kingdom
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,988	10,836	111,346	15		1,675
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3,337	20,378	112,864	6		2,903
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-1,348	-9,308	--	7		-1,297
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	10	166	NA	36		9
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2009					2010
			United Kingdom	Europe	World	Rank		United Kingdom
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	19.152	755	7,546	25		19.640
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	53.276	964	7,318	18		55.374
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-41.395	-220	--	7		-28.038
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
			United Kingdom	Europe	World	Rank		United Kingdom
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	351.77	3,454	19,071	11		353.45
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	327.36	3,219	17,360	11		329.29
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	87.45	940	4,843	12		93.45
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2008					2009
			United Kingdom	Europe	World	Rank		United Kingdom
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	7.022	46	489	16		6.664
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	9.349	86	491	11		8.906
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4,240	5,482	7,454	133		4,251
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009					2010
			United Kingdom	Europe	World	Rank		United Kingdom
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	518.97	4,314	29,778	10		532.44