Department for Education: Integrity Initiative
(asked on )
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 424W, on fossil fuels: imports, how much (a) oil and (b) gas was exported from the UK to (i) Russia, (ii) Norway, (iii) the Middle East and (iv) Latin America in each year from 2002 to 2013.
The table below shows the export of oil and gas from the UK to Russia, Norway, the Middle East and Latin America for the years 2002 to 2013.
Export of crude oil (thousand tonnes)
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Norway | 77 | 287 | 648 | 948 | 302 | 1222 | 407 | 355 | 344 | 158 | 236 | 323 |
Latin America | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 824 | 751 | 672 | 274 | 1107 |
Source: HMRC
Note: ‘-‘ less than 5.
No exports of oil were recorded to Russia or the Middle East
Export of gas (GWh)
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
Norway | - | - | - | - | - | 153 | 389 | 266 | 158 | 125 | 49 | 20 |
Source: DECC
There was no gas exported to Russia, Middle East and Latin America by the UK.
Exports to Norway commenced in 2007.