Oil Products
View monthly deliveries of five oil products, both total and per-product. Compare time-series graphs during three years: 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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Monthly Deliveries of Oil-product Fuels
Table shows Observed Gross Inland Deliveries (GID) of five oil products in terajoules (TJ), during the last three months plus year to date (YTD). Descriptions of GID and TJ net calorific values (NCV) appear below the time-series graphs (link).
Accumulated YTD deliveries this year, are compared to the accumulated deliveries during the same period last year. Percentage changes compare the most recent month's deliveries to one month and two months ago.
Previous years
Monthly oil-product deliveries during 2018 and 2019 appear the Open Data Portal (link).
Commentary
A review of January 2019 to April 2021 deliveries is available (link).
- | Last 3 Months (TJ) | YTD (TJ) | % Change in Nov and YTD | ||||
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Product | Sep-22 | Oct-22 | Nov-22 | YTD | 1 month | 2 months | Jan - Nov YTD |
Heating and Other Gas Oil | 3069 | 2497 | 2619 | 33290 | 4.9 | -14.7 | -1.5 |
Non-Jet Fuel Kerosene | 3165 | 3050 | 3440 | 27735 | 12.8 | 8.7 | -19.5 |
Jet Fuel Kerosene | 4119 | 3999 | 3099 | 39221 | -22.5 | -24.8 | 143.7 |
Motor Petrol | 2669 | 2621 | 2624 | 28026 | 0.1 | -1.7 | 13.6 |
Road Diesel | 11259 | 11026 | 11486 | 120459 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 6.2 |
Total of Five Fuels | 24280 | 23193 | 23269 | 248731 | 0.3 | -4.2 | 11.8 |
Five Fuels — Total Deliveries
month,2020,2021,2022 Jan,23593,17370,20850 Feb,23465,17197,22149 Mar,25093,18998,23506 Apr,14864,20163,22564 May,16634,18578,22112 Jun,16363,20061,21720 Jul,19069,19989,21571 Aug,18241,20318,23517 Sep,20749,23984,24280 Oct,21189,23677,23193 Nov,18842,22087,23269 Dec,22050,23293,NA
Heating and Gasoil Deliveries
month,2020,2021,2022 Jan,2600,2359,3041 Feb,2455,2447,2844 Mar,3449,3165,3601 Apr,3235,3493,3124 May,3104,2545,2934 Jun,2964,3825,3055 Jul,3029,3366,2990 Aug,2789,3082,3516 Sep,3212,3585,3069 Oct,2915,3095,2497 Nov,2567,2843,2619 Dec,2517,2599,NA
Non-Jet Fuel Kerosene Deliveries
month,2020,2021,2022 Jan,4420,5374,3693 Feb,4885,5041,4691 Mar,6603,3920,3497 Apr,4864,3595,1972 May,3836,2032,1018 Jun,1496,1010,993 Jul,1158,801,775 Aug,1062,1433,1441 Sep,2603,3409,3165 Oct,4269,4295,3050 Nov,3619,3562,3440 Dec,5772,5044,NA
Jet Fuel Kerosene Deliveries
month,2020,2021,2022 Jan,2901,1036,2109 Feb,2602,694,1968 Mar,2338,818,2839 Apr,522,797,3696 May,801,893,3959 Jun,790,1304,4093 Jul,1192,1709,4563 Aug,1358,2156,4777 Sep,1239,2253,4119 Oct,1066,2388,3999 Nov,902,2046,3099 Dec,904,2311,NA
Motor Petrol Deliveries
month,2020,2021,2022 Jan,2604,1261,2192 Feb,2554,1356,2174 Mar,2266,1895,2645 Apr,832,2167,2564 May,1562,2332,2643 Jun,1923,2627,2602 Jul,2579,2744,2627 Aug,2526,2603,2666 Sep,2608,2719,2669 Oct,1987,2629,2621 Nov,1655,2341,2624 Dec,2455,2464,NA
Road Diesel Deliveries
month,2020,2021,2022 Jan,11068,7340,9815 Feb,10969,7659,10472 Mar,10437,9200,10923 Apr,5411,10111,11208 May,7331,10776,11558 Jun,9190,11295,10978 Jul,11111,11369,10615 Aug,10506,11044,11118 Sep,11087,12018,11259 Oct,10952,11270,11026 Nov,10099,11295,11486 Dec,10402,10875,NA
Gross Inland Deliveries and Oil-product Flows
Annex C of Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/132 on energy statistics describes Observed Gross Inland Deliveries (GID) as:
“The observed delivery of finished petroleum products from primary sources (e.g. refineries, blending plants etc.) to the inland market.”
Note that “observed” deliveries imply a bottom-up method of calculation. The description refers to an “inland market” that, for these statistics, means Ireland (without Northern Ireland). The International Energy Agency (IEA) uses an identical description of observed GID, while adding a top-down method to find Calculated Gross Inland Deliveries (IEA, 2019).
Calculated GID from Oil-product Flows
Gross inland deliveries (GID) are the quantities of oil-products flowing through the market from production to delivery, now ready sale or consumption. In practice, other flows earlier in the market determine the quantities remaining in GID. Refinery outputs, imports and stock draws increase GID quantities; whereas exports, international marine bunkers and stock builds decrease GID quantities. Interproduct transfers result from reclassification of products; therefore are reported as a negative value for one product compensated by a positive value for another product. The following equation shows the sequence of oil-product flows, as additions (+) or subtractions (-), to find Calculated Gross Inland Deliveries (IEA, 2019, p. 14):
Gross Inland Delivery =
+ Primary product receipts
+ Refinery gross output
+ Recycled products
- Refinery fuel
+ Imports
- Exports
- International marine bunkers
+ Interproduct transfers
- Products transferred
- Stocks changes
Terajoules Energy Units
SEAI’s monthly oil-product statistics are expressed in units of NCV energy: terajoules (TJ) that equal 1012 joules.
Generally, energy statistics for oil and oil products are reported by mass or volume, using kilotonne or litre units respectively. Each oil product, however, has its own net calorific value (NCV) per mass, thus conversion to energy values allows easier comparisons. SEAI uses NCV conversions factors published on its website (SEAI, 2021).
References
Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/132 of 28 January 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 on energy statistics, as regards the implementation of updates for the annual, monthly and short-term monthly energy statistics. http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/132/oj
IEA. (2019). Oil Annual Questionnaire 2017-2021. https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/39c58277-709c-41f5-88ee-1643903aaf19/Oil_Questionnaire_Instructions.pdf
SEAI. (2021). Conversion Factors. Ireland’s Energy Statistics. https://www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/seai-statistics/conversion-factors/