This statistic displays the total fossil fuel extraction in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2017. The graph shows that there has been an 64.4 percent decline in the extraction of fossil fuels since 1998. Extraction dropped to a low of 86.8 Mtoe in 2014, increasing the following year to 93.8 Mtoe. In the following years, extraction remained steady.
In 2017 oil extraction in the UK amounted to 50.9 Mtoe, compared with 145.3 Mtoe in 1998.
Total fossil fuel extraction in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2017
(in Mtoe*)
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Carbon Brief. (July 30, 2018). Total fossil fuel extraction in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2017 (in Mtoe*) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/888014/total-fossil-fuel-extraction-united-kingdom-uk/
Carbon Brief. "Total fossil fuel extraction in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2017 (in Mtoe*)." Chart. July 30, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/888014/total-fossil-fuel-extraction-united-kingdom-uk/
Carbon Brief. (2018). Total fossil fuel extraction in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2017 (in Mtoe*). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/888014/total-fossil-fuel-extraction-united-kingdom-uk/
Carbon Brief. "Total Fossil Fuel Extraction in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1998 to 2017 (in Mtoe*)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/888014/total-fossil-fuel-extraction-united-kingdom-uk/
Carbon Brief, Total fossil fuel extraction in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2017 (in Mtoe*) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/888014/total-fossil-fuel-extraction-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 05, 2024)
Total fossil fuel extraction in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1998 to 2017 (in Mtoe*) [Graph], Carbon Brief, July 30, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/888014/total-fossil-fuel-extraction-united-kingdom-uk/