The figures for the years 2022–2024 were corrected on 11 April 2025.
The correction applies to increases in sales of the products gasoline, diesel, marine gas oil, light heating oil and kerosene for heating
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Sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels
The statistics present sales of finished refined petroleum products and liquid biofuels by industry. The statistics do not include petroleum products used as raw materials or petroleum products consumed in the energy-producing industries.
Selected figures from the statistics
- Sales of petroleum products. Million litresDownload table as ...Sales of petroleum products. Million litres1
Monthly sales, preliminary figures2 Yearly sales, final figures3 March 2025 Change from same month last year in percent 2024 Change from last year in percent Total sales of petroleum products 577 5.9 8 274 -5.8 Fuel for road traffic1 258 0.4 3 414 -5.0 Motor gasoline 64 -7.2 894 -1.6 Auto diesel, dutiable4 194 3.2 2 520 -6.2 Auto diesel, free of duty 69 21.1 922 -2.4 Marine gas oil and diesel 148 8.0 1 810 -8.5 Jet kerosene 82 0.0 1 122 3.7 1The volume of sold petroleum products includes biofuels that are blended in 2Monthly figures does not include lubricants, LPG and LNG 3The figures were corrected on April 11, 2025 4Dutiable auto diesel Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Prices on engine fuel, monthlyDownload table as ...Prices on engine fuel, monthly1
Prices (NOK per litres) Motor gasoline, leadfree 95 octan Dutiable diesel March 2025 20.40 20.43 Change from last month, per cent -4.09 -3.04 Change from same month last year, per cent -4.45 -2.95 February 2025 21.27 21.07 January 2025 21.52 21.43 December 2024 21.86 20.99 November 2024 22.21 21.15 October 2024 21.85 20.81 September 2024 21.81 20.27 August 2024 21.98 20.29 July 2024 22.56 21.04 June 2024 23.41 21.77 May 2024 23.28 21.66 April 2024 22.44 21.42 March 2024 21.35 21.05 1Prices are average retail prices. Prices including taxes and fees Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Monthly sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, by product. Million litres. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Monthly sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, by product. Million litres. Preliminary figures
March 2025 Total deliveries Deliveries of petroleum products (incl. bio components) Deliveries of pure biofuels All products 589 577 12 Motor gasoline 64 64 .. Auto diesel, dutiable 199 194 5 Auto diesel, free of duty 75 69 6 Marine gas oil and diesel 148 148 .. Light heating oils and kerosene for heating and lighting 5 4 1 Jet kerosene 82 82 .. Heavy distillate and heavy fuel oil 0 0 .. Other petroleum products 17 17 .. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Yearly sales of petroleum products by industry. Final figures. 1000 litresDownload table as ...Yearly sales of petroleum products by industry. Final figures. 1000 litres1 2 3 4
2024 Motor gasoline Auto diesel, dutiable Auto diesel, free of duty Marine gas oil and diesel Light heating oils and kerosene for heating and lighting Jet kerosene Heavy distillate and heavy fuel oil Lubricant oils LPG and LNG Other petroleum products All industries 893 545 2 520 153 922 312 1 809 614 30 401 1 122 282 26 022 63 778 591 555 294 194 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 381 1 438 35 386 186 688 129 . . 1 147 0 . Mining and quarrying 5 2 694 37 942 521 553 131 260 845 . 988 0 631 Manufacture 3 412 3 835 30 524 34 270 11 691 752 5 265 2 973 40 244 371 Power and water supply, sewerage/remediation activities 27 1 601 11 538 . 1 614 . . 44 . . Construction 767 21 155 89 753 1 446 209 1 . 1 297 0 21 143 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles 19 149 51 479 44 685 51 913 2 053 558 . 32 424 650 1 126 Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products 70 837 312 650 472 813 470 955 12 997 211 20 312 22 039 590 638 24 660 Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores 768 534 1 948 680 88 916 14 240 . 445 33 . . Railway transport . . 20 142 . . . . 13 . . Other land transport including postal and courier activities 6 761 102 790 50 208 53 706 113 6 024 . 274 . 661 Water transport 3 275 32 206 21 358 411 953 336 . . 1 811 . . Air transport . . 5 . 0 788 456 . 1 . 1 587 Warehousing, accommodation, food and beverage service activities 5 554 11 640 10 539 18 368 674 47 . 580 226 12 Public administration, defence activities, education, health and social work activities 478 1 835 4 674 58 748 204 65 389 . 63 0 0 Private consumers 14 367 28 150 3 828 . 10 . . 92 1 2 1Sales of petroleum products includes biofuels that are blended in 2Wholesale fuels and related products also includes sales where buyer is unknown 3Other products: Aviation gasoline and bitumen 4The figures were corrected on April 11, 2025 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Yearly sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, by product. 1 000 litres. Final figuresDownload table as ...Yearly sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, by product. 1 000 litres. Final figures1
2024 Total deliveries Deliveries of petroleum products (incl. bio components) Deliveries of pure biofuels All products 8 414 665 8 273 855 140 810 Motor gasoline 895 058 893 545 1 513 Auto diesel, dutiable2 2 566 052 2 520 153 45 900 Auto diesel, free of duty 991 764 922 312 69 452 Marine gas oil and diesel 1 811 630 1 809 614 2 016 Light heating oils and kerosene for heating and lighting 52 173 30 401 21 772 Jet kerosene 1 122 282 1 122 282 .. Heavy distillate and heavy fuel oil 26 022 26 022 .. Lubricant oils 63 936 63 778 158 LPG and LNG 591 555 591 555 .. Other petroleum products3 294 194 294 194 .. 1The figures were corrected on April 11, 2025 2Dutiable auto diesel 3Other products: Aviation gasoline and bitumen Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 14 September 2023.
The number of litres sold is registered in the country of delivery. The purchaser's main area of business (measured by turnover) determines which purchaser group (industry) the sale is registered in. The statistics include deliveries in Norway (incl. Svalbard, Bjørnøya and Jan Mayen) and on the Norwegian continental shelf. Deliveries to Norwegian ships and airplanes abroad are not included. Ordinary export is not registered even if the delivery is free on board (FOB) in a Norwegian harbour.
The Standard Industrial Classification (SN2007) is used to distribute deliveries of petroleum- and bio products by industry in the annual statistics.
Classification of county municipality is used in the annual statistics.
Name: Sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels
Topic: Energy and manufacturing
425 Division for Energy, Environmental and Transport Statistics
County and national level
Yearly publication: Final figures are published approximately three months after the end of the reference year.
Monthly publication: Preliminary delivery figures and prices are published approximately three weeks after the end of the reference month.
Monthly report to Eurostat and the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.
Statistics Norway can grant access to the source data (de-identified or anonymised microdata) on which the statistics are based, for researchers and public authorities for the purposes of preparing statistical results and analyses. Access can be granted upon application and subject to conditions. Refer to the details about this at Access to data from Statistics Norway.
The purpose of the statistics is to show deliveries of petroleum products by purchaser group, county and at national level, measured as delivered litres. Furthermore, the statistics compare the delivery figures of the different oil companies (user-financed assignment). In addition prices on some selected petroleum products are published from February 2010. In 2022, the statistics were expanded to also include sales of liquid pure biofuels and other bioproducts.
Until 1973, the Ministry of Trade collected figures on deliveries of petroleum products from the oil companies. The figures were distributed by county and some purchaser/consumer groups, and were presented in statistical tables once a year. As of 1973, monthly tables were produced in Statistics Norway. This was a result of cooperation between Statistics Norway, the Ministry of Trade, Drivkraft Norge (formerly The Norwegian Petroleum Institute) and the oil companies. Based on experience and changing conditions, the production and content of the statistics have changed several times since 1973.
The statistics for sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels are used by the public sector, players in the petroleum industry, interest groups and the media. Internally in Statistics Norway, the statistics are important as a source in the emission accounts, the national accounts and the energy accounts and energy balance. The results are also used indirectly in analyzes and research at Statistics Norway.
No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.
The statistics on deliveries of petroleum products form part of the data basis in the energy accounts and energy balance.
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
The statistics are part of the national programme for official statistics, under the statistical domain Energy and manufacturing and sub-domain Petroleum.
Regulation NO 1099/2008
The population consists of large international companies that sell petroleum products and liquid biofuels in Norway and local oil companies with sales exceeding a certain amount. The latter submit a less detailed report.
Companies who submit a complete data set submit the data electronically on files. Other companies submit their data in a form. In addition, import and export data from the statistics on external trade are used.
From January 2017, the prices are based on average retail prices.
The sample consists of large oil companies that submit complete reports and some smaller companies that submit a less detailed report (jet fuel, bitumen and lubricant oils). In addition, the sample includes direct imports by a number of small companies.
The companies send their data electronically or via forms.
Total sales for each company are compared with additional information from the company. In addition, the companies check that the complete statistics correspond with their figures.
The statistics are estimated by counting the number of litres sold of each petroleum product from each company, distributed by purchaser group and county.
From January 2017 the prices were based on average retail prices.
Not relevant
Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.
Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
Figures are available back to 1952.
Until December 2016, the prices on petroleum products were collected form the consumer price index. From January 2017, the prices are based on average retail prices.
The fact that there are relatively few respondents limits the possibilities for collection and processing errors.
If a company does not meet the delivery deadline, figures for the corresponding month last year are used. These are corrected as soon as the new figures are delivered.
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A revision is a planned change to figures that have already been published, for example when releasing final figures as a follow-up to published preliminary figures. See also Statistics Norway’s principles for revisions.
On the 14th of April 2021 yearly figures for marine gas oils and dutiable auto diesel were corrected for the period 2012-2019. Previously collected sales figures for these products had been too low.
Monthly sales figures (preliminary statistics) were corrected back to 2020. This correction means that monthly figures for dutiable auto diesel and marine gas oils (and the total) from 2020 onwards are not comparable with periods before 2020.
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Article / 16 April 2021Correction of figures for sales of marine gas oils and auto dieselThe figures for sales of marine gas oils and auto diesel have been corrected dating back to 2012. Prior to this, the sales figures obtained by Statistics Norway were too low.