Sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels

Updated: 22 March 2024

Next update: 19 April 2024

Change in fuel sale for road traffic
Change in fuel sale for road traffic
February 2023 - February 2024
-2.6
%
Sales of petroleum products. Million litres
Sales of petroleum products. Million litres1
Monthly sales, preliminary figures2 Yearly sales, final figures
February 2024Change from same month last year in percent2023Change from last year in percent
Total sales of petroleum products536-6.48 745-2.3
Fuel for road traffic1 271-2.63 582-5.9
Motor gasoline650.0904-1.4
Auto diesel, dutiable3 206-3.52 678-7.3
Auto diesel, free of duty7512.79344.8
Marine gas oil and diesel124-14.81 963-3.8
Jet kerosene49-20.31 08210.3
1The volume of sold petroleum products includes biofuels that are blended in
2Monthly figures does not include lubricants, LPG and LNG
3Dutiable auto diesel
Explanation of symbols

Selected tables and charts from this statistics

  • Prices on engine fuel, monthly
    Prices on engine fuel, monthly1
    Prices (NOK per litres)
    Motor gasoline, leadfree 95 octanDutiable diesel
    February 202421.9221.96
    Change from last month, per cent7.249.25
    Change from same month last year, per cent4.536.91
    January 202420.4420.10
    December 202321.1520.99
    November 202322.1221.72
    October 202322.9422.48
    September 202322.9021.58
    August 202322.9221.28
    July 202321.8819.71
    June 202322.0119.55
    May 202321.4419.30
    April 202322.6820.73
    March 202322.3221.28
    February 202320.9720.54
    1Prices are average retail prices. Prices including taxes and fees
    Explanation of symbols
  • Monthly sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, by product. Million litres. Preliminary figures
    Monthly sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, by product. Million litres. Preliminary figures
    February 2024
    Total deliveriesDeliveries of petroleum products (incl. bio components)Deliveries of pure biofuels
    All products55253616
    Motor gasoline6565..
    Auto diesel, dutiable2102064
    Auto diesel, free of duty85759
    Marine gas oil and diesel1241240
    Light heating oils and kerosene for heating and lighting963
    Jet kerosene4949..
    Heavy distillate and heavy fuel oil33..
    Other petroleum products77..
    Explanation of symbols
  • Yearly sales of petroleum products by industry. Final figures. 1000 litres
    Yearly sales of petroleum products by industry. Final figures. 1000 litres1 2 3
    2023
    Motor gasolineAuto diesel, dutiableAuto diesel, free of dutyMarine gas oil and dieselLight heating oils and kerosene for heating and lightingJet keroseneHeavy distillate and heavy fuel oilLubricant oilsLPG and NGLOther petroleum products
    All industries903 8822 677 760934 4951 963 33242 6491 081 95733 71458 704730 226318 766
    Agriculture, forestry and fishing4411 49633 131253 886213..1 24701
    Mining and quarrying62 95541 107414 16983179 8571 0231 0420449
    Manufacture2 6723 59331 82550 03618 6208969 0853 038135229 474
    Power and water supply, sewerage/remediation activities201 49012 472152 021..76..
    Construction64221 48382 0181 333373.719115 174
    Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles12 87230 78641 59157 4267 379315.27 1685451 473
    Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products54 578308 747490 556540 80811 952120 67821 06821 917685 73669 852
    Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores807 6302 138 46892 334326276.2 53939..
    Railway transport..21 476.0..20..
    Other land transport including postal and courier activities3 324102 36944 42644 9032947 554.3840429
    Water transport4 57134 48929 066526 485704..1 919..
    Air transport....0716 430.1.1 682
    Warehousing, accommodation, food and beverage service activities3 4373 3807 13821 41974665.92743 80985
    Public administration, defence activities, education, health and social work activities2921 6963 64952 52731256 160.120.146
    Private consumers13 39626 8093 706.11..8701
    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
    Explanation of symbols
  • Yearly sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, by product. 1 000 litres. Final figures
    Yearly sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, by product. 1 000 litres. Final figures
    2023
    Total deliveriesDeliveries of petroleum products (incl. bio components)Deliveries of pure biofuels
    All products8 867 1558 745 484121 671
    Motor gasoline903 882903 882..
    Auto diesel, dutiable1 2 727 6222 677 76049 862
    Auto diesel, free of duty985 254934 49550 759
    Marine gas oil and diesel1 963 3321 963 332..
    Light heating oils and kerosene for heating and lighting63 49342 64920 844
    Jet kerosene1 081 9571 081 957..
    Heavy distillate and heavy fuel oil33 71433 714..
    Lubricant oils58 91058 704206
    LPG and NGL730 226730 226..
    Other petroleum products2 318 766318 766..
    1Dutiable auto diesel
    2Other products: Aviation gasoline and bitumen
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

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.

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

19 April 2024

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.

Full count

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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