The production process for this statistic has been improved. This mainly results in changes to the industry distribution, while the total sum is mostly unchanged. Data back to year 2021 have been revised due to the review.
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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 these statistics
- Sales of petroleum products. Million litresDownload table as ...Sales of petroleum products. Million litres
Monthly sales, preliminary figures1 Yearly sales, final figures February 2026 Change from same month last year in percent 2025 Change from last year in percent Total sales 577 3.0 8 239 -2.1 Fuel for road traffic 237 -3.3 3 182 -8.1 Motor gasoline 57 -3.0 830 -7.3 Auto diesel, dutiable2 180 -3.3 2 352 -8.3 Auto diesel, free of duty 86 19.0 928 -6.4 Marine gas oil and diesel 136 -5.6 1 835 1.3 Jet kerosene 91 18.7 1 288 14.8 1Monthly figures does not include lubricants, LPG and LNG 2Dutiable 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 February 2026 19.68 19.82 Change from last month, per cent -3.86 -1.83 Change from same month last year, per cent -7.48 -5.93 January 2026 20.47 20.19 December 2025 20.78 20.56 November 2025 20.52 20.27 October 2025 21.17 20.58 September 2025 20.78 20.27 August 2025 21.17 20.33 July 2025 21.21 20.69 June 2025 19.63 18.74 May 2025 19.95 19.17 April 2025 19.76 19.06 March 2025 20.40 20.43 February 2025 21.27 21.07 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
February 2026 Total deliveries Deliveries of petroleum products (incl. bio components) Deliveries of pure biofuels All products 577 554 23 Motor gasoline 57 57 .. Auto diesel, dutiable 180 175 5 Auto diesel, free of duty 86 74 12 Marine gas oil and diesel 136 135 .. Light heating oils and kerosene for heating and lighting 11 6 6 Jet kerosene 91 91 .. Heavy distillate and heavy fuel oil 0 0 .. Other petroleum products 16 16 .. 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
2025 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 827 576 2 301 264 858 514 1 833 915 48 211 1 288 340 2 685 56 488 567 210 322 115 Agriculture, forestry and fishing 406 1 500 39 394 215 994 109 2 . 1 218 0 0 Mining and quarrying 11 2 270 34 445 537 007 101 317 507 . 1 145 0 177 Manufacture 3 220 3 782 27 386 18 787 12 432 619 2 183 3 516 24 722 275 895 Power and water supply, sewerage/remediation activities 25 1 875 9 757 . 1 198 . . 173 0 . Construction 1 411 22 028 82 269 1 898 16 7 . 1 167 0 24 926 Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles 20 324 55 507 43 446 77 892 3 930 968 1 26 334 887 1 637 Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products 82 701 325 556 443 013 534 169 29 046 18 626 . 20 127 541 485 17 495 Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores 698 827 1 755 269 78 310 147 181 . 500 34 . . Railway transport . . 14 765 . 0 . . 13 . . Other land transport including postal and courier activities 4 724 96 188 48 074 42 420 117 26 102 . 230 0 534 Water transport 2 056 11 105 20 862 335 029 345 . . 1 520 . . Air transport . . 5 . 0 847 198 . 1 . 1 045 Warehousing, accommodation, food and beverage service activities 3 391 7 297 10 504 12 755 626 4 670 . 854 114 337 Public administration, defence activities, education, health and social work activities 502 1 659 3 650 57 817 100 72 641 . 109 . 66 Private consumers 9 979 17 227 2 634 . 11 . . 47 . 2 1Sales of petroleum products includes biofuels that are blended in 2Other products: Aviation gasoline and bitumen 3The figures were corrected on April 11, 2025 4Wholesale fuels and related products also includes sales where buyer is unknown 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
2025 Total deliveries Deliveries of petroleum products (incl. bio components) Deliveries of pure biofuels All products 8 239 097 8 106 317 132 780 Motor gasoline 829 598 827 576 2 022 Auto diesel, dutiable2 2 352 474 2 301 264 51 210 Auto diesel, free of duty 928 130 858 514 69 615 Marine gas oil and diesel 1 835 115 1 833 915 1 200 Light heating oils and kerosene for heating and lighting 56 852 48 211 8 641 Jet kerosene 1 288 340 1 288 340 0 Heavy distillate and heavy fuel oil 2 685 2 685 0 Lubricant oils 56 579 56 488 91 LPG and LNG 567 210 567 210 0 Other petroleum products3 322 115 322 115 0 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.