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Fuel Oil Movements 2022

Forecourts accounted for 97% of unleaded petrol sales in 2022

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CSO statistical publication, 24 January 2024, 11am

Key Findings

Forecourts accounted for 97% of unleaded petrol sales and 76% of autodiesel sales in 2022 (See Figure 1 and Tables 1A and 1B).
Forecourt transactions made up 8% of marked gas oil sales and 3% of kerosene sales in 2022 (See Figure 1 and Tables 1C and 1D).
Dublin city accounted for 17% of unleaded petrol sales in 2022 (See Table 2B).
The highest proportion of sales for autodiesel in 2022 were in Dublin city (12%), Cork (10%), and Donegal (6%) (See Figure 2 and Table 2A).
Cork had the highest proportion of sales for both marked gas oil (15%) and kerosene (10%) in 2022 (See Figure 3 and Tables 2C and 2D).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (24 January 2024) released Fuel Oil Movements for 2022.

Commenting on the release Kevin Hunt, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division, said: "This release is based on returns by mineral oil fuel traders to the Revenue Commissioners in 2022. The release shows the final movements of fuel oil in 2022. Movements have been broken down by fuel oil type (autodiesel, unleaded petrol, marked gas oil, and kerosene) and movement type (forecourt and non-forecourt). County level movement data is also provided.

Road Transport Fuel Oil Final Movements

Road transport fuel oils (autodiesel and unleaded petrol) are largely sold through forecourts (See Figure 1). In 2022, 76% of autodiesel sales were made in forecourts, an increase from 74% in 2021 and 75% in 2020 (See Table 1A). For unleaded petrol, 97% of sales were sold in forecourts, the same proportion as in 2021 and 2020 (See Table 1B)".

Tables and Graphs

	Forecourt Sales
Autodiesel	76
Unleaded Petrol	97
Marked Gas Oil	8
Kerosene	3

	Autodiesel Sales
Dublin City	433.987
Cork	371.19
Donegal	220.851
Louth	194.442
Limerick	194.005
Kildare	179.889
Galway	174.989
Dublin County	164.755
Meath	161.807
Wexford	151.986

	Kerosene Sales
Cork	93.773
Wexford	60.442
Donegal	60.039
Galway	59.05
Dublin County	56.033
Kerry	47.67
Mayo	47.397
Tipperary	47.219
Dublin City	44.847
Limerick	40.234

Figure 4: Location of Forecourts 2022

Table 1A Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Autodiesel by Type of Movement for 2013-2022

Table 1B Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Unleaded Petrol by Type of Movement for 2013-2022

Table 1C Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movement of Marked Gas Oil by Type of Movement for 2013-2022

Table 1D Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Kerosene by Type of Movement for 2013-2022

Table 2A Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Autodiesel by County for 2013-2022

Table 2A Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Autodiesel by County for 2013-2022
'000 litres
County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Carlow	41,551	44,567	47,857	48,588	58,351	59,144	62,021	51,710	56,261	60,387
Cavan	60,228	62,577	70,287	75,597	80,745	79,633	80,622	74,076	75,835	78,565
Clare	56,210	55,578	59,219	64,384	70,120	72,323	76,603	65,245	70,556	76,256
Cork	299,808	300,041	316,071	337,364	360,806	366,562	394,257	344,418	356,015	371,190
Donegal	188,356	191,309	213,788	234,946	219,966	220,874	213,209	181,148	184,563	220,851
Dublin City	331,495	361,796	389,788	416,306	467,577	471,299	477,634	390,102	448,744	433,987
Dublin County	165,994	182,231	180,664	188,937	196,353	194,892	188,757	147,494	154,246	164,755
Galway	128,719	133,852	146,719	163,664	179,060	181,745	199,153	163,718	172,361	174,989
Kerry	77,860	81,112	85,023	94,706	101,639	102,928	106,943	90,571	96,916	106,118
Kildare	121,168	147,670	163,421	171,398	185,078	186,298	187,421	161,693	173,158	179,889
Kilkenny	52,852	56,093	58,677	64,318	71,625	75,163	76,932	66,919	70,770	72,379
Laois	63,044	65,644	58,451	60,993	64,441	66,612	67,249	61,293	70,894	77,307
Leitrim	16,576	19,668	24,764	21,910	22,986	21,752	22,123	20,496	22,443	23,184
Limerick	111,463	125,061	129,235	131,586	143,217	146,130	157,998	133,273	196,027	194,005
Longford	29,827	31,859	34,543	37,333	38,449	39,807	41,314	37,880	38,067	40,165
Louth	133,258	141,224	168,260	183,373	195,454	186,712	174,020	167,770	149,574	194,442
Mayo	81,901	88,284	92,455	97,320	106,858	105,557	107,648	92,836	100,490	107,833
Meath	99,890	111,957	123,055	137,219	149,480	157,250	161,704	142,238	154,976	161,807
Monaghan	107,030	105,423	147,687	165,772	162,300	149,895	151,649	127,954	125,267	130,999
Offaly	39,039	41,023	44,646	48,039	52,826	53,746	57,626	49,029	50,958	54,862
Roscommon	36,196	42,888	48,577	52,991	58,374	60,227	65,551	57,543	58,340	64,131
Sligo	54,320	45,274	48,957	42,225	39,690	40,730	41,410	33,761	35,231	39,270
Tipperary	99,302	115,434	128,322	143,216	157,498	150,102	151,493	131,636	140,937	146,738
Waterford	65,347	67,486	73,841	74,644	80,765	80,021	81,682	70,697	74,896	81,230
Westmeath	58,898	64,166	68,561	74,869	86,068	84,435	91,865	87,600	95,874	100,981
Wexford	100,784	103,955	113,335	126,139	140,937	146,917	154,804	142,155	147,071	151,986
Wicklow	55,242	60,717	69,393	72,390	80,706	88,510	87,204	74,128	77,356	79,460

Total	2,676,358	2,846,887	3,105,597	3,330,229	3,571,370	3,589,262	3,678,892	3,167,384	3,397,827	3,587,767

Open in Excel: Fuel Oil Movements 2022 Table 2A (XLS 13KB)

Table 2B Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Unleaded Petrol by County for 2013-2022

Table 2B Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Unleaded Petrol by County for 2013-2022
'000 litres
County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Carlow	21,506	20,323	18,987	16,665	16,027	14,241	13,424	9,868	10,455	11,997
Cavan	21,270	20,331	20,339	18,418	16,769	14,321	12,837	10,194	11,276	12,431
Clare	37,293	35,010	33,282	31,491	29,089	25,505	24,892	18,181	18,745	22,062
Cork	189,801	177,178	172,040	165,131	155,229	137,830	132,767	98,075	102,977	114,268
Donegal	60,224	56,376	55,898	51,586	45,769	41,403	38,632	28,821	30,526	39,321
Dublin City	255,600	239,182	231,338	223,043	214,085	186,708	182,226	133,349	146,675	162,960
Dublin County	158,713	150,994	132,808	122,791	112,449	98,885	88,913	60,915	64,630	75,763
Galway	76,358	69,517	68,732	66,329	64,507	59,069	58,151	40,877	43,596	46,772
Kerry	55,550	52,044	48,429	47,073	44,399	39,541	37,499	27,838	28,751	32,523
Kildare	69,706	71,354	71,723	71,761	67,329	58,271	52,662	38,707	42,217	49,337
Kilkenny	25,362	24,400	22,503	22,063	21,791	19,018	17,262	12,503	12,576	14,582
Laois	37,416	33,438	23,564	20,847	19,548	17,343	16,365	12,052	13,496	15,304
Leitrim	8,209	9,502	10,682	8,286	7,237	6,478	5,956	4,922	5,156	5,826
Limerick	79,563	76,597	70,718	62,787	58,791	51,995	51,057	36,182	44,753	45,482
Longford	11,369	10,858	10,716	10,112	9,194	7,935	7,718	5,797	5,754	6,513
Louth	45,291	42,579	42,120	37,257	34,355	29,514	26,429	23,504	20,347	27,270
Mayo	44,529	41,072	37,532	35,785	34,325	29,781	27,709	20,650	21,814	23,913
Meath	58,297	55,535	52,153	50,106	46,977	41,978	40,690	31,110	34,768	39,750
Monaghan	18,114	15,822	16,310	14,420	12,173	11,300	10,828	8,212	8,346	9,872
Offaly	21,650	20,800	19,634	18,449	16,999	14,536	14,193	10,499	10,586	11,724
Roscommon	15,041	15,260	16,015	15,609	14,791	13,336	12,875	9,654	9,954	11,332
Sligo	29,209	23,462	25,473	18,295	15,050	13,646	12,616	9,307	9,587	10,997
Tipperary	48,671	50,638	49,637	50,362	47,059	37,774	35,143	26,504	28,053	30,804
Waterford	55,062	51,463	48,811	43,520	38,534	32,610	30,958	23,784	25,169	27,831
Westmeath	30,430	29,266	27,111	25,691	24,216	21,040	20,727	16,397	17,392	20,491
Wexford	48,746	45,171	44,410	44,076	42,406	37,123	35,686	27,827	28,148	30,449
Wicklow	44,811	45,021	45,262	42,905	40,639	36,364	34,871	26,964	28,953	31,788

Total	1,567,791	1,483,192	1,416,224	1,334,857	1,249,735	1,097,546	1,043,084	772,693	824,697	931,364

Open in Excel: Fuel Oil Movements 2022 Table 2B (XLS 13KB)

Table 2C Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Marked Gas Oil by County for 2013-2022

Table 2C Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Marked Gas Oil by County for 2013-2022
'000 litres
County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Carlow	19,135	18,048	18,519	18,932	18,818	19,268	20,123	20,277	20,593	20,161
Cavan	37,328	26,188	24,464	22,267	21,824	22,368	21,578	23,615	24,856	27,005
Clare	24,784	23,848	25,591	26,453	24,867	26,365	24,279	25,158	26,224	24,413
Cork	189,552	159,521	166,563	173,119	183,966	187,412	186,069	184,959	181,408	174,128
Donegal	79,572	70,044	66,642	67,856	70,591	74,430	72,506	75,159	72,648	79,584
Dublin City	92,337	78,298	89,014	102,888	110,164	113,216	126,581	117,911	153,913	126,504
Dublin County	7,325	15,310	13,952	15,374	15,211	14,325	13,293	14,157	19,528	25,755
Galway	56,374	52,876	50,970	54,258	49,066	51,440	51,750	60,757	59,188	51,988
Kerry	44,915	40,229	39,391	45,585	42,860	43,295	42,178	45,953	44,769	43,970
Kildare	39,980	37,220	34,710	30,821	32,846	35,143	35,468	34,561	36,251	35,830
Kilkenny	32,330	30,601	27,459	25,703	25,435	26,293	26,887	31,662	29,107	28,710
Laois	21,918	18,126	17,709	17,214	16,907	17,826	18,904	20,219	22,186	25,043
Leitrim	4,626	4,078	3,682	4,368	4,729	4,808	4,768	4,740	4,995	4,766
Limerick	32,684	33,983	40,900	41,091	41,994	40,091	48,919	57,196	43,834	40,992
Longford	14,157	13,216	12,208	13,114	12,516	14,070	11,200	12,149	11,570	10,989
Louth	31,477	33,639	28,366	23,466	24,414	23,503	24,829	29,071	27,639	29,648
Mayo	32,068	34,522	33,673	33,050	32,264	34,021	35,756	38,564	44,498	41,593
Meath	49,545	45,732	43,669	49,596	50,142	51,263	51,019	55,444	58,742	55,225
Monaghan	36,933	29,990	25,838	24,968	25,605	27,377	27,397	28,784	31,710	28,912
Offaly	23,928	23,918	22,923	26,305	23,162	22,350	22,142	25,610	44,270	47,751
Roscommon	22,267	19,126	17,256	16,591	16,614	17,173	17,469	20,062	20,081	19,529
Sligo	23,527	17,684	14,526	14,299	13,705	13,173	12,363	12,302	10,702	9,739
Tipperary	55,397	48,445	49,737	49,641	47,397	49,893	47,018	49,519	48,492	50,932
Waterford	24,077	24,987	26,786	29,084	27,060	28,409	27,404	29,791	26,570	31,643
Westmeath	24,847	22,911	23,204	24,763	28,313	26,578	24,079	21,013	20,482	19,751
Wexford	57,189	53,229	71,940	60,166	61,986	63,558	60,661	61,549	58,462	62,247
Wicklow	23,317	21,759	24,615	33,216	32,181	39,024	37,865	34,169	30,452	30,151

Total	1,101,590	997,528	1,014,307	1,044,190	1,054,636	1,086,672	1,092,504	1,134,349	1,173,168	1,146,959

Open in Excel: Fuel Oil Movements 2022 Table 2C (XLS 13KB)

Table 2D Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Kerosene by County for 2013-2022

Table 2D Forecourt and Non-Forecourt Final Movements of Kerosene by County for 2013-2022
'000 litres
County	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Carlow	8,700	8,566	10,332	10,871	11,623	12,528	11,738	12,437	12,076	11,959
Cavan	23,592	19,633	23,192	22,456	23,506	25,440	23,106	28,305	27,868	23,483
Clare	28,694	27,990	31,477	31,282	32,755	34,869	32,558	39,100	34,279	29,587
Cork	123,844	106,256	115,627	122,005	119,418	127,442	123,651	143,446	118,447	93,773
Donegal	55,830	50,375	62,984	61,677	67,384	70,121	63,713	77,987	63,921	60,039
Dublin City	41,310	31,770	40,407	42,792	46,928	41,393	37,928	35,120	67,489	44,847
Dublin County	12,082	33,895	37,561	36,813	38,206	38,892	36,862	42,421	58,391	56,033
Galway	66,859	63,189	75,358	76,945	75,844	82,914	81,682	110,134	88,262	59,050
Kerry	41,825	39,993	48,500	52,834	52,028	56,373	53,237	63,983	52,818	47,670
Kildare	43,320	41,834	46,780	51,870	53,533	56,122	48,760	51,473	44,842	37,355
Kilkenny	28,794	28,062	33,019	33,903	34,582	37,647	34,082	39,905	35,916	30,915
Laois	17,093	13,084	16,582	16,073	17,514	18,596	18,213	21,244	20,085	17,426
Leitrim	2,189	1,688	1,807	3,052	4,398	4,481	4,229	5,197	4,978	6,346
Limerick	34,208	35,982	46,775	48,619	50,772	55,865	52,540	61,007	46,461	40,234
Longford	9,320	9,988	10,848	11,204	11,660	12,642	11,775	14,141	11,897	10,656
Louth	27,492	22,289	26,812	27,803	30,596	31,071	27,797	32,446	29,277	27,103
Mayo	42,518	40,757	51,551	51,560	52,578	55,494	54,070	67,002	53,254	47,397
Meath	35,500	34,520	37,729	38,820	40,455	42,082	40,464	49,303	40,754	33,543
Monaghan	13,116	10,941	14,114	15,466	18,457	18,935	16,771	20,673	16,650	15,283
Offaly	17,483	14,080	16,918	17,374	17,812	18,282	17,685	21,808	20,335	16,191
Roscommon	21,460	20,577	25,246	25,916	26,881	28,189	27,275	35,022	27,158	22,510
Sligo	23,891	25,479	29,289	27,637	26,157	26,650	22,480	27,106	21,033	16,598
Tipperary	49,397	46,766	54,340	55,768	55,784	60,834	55,142	65,020	55,373	47,219
Waterford	22,580	21,330	23,433	24,265	25,287	27,084	24,173	27,854	23,250	18,500
Westmeath	26,990	25,024	31,405	33,188	36,912	35,595	30,885	33,333	26,127	23,296
Wexford	33,197	33,369	43,314	45,758	51,489	58,901	53,515	67,298	63,290	60,442
Wicklow	55,173	49,388	59,387	63,711	66,116	70,467	63,734	63,859	42,387	24,896

Total	906,456	856,821	1,014,784	1,049,661	1,088,674	1,148,910	1,068,064	1,256,626	1,106,619	922,352

Open in Excel: Fuel Oil Movements 2022 Table 2D (XLS 13KB)

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