Ireland

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Ireland	Europe	OECD	World	Rank	Ireland
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.73	4,269	21,620	87,329	110	0.73
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.00	3,424	14,908	74,136	93	0.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	144.99	15,083	46,501	87,605	69	131.03
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-144.27	-10,814	-24,882	--	36	-130.31
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	71	16,787	45,873	88,097	82	71
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.00	12	224	1,474	90	0.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Ireland	Europe	World	Rank		Ireland
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	14	10,836	111,954	70		12
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	194	20,378	113,321	54		171
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-181	-9,308	--	27		-159
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA	166	6,637	73		NA
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Ireland	Europe	World	Rank		Ireland
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.073	737	7,954	60		0.067
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.179	966	7,770	57		2.350
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-1.745	-218	--	34		-2.536
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Ireland	Europe	World	Rank		Ireland
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	26.29	3,454	19,071	65		26.83
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	24.96	3,219	17,360	64		25.18
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	7.40	940	4,843	64		8.32
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2010					2011
		History	Ireland	Europe	World	Rank		Ireland
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	.050	45	509	113		0.065
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.628	84	511	72		0.593
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4,060	5,486	7,452	131		3,777
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Ireland	Europe	World	Rank		Ireland
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	38.24	4,375	31,502	70		36.57