Norway
net exporterAnswer
Norway exports about 1.7 million barrels of crude a day. The largest buyers are United Kingdom (22%), Germany (15%) and Netherlands (11%).
Data: 2025 annual averages
Key figures
- Crude oil exports, barrels per day
- 1.7 million
- Largest buyer
- United Kingdom · 22%
- Main chokepoint on its routes
- Danish Straits · 25%
Where does Norway's oil go?
| Buyer | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 22% | 380 |
| Germany | 15% | 252 |
| Netherlands | 11% | 184 |
| Sweden | 10% | 175 |
| Poland | 10% | 165 |
| Finland | 9% | 162 |
| Belgium | 6% | 100 |
| France | 5% | 87 |
| Lithuania | 3% | 58 |
| Denmark | 3% | 44 |
| Czechia | 2% | 30 |
| Spain | 1% | 10 |
| Romania | 0% | 8 |
| Bulgaria | 0% | 6 |
| other destinations (not on the map) | 3% | 60 |
UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025
Which chokepoints does Norway's oil pass through?
The main maritime chokepoints on the way are Danish Straits (25% of exports) and Turkish Straits (1% of exports).
- Danish Straits25% of exports · 429
- Turkish Straits1% of exports · 14
25% of exports passes through Danish Straits, but these are calm waters – the routes avoid dangerous straits.
UN Comtrade · 2025
How much crude oil does Norway export?
Produces 1.9 million barrels a day. Uses 10% at home and sells 1.7 million (90%) abroad – one supertanker a day.
JODI-Oil · 2025
Norway: how did the 2026 oil crisis affect supplies and prices?
- February 28, 2026Iran closes the Strait of HormuzNorway: supplies keep flowing – yet the price still rises, because oil has one world priceWikipedia: 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- March 11, 2026IEA countries release 400 million barrels from emergency stocksIEA, 11 Mar 2026
- September 11, 2026Drones hit Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline – the main route around HormuzCNBC, 14 Sept 2026
- September 28, 2026The East-West pipeline runs again, at lower capacitywnp.pl, 28 Sept 2026
Effect on supplies: model of oil routes (2025 flows), stranded = no sea route left on that day.
Main terminal: Mongstad
Sources
- UN Comtrade – crude oil imports by country of origin (HS 2709), as reported by the importing country · 2025
- JODI-Oil – national crude oil production, imports and exports · 2025
- U.S. EIA – crude oil and petroleum products passing through maritime chokepoints · 2023
Related questions
- Where does the United Kingdom get its oil from?
- Where does Germany get its oil from?
- Where does the Netherlands get its oil from?
- Which countries depend on the Danish Straits?
- Which countries export the most crude oil?
- Which countries depend most on a single oil supplier?
- Where does the EU get its crude oil?
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CSV and JSON, CC BY 4.0 – credit “chokepoints.io” with a link. Volumes in thousand barrels per day, 2025 annual averages.
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