UK Energy Descent Continues

February 27, 2007

New figures from the DTI show some shocking facts on the decline of UK energy production. In 2006 the UK production of oil equivalent was 9% lower than 2005.

In 2006 total production was 196.1 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 9.0 per cent lower than in 2005. Within this, production of petroleum fell by 9.3 per cent, production of Natural Gas fell by 9.1 per cent and production of coal fell by 8.3 per cent.

Total production of indigenous primary fuels in the three months to December 2006 stood at 48.0 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 11.7 per cent lower than the corresponding period a year ago.
For the three months October to December 2006 compared to the same period a year earlier:

  • production of petroleum fell by 6.2 per cent;
  • production of natural gas fell by 13.5 per cent;
  • production of coal and other solid fuels fell by 20.7 per cent;
  • electricity produced from nuclear sources fell by 24.1 per cent;
  • electricity produced from wind and natural flow hydro rose by 25.7 per cent.

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