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The UK is the best site in Europe for wind energy, and its wind power production is its fastest-growing supply. In 2021, the UK was the world's 14th-largest consumer of energy and the 22nd-largest producer. [326] The UK is home to many large energy companies, including two of the six major oil and gas companies – BP and Shell. [327]
BP is the operator of the Clair oilfield, which has been appraised as the largest hydrocarbon resource in the UK. [190] There are 1,200 BP service stations in the UK. [191] [192] Since 2018 BP operates the UK's largest electric vehicle charging network through its subsidiary BP Pulse (formerly Chargemaster). [6]
Primary electricity (11.2%) Bioenergy and waste (10.5%) Coal (3.4%) Energy mix of the United Kingdom over time. Energy in the United Kingdom came mostly from fossil fuels in 2021. Total energy consumption in the United Kingdom was 142.0 million tonnes of oil equivalent (1,651 TWh) in 2019. [2] In 2014, the UK had an energy consumption per ...
e. The government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [2][3] The government is led by the prime minister (currently Keir Starmer since 5 July 2024) who selects all the other ministers. The country ...
Petroleum refining in the United Kingdom produced around 51.45 million tonnes of petroleum products in 2023, down 16% from 2015 and 32% from 2011. [1] There are six major and one minor petroleum refinery in the downstream sector of the UK oil industry.
There is currently no active coal-fired power stations operating in the United Kingdom. [1] The Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire became the last station to close on 29 September 2024, [2] 142 years after the commission of the first coal power station in the UK (and the world), Thomas Edison's Holborn Viaduct power station.
The oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom produced 1.42 million BOE per day [4] in 2014, of which 59% [4] was oil/liquids. In 2013 the UK consumed 1.508 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 2.735 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, [5] so is now an importer of hydrocarbons having been a significant exporter in the 1980s and 1990s.
The United Kingdom Oil Pipeline (UKOP) is an oil products pipeline opened in 1969 and connecting the two (then) Shell refineries of Stanlow (Cheshire) and Shell Haven (Thames Estuary). UKOP is owned by a consortium of five shareholders Essar Midlands Ltd, BP, Shell, Valero and Total. UKOP is administered and operated by the British Pipeline ...