Ireland Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 350,000 #69 in the world
Gas Production 4,662 #82 in the world
Gas Consumption 153,762 #56 in the world
Daily Deficit −149,100
Gas Imports 149,524
Gas Exports 0
Net Imports 149,524
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Ireland

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Ireland holds 0 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #69 in the world and accounting for about 0.0051% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Ireland has proven reserves equivalent to 1.9 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 2 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
350,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #69 | Share of World: 0.0051%
2 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Ireland


Gas Consumption in Ireland

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  • Ireland consumes 184,768 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Ireland ranks #56 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 0.14% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Ireland consumes 38,411 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 4,810,261 people), or 105 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Ireland

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  • Ireland produces 4,662 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #82 in the world.

Gas Imports

  • Ireland imports 97% of its natural gas consumption (149,524 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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