Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 119131
Oil: Reserves
Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Robin Swann
Ulster Unionist Party — South Antrim
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what volume of the Republic of Ireland's national strategic oil reserve is held in UK-based storage.
Answer
Michael ShanksIreland's National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA) is a commercial entity that holds some oil stocks in Northern Ireland. Details of these stockholdings are commercially sensitive. It would be for NORA to provide any further details about them.