France produces only 1% of the oil it consumes; domestic oil production covers about 1% of French oil consumption.
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The exact share fluctuates slightly from year to year (approximately 1%, with French crude production around 500–800 thousand tonnes/year versus consumption exceeding 77 million tonnes of oil equivalent).
The 1% figure refers to domestic crude oil production relative to total national oil (petroleum product) consumption; data based on broader definitions (e.g. all petroleum liquids including NGLs, as in some EIA-derived datasets such as Worldometers) can show higher ratios (~7%), but the official French definition used by SDES and the Ministry confirms the ~1% figure.
The official sources cited (SDES Édition 2025 and the ministry's policy page) were published/updated before the session date of 2026-07-07 and were available to the speaker.
Sources
PrimarySDES — Chiffres clés de l'énergie, Édition 2025 (Pétrole)Divisée par plus de six depuis le début des années 1990, la production primaire de pétrole ne représente désormais plus qu'environ 1 % de la consommation nationale de pétrole.
SecondaryVie-publique.fr — Les énergies fossilesLa production reste modeste - environ 600 000 tonnes d'équivalent pétrole par an - et couvre environ 1% de la consommation nationale.