France had 146 million barrels of proven Oil reserves in 2005. Including refinery gain, the country produced 76,600 barrels per day (bbl/d) of oil in 2004. Despite the lack of significant domestic production, France is the tenth-largest consumer of oil in the world, consuming 2.04 million bbl/d in 2004.

To meet this demand, France had net Crude Oil imports of 1.96 million bbl/d in 2004, the largest sources of these imports being Norway, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

Due to the lack of domestic oil sources, the French government has encouraged the use of nuclear power as an alternative energy source to oil where possible, and the proportion of France's total energy consumption derived from oil has decreased from 71% in 1973 to 37% in 2002.

Source: Energy Information Administration