Austria
Road diesel, July 2026 — crude behind it: 32% Kazakhstan · 20% United States · 11% Libya · 10% cannot be traced. 2–13% of that crude may have passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- EIA, IEA and terminal operators (cited per row) — Fuel Origin Hormuz route classification and country bounds, methodology v1.0
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
Countries without a crude refinery can appear under "Last shipped from": the importing country's statistics record where the fuel arrived from. It was refined elsewhere and either sold on or passed through that country's terminals; the statistics do not say which, or where it was refined.
Crude behind it (estimated)
Last shipped from
Austria's road diesel
Kazakhstanest. 32%United Statesest. 20%Libyaest. 11%Norwayest. 7%Guyanaest. 4%Azerbaijanest. 4%United Kingdomest. 4%Other crude originsest. 8%Slovenia: no refinery7%Austria: crude not from imports3%Smaller flows: crude not from imports<1%Smaller flows: crude origin not reported<1%554 kt100%Crude behind it (estimated)
- Kazakhstan176 kt (est. 32%)
- United States113 kt (est. 20%)
- Libya58 kt (est. 11%)
- Norway38 kt (est. 7%)
- Guyana23 kt (est. 4%)
- Azerbaijan21 kt (est. 4%)
- United Kingdom20 kt (est. 4%)
- Other crude origins47 kt (est. 8%)
- Slovenia: no refinery37 kt (7%)
- Austria: crude not from imports17 kt (3%)
- Smaller flows: crude not from imports3.2 kt (<1%)
- Smaller flows: crude origin not reported0.2 kt (<1%)
Last shipped from
- Reported (solid)
- Our arithmetic on reported figures (dotted)
- Estimated crude behind the fuel (dashed)
- Cannot be traced (hatched)
Assumptions
- 1
Austria: road diesel available in July 2026
Everything refined in the country plus everything imported.
- 2
Where that fuel came from
- 3
The crude behind Austria's road diesel
- Exports are assumed to be drawn from every source in proportion to its share of supply.
- Each country's refineries are assumed to run on its crude-import mix over the latest three months.
- The chain looks back one country only. Imports are counted under the country the fuel was last shipped from; where that country has refineries, fuel that only passed through it is traced as if it had been refined there.
- The crude origin is the producing country the statistics report, not the loading terminal, so the Hormuz answer is a range wherever a producer loads both inside and outside the Persian Gulf.
In July 2026, the largest single source of road diesel available in Austria was Germany (43%), followed by Austria's own refineries (43%).
Germany's refineries ran on crude from the United States (28%), Kazakhstan (16%) and Norway (15%), going by its crude imports in May–June 2026.
Taken together, an estimated 32% of the crude behind Austria's road diesel came from Kazakhstan, 20% from the United States and 11% from Libya; 10% cannot be traced.
The largest untraced part (7%) is there because Slovenia has no crude oil refinery, so that fuel was made elsewhere and is followed only one step back.
Between 1% and 13% of the crude behind Austria's road diesel is estimated to have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, a moderate dependence judged on the upper bound. No midpoint is published: crude that cannot be traced is counted as anything from none to all of it.
This is an estimate, not a reported figure: it assumes exports are drawn proportionally from every source and that each country's refineries run on its crude-import mix, and it looks back only one country.
Hormuz and the pump price in Austria
Calculated- At most 13% of the crude behind Austria's road diesel in July 2026 could have passed through Hormuz.
- Since 28 Feb 2026, diesel at the pump went +44.8%; Brent (in US dollars) went +61.5% (week of 23 Feb 2026 to week of 21 Sep 2026).
- 40% of the diesel pump price is tax (week of 21 Sep 2026).
Is Hormuz really the reason? — the EU-wide picture →
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- EIA, IEA and terminal operators (cited per row) — Fuel Origin Hormuz route classification and country bounds, methodology v1.0
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) — Weekly Oil Bulletin - retail fuel prices with and without taxes
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Europe Brent Spot Price FOB (petroleum spot prices)
- Method
- How this figure is made
- Strait of Hormuz: the upper end of the headline’s estimate for July 2026, the same figure as in the sentence above; no new figure is made here.
- Pump price: Weekly Oil Bulletin, diesel including tax, week of 23 Feb 2026 (€1.546 per litre) and week of 21 Sep 2026 (€2.238 per litre). Brent: EIA daily spot price, the first print dated in each of those weeks (23 Feb 2026: 71.9; 21 Sep 2026: 116.15; US dollars per barrel). Each change is worked out in the currency it is published in; no exchange rate is applied. The start week is the one containing the event date of Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026) (28 Feb 2026), the event the Strait of Hormuz page leads with; the end week is the latest week with both prices.
- Tax share: the pump price split into tax and price before tax for the week of 21 Sep 2026 (Weekly Oil Bulletin prices and published tax rates), as on the pump price page.
- The three figures are shown side by side, each on its own; no link between them is drawn here.
Go deeper for Austria
- What does diesel cost at the pump in Austria, and how much of it is tax?Pump price & tax →latest weekly price €2.24 per litre (diesel, week of 21 Sep 2026)
- Where has Austria bought its oil since 2015?Imports since 2015 →
- How does fuel reach Austria, flow by flow?Flow diagram, full page →
- How does Austria compare with Slovenia, Croatia and Czechia?Compare with neighbours →
- Which refineries, ports and pipelines serve Austria?Refineries & pipelines →
- Where does Austria's crude come from, on a map?On the map →
- What does Kazakhstan supply to the EU?Supplier page: Kazakhstan →
- What does the United States supply to the EU?Supplier page: United States →
- What does Libya supply to the EU?Supplier page: Libya →
Crude origins
Calculated1 refinery — OMV Schwechat Refinery, 9.6 Mt/a.
In July 2026, seven countries supplied crude imports; the largest three accounted for 85%.
Share of crude imports by origin, to July 2026
- Kazakhstan
- Libya
- Guyana
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Azerbaijan
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Share of crude imports, July 2026 (published)
Since January 2023: Kazakhstan +19.1 pt, United States +18.3 pt.
Share of crude imports, July 2026: all origins
| Country of origin | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 55% | 350,565 |
| United States | 21% | 134,328 |
| Libya | 9% | 56,406 |
| Iraq | 8% | 53,261 |
| Guyana | 5% | 32,792 |
| Azerbaijan | 2% | 10,420 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Refinery operators and national regulators (cited per row) — Fuel Origin curated refinery reference list
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Product origins
CalculatedRoad diesel imports, July 2026: Germany 74%, Slovenia 12% (re-exported; origin not traceable), Italy 12%, Czechia 2%, Slovakia 0.2%.
Share of road diesel imports by country last shipped from, to July 2026
- Germany
- Italy
- Slovenia
- Czechia
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Share of road diesel imports, July 2026 (published)
Share of road diesel imports, July 2026 (published): all countries last shipped from
| Country last shipped from | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 74% | 236,693 |
| Slovenia | 12% | 37,137 |
| Italy | 12% | 36,541 |
| Czechia | 2% | 7,406 |
| Slovakia | 0.2% | 743 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Stocks & days of cover
Official88 days of emergency stock cover in July 2026.
Closing stocks: 3,041,930 tonnes, −3.7% against the 12-month average.
Closing stocks, to July 2026
- Closing stocks
- 12-month average
Days of cover, to July 2026
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Emergency oil stocks in days equivalent - monthly data
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Stock levels for oil products - monthly data
- Period
- July 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
- Which method the member state used
- Stock calculation method: method 2
- Minimum obligation method: method 1
- Days calculation method: method 3
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Recent events
Official- 28 Feb 2026Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)Shipping disruption · Strait of Hormuz / Persian Gulf
- 5 Feb 2023EU import ban on Russian refined petroleum products (in force 5 February 2023)Import ban · European Union
- 5 Dec 2022EU import ban on seaborne Russian crude oil (in force 5 December 2022)Import ban · European Union
- 24 Feb 2022Russian invasion of Ukraine (24 February 2022)War · Ukraine
Source & method
- Source
- International Energy Agency — Event timeline, cited per event
- US Energy Information Administration — Event timeline, cited per event
- European Commission — Event timeline, cited per event
- European Council — Event timeline, cited per event
- National legislators — Event timeline, cited per event
- Method
- How this figure is made