Belgium
Petrol, July 2026 — crude behind it: 19% United States · 19% Norway · 12% Kazakhstan · 7% cannot be traced. Up to 7% 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
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Belgium: petrol available in July 2026
Everything refined in the country plus everything imported.
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Where that fuel came from
Belgium's refineries ran on (going by its crude imports, May–July 2026)
The Netherlands' refineries ran on (going by its crude imports, May–June 2026)
Spain's refineries ran on (going by its crude imports, May–June 2026)
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The crude behind Belgium's petrol
Assumptions
- 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; fuel re-exported through a supplier is not followed further.
- 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, most petrol available in Belgium was refined in Belgium (65%), followed by the Netherlands (24%).
Belgium's refineries ran on crude from Norway (24%), the United States (15%) and Kazakhstan (14%), going by its crude imports in May–July 2026.
Taken together, an estimated 19% of the crude behind Belgium's petrol came from the United States, 19% from Norway and 12% from Kazakhstan; 7% cannot be traced.
Up to 7% of the crude behind Belgium's petrol is estimated to have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, a limited 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.
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Crude origins
Calculated2 refineries — ExxonMobil Antwerp refinery (ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical BV), 326,000 bpd; TotalEnergies Antwerp refining and petrochemical platform, 338,000 bpd.
In July 2026, 15 countries supplied crude imports; the largest three accounted for 53%.
Share of crude imports by origin, to July 2026
- Norway
- United States
- Kazakhstan
- Nigeria
- United Kingdom
- Brazil
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Share of crude imports, July 2026
Since January 2023: Saudi Arabia −13.1 pt, Angola −12.0 pt.
Share of crude imports, July 2026: all origins
| Country of origin | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Norway | 24% | 627,200 |
| Kazakhstan | 16% | 418,300 |
| United States | 13% | 359,300 |
| Guyana | 10% | 264,400 |
| Angola | 8% | 221,700 |
| Brazil | 6% | 162,000 |
| Other origins | 22% | |
| Origin not published | 1% |
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
CalculatedPetrol imports, July 2026: Netherlands 67%, Spain 15%, France 9%, United Kingdom 4%, Singapore 4%, Germany 1%.
Share of petrol imports by origin, to July 2026
- Netherlands
- France
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Spain
- Singapore
- Other origins
Share of petrol imports, July 2026
Share of petrol imports, July 2026: all origins
| Country of origin | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 67% | 99,800 |
| Spain | 15% | 22,200 |
| France | 9% | 13,300 |
| United Kingdom | 4% | 5,700 |
| Singapore | 4% | 5,200 |
| Germany | 1% | 1,900 |
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
Official110 days of emergency stock cover in July 2026.
Closing stocks: 7,882,500 tonnes, +5.5% 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
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Which method the member state used
- Stock calculation method: method 2
- Minimum obligation method: method 1
- Days calculation method: method 3
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