Bulgaria · Oil imports
Bulgaria: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
In 2018, Bulgaria imported 5.9 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Russia (69%), Iraq (25%) and Egypt (3%). Its refined-product imports were 1.5 million tonnes, most from Romania (47%), Russia (29%) and Kazakhstan (9%).
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average; a month that is not published is a gap.
Crude oil, 2018
CalculatedShare of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Russia
- Iraq
- Egypt
- Saudi Arabia
- Kazakhstan
- Italy
- Other origins
- Origin not published
Every crude origin, 2018
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | Share:69% | Thousand tonnes:4,047 | |
| Iraq | Share:25% | Thousand tonnes:1,458 | |
| Egypt | Share:3% | Thousand tonnes:162 | |
| Azerbaijan | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:81 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Share:1% | Thousand tonnes:75 | |
| ItalyEU | Share:0.5% | Thousand tonnes:29 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average; a month that is not published is a gap.
Refined products, 2018
Calculated| Product | Importsmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|
| Road diesel | Imports:0.57 Mt · Romania 53%months: 12 with imports |
| Petrolshown below | Imports:0.23 Mt · Romania 87%months: 12 with imports |
| Jet fuel | Imports:0.02 Mt · Greece 100%months: 9 with imports · 1 reported none · 2 not published |
| Heating and other gasoil | Imports:0.22 Mt · Russia 99%months: 12 with imports |
| Fuel oil | Imports:0.03 Mt · Romania 43%months: 9 with imports · 3 reported none |
| Naphtha | Imports:none importedmonths: 11 reported none · 1 not published |
| LPG | Imports:0.43 Mt · Romania 44%months: 12 with imports |
Petrol
In 2018, Bulgaria imported 228 thousand tonnes of petrol, most from Romania (87%), Serbia (12%) and Greece (0.9%).
Share of petrol imports by origin, January 2015 to July 2026
- Romania
- Serbia
- Greece
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Netherlands
- Other origins
- Origin not published
| Origin | Share% of the year’s imports | Importsthousand tonnes | Share as a bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| RomaniaEU | Share:87% | Thousand tonnes:198 | |
| Serbia | Share:12% | Thousand tonnes:28 | |
| GreeceEU | Share:0.9% | Thousand tonnes:2 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average; a month that is not published is a gap.
Year by year
CalculatedSelect a year to see its origins above.
| Year | Crude oilmillion tonnes · largest origin · months published | Refined productsmillion tonnes, seven product families · largest origin · months published |
|---|---|---|
| January–July 2026 | Crude oil:3.71 Mtmonths: 7 with imports | Refined products:0.65 Mt · Romania 28%months: 7 with imports |
| 2025 | Crude oil:4.84 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.61 Mt · Romania 29%months: 12 with imports |
| 2024 | Crude oil:6.60 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.36 Mt · Romania 32%months: 12 with imports |
| 2023 | Crude oil:6.24 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.43 Mt · Russia 37%months: 12 with imports |
| 2022 | Crude oil:7.10 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.61 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with imports |
| 2021 | Crude oil:4.15 Mtmonths: 11 with imports · 1 reported none | Refined products:1.67 Mt · Romania 39%months: 12 with imports |
| 2020 | Crude oil:4.85 Mtmonths: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.64 Mt · Romania 44%months: 12 with imports |
| 2019 | Crude oil:6.99 Mt · Russia 63%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.63 Mt · Romania 50%months: 12 with imports |
| 2018shown below | Crude oil:5.85 Mt · Russia 69%months: 11 with imports · 1 reported none | Refined products:1.50 Mt · Romania 47%months: 12 with imports |
| 2017 | Crude oil:6.85 Mt · Russia 69%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.85 Mt · Romania 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2016 | Crude oil:6.19 Mt · Russia 78%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.67 Mt · Romania 46%months: 12 with imports |
| 2015 | Crude oil:6.05 Mt · Russia 93%months: 12 with imports | Refined products:1.62 Mt · Romania 39%months: 12 with imports |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- 2018
- Method
- How this figure is made
Counted by the country where the oil was produced, as the country reports it in its energy statistics.
Yearly figures are the sum of the published monthly tonnes over the months with a published figure; shares are each origin’s tonnes over that sum. A month that is not published is left out and listed, never counted as zero, and a month counts as “reported none” only where the zero is confirmed. The part of the published totals the publisher did not attribute to a country is shown as “cannot be traced”. Refined products are seven product families (road diesel, petrol, jet fuel, heating and other gasoil, fuel oil, naphtha, LPG); other products such as bitumen and lubricants are not included.
The chart draws each month’s shares as a 3-month average; a month that is not published is a gap.