Ireland
Road diesel, June 2026 — crude behind it: 24% United States · 11% Norway · 5% Kazakhstan · 37% cannot be traced. Up to 37% 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
- June 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Ireland: road diesel available in June 2026
Everything refined in the country plus everything imported.
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Where that fuel came from
The Netherlands' refineries ran on (going by its crude imports, April–June 2026)
United Kingdom: crude origin not published.
Belgium's refineries ran on (going by its crude imports, April–June 2026)
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The crude behind Ireland's road diesel
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 June 2026, the largest single source of road diesel available in Ireland was the Netherlands (23%), followed by the United Kingdom (22%).
The Netherlands' refineries ran on crude from the United States (27%), Norway (17%) and Kazakhstan (10%), going by its crude imports in April–June 2026.
Taken together, an estimated 24% of the crude behind Ireland's road diesel came from the United States, 11% from Norway and 5% from Kazakhstan; 37% cannot be traced.
The largest untraced part (22%) is there because we hold no crude import statistics for the United Kingdom.
Up to 37% of the crude behind Ireland's road diesel is estimated to have passed through the Strait of Hormuz, a significant 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.
Pump prices and tax for Ireland → latest weekly price €2.05 per litre (diesel, week of 21 Sep 2026)
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Crude origins
Calculated1 refinery — Whitegate Refinery (Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery Limited), 75,000 bpd.
In June 2026, two countries supplied all crude imports.
Share of crude imports by origin, to June 2026
- United States
- Azerbaijan
- Algeria
- Spain
- Nigeria
- Other origins
Share of crude imports, June 2026
Since January 2023: Nigeria +17.6 pt, Azerbaijan −11.3 pt.
Share of crude imports, June 2026: all origins
| Country of origin | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 63% | 158,437 |
| Azerbaijan | 37% | 92,271 |
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
- June 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Product origins
CalculatedRoad diesel imports, June 2026: Netherlands 29%, United Kingdom 28%, Belgium 28%, United States 15%.
Share of road diesel imports by origin, to June 2026
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Sweden
- United States
- Spain
- Other origins
Share of road diesel imports, June 2026
Share of road diesel imports, June 2026: all origins
| Country of origin | Share | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 29% | 54,603 |
| United Kingdom | 28% | 52,873 |
| Belgium | 28% | 52,430 |
| United States | 15% | 27,141 |
Source & method
- Source
- Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
- Period
- June 2026
- Method
- How this figure is made
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Stocks & days of cover
Official81 days of emergency stock cover in June 2026.
Closing stocks: 1,964,315 tonnes, −8.8% against the 12-month average.
Closing stocks, to June 2026
- Closing stocks
- 12-month average
Days of cover, to June 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
- June 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 1
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