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Portugal · Oil imports

Portugal: crude oil and fuel imports since 2015

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

In 2020, Portugal imported 10.5 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Brazil (27%), Nigeria (18%) and Saudi Arabia (10%). Its refined-product imports were 2.3 million tonnes, most from Spain (73%), the United States (9%) and the United Kingdom (6%).

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Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2020
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

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 over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.

Crude oil, 2020

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Share of crude imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Brazil 48.1%Azerbaijan 11.2%Other origins 26.0%
  • Brazil
  • Azerbaijan
  • Angola
  • Algeria
  • Nigeria
  • Russia
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2020

Crude oil imports of Portugal in 2020 by origin (by country of production).
BrazilShare:27%Thousand tonnes:2,816
NigeriaShare:18%Thousand tonnes:1,846
Saudi ArabiaShare:10%Thousand tonnes:1,063
AngolaShare:9%Thousand tonnes:917
NorwayShare:8%Thousand tonnes:803
Equatorial GuineaShare:8%Thousand tonnes:798
AzerbaijanShare:7%Thousand tonnes:756
United StatesShare:7%Thousand tonnes:691
AlgeriaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:476
CongoShare:3%Thousand tonnes:368
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2020
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

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 over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.

Refined products, 2020

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0.4% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselshown belowImports:0.76 Mt · Spain 82%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:0.19 Mt · Spain 68%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:<0.01 Mt · Spain 100%months: 4 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:0.12 Mt · Spain 99%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:0.26 Mt · Spain 89%months: 11 with imports
NaphthaImports:0.20 Mt · Spain 100%months: 7 with imports
LPGImports:0.76 Mt · Spain 48%months: 12 with imports

Road diesel

In 2020, Portugal imported 758 thousand tonnes of road diesel, most from Spain (82%), Belgium (9%) and the Netherlands (6%).

Share of road diesel imports by origin, January 2015 to June 2026

3-month average of monthly shares, over the months with figures in each window
Sep 2020Jun 20260%25%50%75%100%Spain 80.5%Netherlands 19.5%
  • Spain
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • India
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Road diesel imports of Portugal in 2020 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
SpainEUShare:82%Thousand tonnes:622
BelgiumEUShare:9%Thousand tonnes:71
NetherlandsEUShare:6%Thousand tonnes:46
United KingdomShare:3%Thousand tonnes:19
FranceEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:<1
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2020
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

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 over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.

Year by year

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Select a year to see its origins above.

Crude oil and refined product imports by year: million tonnes, largest origin and months published. Select a year for its origins.
January–June 2026Crude oil:5.07 Mt · Brazil 55%months: 6 with importsRefined products:1.53 Mt · Spain 58%months: 6 with imports
2025Crude oil:8.72 Mt · Brazil 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:3.12 Mt · Spain 48%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:10.54 Mt · Brazil 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.46 Mt · Spain 63%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:9.22 Mt · Brazil 43%months: 12 with importsRefined products:3.10 Mt · Spain 52%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:10.06 Mt · Brazil 38%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.89 Mt · Spain 58%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:9.37 Mt · Brazil 39%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.91 Mt · Spain 60%months: 12 with imports
2020shown belowCrude oil:10.53 Mt · Brazil 27%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.28 Mt · Spain 73%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:11.23 Mt · Angola 22%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.71 Mt · Spain 56%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:12.59 Mt · Russia 20%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.08 Mt · Spain 58%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:14.19 Mt · Russia 25%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.12 Mt · Spain 66%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:13.46 Mt · Russia 21%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.10 Mt · Spain 54%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:14.11 Mt · Angola 23%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.05 Mt · Spain 60%months: 12 with imports
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2020
Method
How this figure is made

Counted as the country reports it in its energy statistics: crude oil by the country where it was produced, refined products by the country they were last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where they were refined.

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 over the months with figures in each window. A month that is not published is a hatched band labelled “Not published”, and a confirmed zero a plain band labelled “No imports reported”; neither is ever filled in or averaged over.