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Romania · Oil imports

Romania: 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 2023, Romania imported 7.4 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Kazakhstan (65%), Libya (13%) and Azerbaijan (6%). Its refined-product imports were 3.2 million tonnes, most from India (29%), Türkiye (13%) and Italy (9%).

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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
2023
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, 2023

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4% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

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%Kazakhstan 56.6%Azerbaijan 22.2%Other origins 16.4%
  • Kazakhstan
  • Azerbaijan
  • Russia
  • Iraq
  • Libya
  • Turkmenistan
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2023

Crude oil imports of Romania in 2023 by origin (by country of production).
KazakhstanShare:65%Thousand tonnes:4,817
LibyaShare:13%Thousand tonnes:969
AzerbaijanShare:6%Thousand tonnes:437
IraqShare:5%Thousand tonnes:351
NorwayShare:4%Thousand tonnes:263
CongoShare:2%Thousand tonnes:129
OmanShare:1%Thousand tonnes:85
Saudi ArabiaShare:0.7%Thousand tonnes:50
Cannot be traced to a named country4%272
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2023
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, 2023

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Refined product imports by product family: million tonnes, largest origin and months published.
Road dieselshown belowImports:2.85 Mt · India 33%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:0.09 Mt · Hungary 67%months: 12 with imports
Jet fuelImports:0.08 Mt · Türkiye 71%months: 10 with imports · 2 not published
Heating and other gasoilImports:none importedmonths: 4 reported none · 8 not published
Fuel oilImports:0.01 Mt · Israel 100%months: 3 with imports · 8 reported none · 1 not published
NaphthaImports:none importedmonths: 3 reported none · 9 not published
LPGImports:0.19 Mt · Kazakhstan 29%months: 12 with imports

Road diesel

In 2023, Romania imported 2.8 million tonnes of road diesel, most from India (33%), Türkiye (13%) and Italy (10%).

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%Türkiye 25.0%Saudi Arabia 49.9%Bulgaria 11.2%Other origins 13.7%
  • Russia
  • Hungary
  • United States
  • Türkiye
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Bulgaria
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
Road diesel imports of Romania in 2023 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
IndiaShare:33%Thousand tonnes:934
TürkiyeShare:13%Thousand tonnes:371
ItalyEUShare:10%Thousand tonnes:290
BulgariaEUShare:9%Thousand tonnes:244
GreeceEUShare:6%Thousand tonnes:177
HungaryEUShare:6%Thousand tonnes:166
RussiaShare:6%Thousand tonnes:166
Saudi ArabiaShare:5%Thousand tonnes:146
AustriaEUShare:5%Thousand tonnes:144
IsraelShare:4%Thousand tonnes:100
KuwaitShare:2%Thousand tonnes:68
United Arab EmiratesShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:27
SlovakiaEUShare:0.2%Thousand tonnes:7
SloveniaEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:3
GermanyEUShare:<0.1%Thousand tonnes:2
TurkmenistanShare:<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
2023
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:3.22 Mt · Kazakhstan 56%months: 6 with importsRefined products:1.49 Mt · Saudi Arabia 41%months: 6 with imports
2025Crude oil:8.88 Mt · Kazakhstan 62%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.74 Mt · Türkiye 24%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:8.28 Mt · Kazakhstan 55%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.87 Mt · Saudi Arabia 25%months: 12 with imports
2023shown belowCrude oil:7.37 Mt · Kazakhstan 65%months: 12 with importsRefined products:3.21 Mt · India 29%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:8.70 Mt · Kazakhstan 53%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.42 Mt · Russia 54%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:6.82 Mt · Kazakhstan 46%months: 12 with importsRefined products:2.28 Mt · Russia 49%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:6.96 Mt · Kazakhstan 52%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.58 Mt · Russia 35%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:8.64 Mt · Kazakhstan 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.45 Mt · Russia 41%months: 12 with imports
2018Crude oil:8.26 Mt · Russia 43%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.81 Mt · Hungary 28%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:7.75 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.72 Mt · Russia 31%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:7.47 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.55 Mt · Russia 39%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:6.59 Mt · Russia 44%months: 12 with importsRefined products:1.51 Mt · Russia 38%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
2023
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.