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Spain · Oil imports

Spain: 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 2018, Spain imported 67.6 million tonnes of crude oil, most from Nigeria (15%), Mexico (14%) and Saudi Arabia (11%). Its refined-product imports were 16.1 million tonnes, most from Italy (23%), Portugal (9%) and Saudi Arabia (8%).

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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
2018
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, 2018

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1% 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%Nigeria 10.5%Mexico 13.3%Libya 11.4%United States 15.1%Other origins 36.3%
  • Nigeria
  • Mexico
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Libya
  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published

Every crude origin, 2018

Crude oil imports of Spain in 2018 by origin (by country of production).
NigeriaShare:15%Thousand tonnes:10,264
MexicoShare:14%Thousand tonnes:9,381
Saudi ArabiaShare:11%Thousand tonnes:7,492
LibyaShare:11%Thousand tonnes:7,112
IranShare:7%Thousand tonnes:4,894
IraqShare:7%Thousand tonnes:4,678
BrazilShare:7%Thousand tonnes:4,631
KazakhstanShare:7%Thousand tonnes:4,476
AngolaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:2,693
NorwayShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,559
AzerbaijanShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,272
CanadaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,184
RussiaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:1,018
AlgeriaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:999
United StatesShare:1%Thousand tonnes:966
Equatorial GuineaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:762
ColombiaShare:1%Thousand tonnes:755
United KingdomShare:1%Thousand tonnes:650
VenezuelaShare:0.9%Thousand tonnes:629
CameroonShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:356
AlbaniaShare:0.5%Thousand tonnes:352
EgyptShare:0.4%Thousand tonnes:259
CongoShare:0.3%Thousand tonnes:234
ItalyEUShare:0.1%Thousand tonnes:83
Cannot be traced to a named country1%934
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2018
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, 2018

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5% 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 dieselImports:3.51 Mt · Saudi Arabia 25%months: 12 with imports
PetrolImports:0.42 Mt · Italy 82%months: 11 with imports · 1 not published
Jet fuelshown belowImports:1.62 Mt · Saudi Arabia 27%months: 12 with imports
Heating and other gasoilImports:1.03 Mt · Russia 33%months: 12 with imports
Fuel oilImports:6.81 Mt · Italy 26%months: 12 with imports
NaphthaImports:1.33 Mt · Italy 42%months: 12 with imports
LPGImports:1.36 Mt · United States 48%months: 12 with imports

Jet fuel

In 2018, Spain imported 1.6 million tonnes of jet fuel, most from Saudi Arabia (27%), the United Arab Emirates (20%) and Greece (17%).

2% of it was not attributed to any country by the publisher and cannot be traced.

Share of jet fuel 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%Other origins 78.0%
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Greece
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Algeria
  • Kuwait
  • India
  • Other origins
  • Origin not published
  • Not published
  • No imports reported
Jet fuel imports of Spain in 2018 by origin (by the country it was last shipped from, as energy statistics report it).
Saudi ArabiaShare:27%Thousand tonnes:435
United Arab EmiratesShare:20%Thousand tonnes:331
GreeceEUShare:17%Thousand tonnes:271
EgyptShare:6%Thousand tonnes:91
South KoreaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:70
GibraltarShare:4%Thousand tonnes:69
NetherlandsEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:66
AlgeriaShare:4%Thousand tonnes:65
ItalyEUShare:4%Thousand tonnes:58
United StatesShare:2%Thousand tonnes:40
KuwaitShare:2%Thousand tonnes:32
LibyaShare:2%Thousand tonnes:27
PortugalEUShare:1%Thousand tonnes:20
FranceEUShare:0.6%Thousand tonnes:9
Cannot be traced to a named country2%33
Source & method
Source
  • Eurostat (European Commission) — Imports of oil and petroleum products by partner country - monthly data
Every source, with links and licences
Period
2018
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:29.13 Mt · United States 14%months: 6 with importsRefined products:8.81 Mt · Italy 19%months: 6 with imports
2025Crude oil:61.42 Mt · United States 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:20.19 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports
2024Crude oil:64.59 Mt · United States 16%months: 12 with importsRefined products:17.37 Mt · Italy 19%months: 12 with imports
2023Crude oil:61.56 Mt · United States 14%months: 12 with importsRefined products:15.19 Mt · Italy 20%months: 12 with imports
2022Crude oil:63.60 Mt · Nigeria 13%months: 12 with importsRefined products:14.96 Mt · Italy 15%months: 12 with imports
2021Crude oil:56.17 Mt · Nigeria 18%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.78 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports
2020Crude oil:54.85 Mt · Nigeria 20%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.77 Mt · Italy 16%months: 12 with imports
2019Crude oil:66.30 Mt · Nigeria 17%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.48 Mt · Italy 17%months: 12 with imports
2018shown belowCrude oil:67.63 Mt · Nigeria 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:16.08 Mt · Italy 23%months: 12 with imports
2017Crude oil:65.84 Mt · Mexico 15%months: 12 with importsRefined products:17.75 Mt · Italy 26%months: 12 with imports
2016Crude oil:64.17 Mt · Mexico 14%months: 12 with importsRefined products:15.52 Mt · Italy 22%months: 12 with imports
2015Crude oil:64.73 Mt · Nigeria 17%months: 12 with importsRefined products:13.44 Mt · Portugal 15%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
2018
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.