Fuel Origin

Flows

How oil reaches each country

Where the EU’s crude oil and fuel come from, as each member state reports its imports; every band’s width is proportional to tonnes.

In July 2026, Belgium's road diesel supply was 1,227 kt: 62% from its own refineries, with imports mainly from the Netherlands (28%) and Singapore (8%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from Norway (19%), the United States (19%) and Kazakhstan (11%), and 13% cannot be traced.

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  • Reported (solid)
  • Our arithmetic on reported figures (dotted)
  • Estimated crude behind the fuel (dashed)
  • Cannot be traced (hatched)
  • Dashed: estimated from published euro value

Smaller flows: no crude data → Belgium

Crude behind this road diesel, an estimate (Jul 2026)

3.9 thousand tonnes

<1% of Belgium's road diesel supply

Unknown

Last shipped from

  • United Kingdom3.9 kt (100%)

Source: Fuel Origin fuel-chain look-through (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md section 8), built on Eurostat nrg_ti_oilm and nrg_cb_oilm

The numbers as a table
Reported: where Belgium's road diesel came from
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
Belgium (own refineries)Belgium: road diesel supply764,30062.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_cb_oilm (refinery output)
NetherlandsBelgium: road diesel supply338,80027.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SingaporeBelgium: road diesel supply92,8007.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
United StatesBelgium: road diesel supply13,8001.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
GermanyBelgium: road diesel supply6,7000.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
FinlandBelgium: road diesel supply6,5000.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
United KingdomBelgium: road diesel supply3,9000.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Estimate: the crude oil behind each supplier's fuel
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
NorwayBelgium (own refineries)183,52924.0%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Belgium split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsBelgium (own refineries)141,38018.5%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Belgium split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Confidence: medium.
United StatesBelgium (own refineries)116,71415.3%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Belgium split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Confidence: medium.
United StatesNetherlands113,10233.4%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Belgium split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanBelgium (own refineries)107,70414.1%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Belgium split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Confidence: medium.
Singapore: no crude dataSingapore92,800100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Other crude originsNetherlands70,16920.7%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Belgium split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
BrazilBelgium (own refineries)54,8007.2%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Belgium split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Confidence: medium.
GuyanaBelgium (own refineries)54,6417.1%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Belgium split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Confidence: medium.
United KingdomBelgium (own refineries)46,5556.1%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Belgium split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Confidence: medium.
NorwayNetherlands43,70612.9%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Belgium split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
Democratic Republic of the CongoBelgium (own refineries)37,1484.9%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Belgium split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Confidence: medium.
Netherlands: crude origin not reportedNetherlands30,8139.1%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
KazakhstanNetherlands30,0118.9%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Belgium split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
BrazilNetherlands29,1768.6%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Belgium split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
United KingdomNetherlands21,8236.4%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Belgium split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
Belgium: crude origin not reportedBelgium (own refineries)17,5222.3%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
United States: no crude dataUnited States13,800100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
NorwayFinland4,74273.0%EstimatedPartly estimated from published euro value. Estimate: Finland's road diesel to Belgium split by Finland's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Finland did not publish its crude imports for part of that window; those months use crude imports estimated from the euro values it did publish (customs basis).
Smaller flows: crude not from importsBelgium (own refineries)4,3060.6%UnknownThe refineries used more crude than the country imported (its own production or stocks). That part is not traced rather than being filled with the import mix.
Smaller flows: no crude dataUnited Kingdom3,900100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
United StatesGermany1,85727.7%EstimatedEstimate: Germany's road diesel to Belgium split by Germany's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsGermany1,68425.1%EstimatedEstimate: Germany's road diesel to Belgium split by Germany's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
United StatesFinland1,12517.3%EstimatedPartly estimated from published euro value. Estimate: Finland's road diesel to Belgium split by Finland's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Finland did not publish its crude imports for part of that window; those months use crude imports estimated from the euro values it did publish (customs basis).
KazakhstanGermany1,06315.9%EstimatedEstimate: Germany's road diesel to Belgium split by Germany's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
NorwayGermany1,02815.3%EstimatedEstimate: Germany's road diesel to Belgium split by Germany's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsFinland6339.7%EstimatedPartly estimated from published euro value. Estimate: Finland's road diesel to Belgium split by Finland's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-07. Finland did not publish its crude imports for part of that window; those months use crude imports estimated from the euro values it did publish (customs basis).
United KingdomGermany5678.5%EstimatedEstimate: Germany's road diesel to Belgium split by Germany's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
GuyanaGermany4166.2%EstimatedEstimate: Germany's road diesel to Belgium split by Germany's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
BrazilGermany831.2%EstimatedEstimate: Germany's road diesel to Belgium split by Germany's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsFrance7436.8%EstimatedEstimate: France's road diesel to Belgium split by France's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
United StatesFrance4321.6%EstimatedEstimate: France's road diesel to Belgium split by France's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanFrance3919.4%EstimatedEstimate: France's road diesel to Belgium split by France's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsFrance167.9%UnknownThe refineries used more crude than the country imported (its own production or stocks). That part is not traced rather than being filled with the import mix.
NorwayFrance167.8%EstimatedEstimate: France's road diesel to Belgium split by France's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
United KingdomFrance104.8%EstimatedEstimate: France's road diesel to Belgium split by France's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.
Democratic Republic of the CongoFrance31.7%EstimatedEstimate: France's road diesel to Belgium split by France's crude-import mix over 2026-05 to 2026-06. Confidence: medium.

3 flows with a share under 0.1% are not listed here. They are still counted in every total and drawn in the diagram, and the CSV under Source & method lists every flow.

Source & method
Source
EurostatInferred · medium
Period 2026-07 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:30 UTCConfidenceMediumMethodologyDownload CSV

Left: the crude oil behind the fuel (an estimate). Middle: the country’s own refineries and the countries the fuel was last shipped from, which may be a trading hub rather than where it was refined; the estimate treats each as the refiner. Right: Belgium’s supply of road diesel in 2026-07, in tonnes of fuel. Only the middle-to-right flows are reported figures.

Dashed crude links rest partly on crude imports estimated from published euro values: a supplier did not publish its crude imports for some months of the window (docs/METHODOLOGY.md section 6.1). Customs basis, INFERRED. Method

Month: 2026-07 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2026-05 to 2026-07.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • Singapore: no crude data (92,800 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Netherlands: crude origin not reported (30,813 t): The supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
  • Belgium: crude origin not reported (17,522 t): The supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
  • United States: no crude data (13,800 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Smaller flows: crude not from imports (4,322 t): The refineries used more crude than the country imported (its own production or stocks). That part is not traced rather than being filled with the import mix.
  • Smaller flows: no crude data (3,900 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Smaller flows: crude origin not reported (3 t): The supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
  • Only the supplier -> country links are reported figures. The crude -> supplier links are an estimate: each supplier's fuel is split by that supplier's own crude-import mix over the latest three months.
  • Exports are assumed to be drawn from every source in proportion to its share of supply.
  • The chain looks back one country only. Imports are counted under the country the fuel was last shipped from; where that country has refineries, fuel that only passed through it is traced as if it had been refined there.
  • Widths are tonnes of this fuel, not tonnes of crude oil: a refinery makes several products from each tonne of crude.

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