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 May 2024, Croatia's road diesel supply was 309 kt: 33% from its own refineries, with imports mainly from Italy (35%), Slovenia (17%) and Greece (10%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from Azerbaijan (35%), Libya (10%) and Kazakhstan (7%), and 29% cannot be traced.

The numbers as a table
Reported: where Croatia's road diesel came from
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
ItalyCroatia: road diesel supply109,21435.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Croatia (own refineries)Croatia: road diesel supply101,01932.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_cb_oilm (refinery output)
SloveniaCroatia: road diesel supply53,42417.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
GreeceCroatia: road diesel supply30,5709.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
BulgariaCroatia: road diesel supply11,6033.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaCroatia: road diesel supply2,5700.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
TürkiyeCroatia: road diesel supply4220.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Estimate: the crude oil behind each supplier's fuel
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
AzerbaijanCroatia (own refineries)89,70688.8%EstimatedEstimate: Croatia's road diesel to Croatia split by Croatia's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
Slovenia: no refinerySlovenia53,424100.0%UnknownThe supplying country has no crude oil refinery (a cited confirmed zero), so the fuel was made elsewhere and passed through. We look back one step only.
LibyaItaly23,61321.6%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Croatia split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanItaly16,47915.1%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Croatia split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanItaly15,28014.0%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Croatia split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
Croatia: crude origin not reportedCroatia (own refineries)11,31311.2%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
Other crude originsItaly11,17110.2%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Croatia split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
Bulgaria: crude origin not reportedBulgaria11,13996.0%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
Italy: crude not from importsItaly9,9999.2%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.
Saudi ArabiaItaly9,7468.9%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Croatia split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
IraqGreece9,64831.6%EstimatedEstimate: Greece's road diesel to Croatia split by Greece's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
IraqItaly9,3098.5%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Croatia split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
United StatesItaly7,7407.1%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Croatia split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanGreece7,69025.2%EstimatedEstimate: Greece's road diesel to Croatia split by Greece's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
LibyaGreece5,95419.5%EstimatedEstimate: Greece's road diesel to Croatia split by Greece's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
NigeriaItaly4,9044.5%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Croatia split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
Saudi ArabiaGreece3,41911.2%EstimatedEstimate: Greece's road diesel to Croatia split by Greece's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsGreece2,6308.6%EstimatedEstimate: Greece's road diesel to Croatia split by Greece's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: no crude dataBosnia and Herzegovina2,570100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Smaller flows: crude origin not reportedItaly9730.9%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
AzerbaijanGreece6172.0%EstimatedEstimate: Greece's road diesel to Croatia split by Greece's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude origin not reportedGreece6132.0%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsBulgaria4644.0%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 dataTürkiye422100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Other crude originsHungary369.8%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's road diesel to Croatia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsHungary115.3%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.
KazakhstanHungary114.9%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's road diesel to Croatia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2024-03 to 2024-05. Confidence: medium.

One flow with a share under 0.1% is not listed here. It is 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 2024-05 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:30 UTCConfidenceMediumMethodologyDownload CSV

Left: the crude oil behind the fuel (an estimate). Middle: the countries whose refineries made it. Right: Croatia’s supply of road diesel in 2024-05, in tonnes of fuel. Only the middle-to-right flows are reported figures.

Month: 2024-05 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2024-03 to 2024-05.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • Slovenia: no refinery (53,424 t): The supplying country has no crude oil refinery (a cited confirmed zero), so the fuel was made elsewhere and passed through. We look back one step only.
  • Croatia: crude origin not reported (11,313 t): The supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
  • Bulgaria: crude origin not reported (11,139 t): The supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
  • Italy: crude not from imports (9,999 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 (2,992 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 (1,586 t): The supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
  • Smaller flows: crude not from imports (464 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.
  • 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; fuel re-exported through a supplier is not followed further.
  • 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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