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 2025, Croatia's petrol supply was 96 kt: 84% from its own refineries, with imports mainly from Hungary (9%) and Slovenia (6%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from Azerbaijan (56%), Nigeria (9%) and the Russia (6%), and 22% cannot be traced.

The numbers as a table
Reported: where Croatia's petrol came from
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
Croatia (own refineries)Croatia: petrol supply81,00084.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_cb_oilm (refinery output)
HungaryCroatia: petrol supply8,4008.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SloveniaCroatia: petrol supply5,9006.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SerbiaCroatia: petrol supply9000.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Estimate: the crude oil behind each supplier's fuel
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
AzerbaijanCroatia (own refineries)54,09666.8%EstimatedEstimate: Croatia's petrol to Croatia split by Croatia's crude-import mix over 2025-03 to 2025-05. Confidence: medium.
Croatia: crude not from importsCroatia (own refineries)13,21416.3%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.
NigeriaCroatia (own refineries)8,80210.9%EstimatedEstimate: Croatia's petrol to Croatia split by Croatia's crude-import mix over 2025-03 to 2025-05. Confidence: medium.
RussiaHungary6,22174.1%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Croatia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2025-03 to 2025-05. Confidence: medium.
Slovenia: no refinerySlovenia5,900100.0%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.
KazakhstanCroatia (own refineries)4,8886.0%EstimatedEstimate: Croatia's petrol to Croatia split by Croatia's crude-import mix over 2025-03 to 2025-05. Confidence: medium.
Hungary: crude not from importsHungary1,44017.1%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 dataSerbia900100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
KazakhstanHungary4765.7%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Croatia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2025-03 to 2025-05. Confidence: medium.
CroatiaHungary1331.6%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Croatia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2025-03 to 2025-05. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanHungary1301.5%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Croatia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2025-03 to 2025-05. Confidence: medium.
Source & method
Source
EurostatInferred · medium
Period 2025-05 (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: Croatia’s supply of petrol in 2025-05, in tonnes of fuel. Only the middle-to-right flows are reported figures.

Countries without a crude refinery can appear under "Last shipped from": the importing country's statistics record where the fuel arrived from. It was refined elsewhere and either sold on or passed through that country's terminals; the statistics do not say which, or where it was refined.

Month: 2025-05 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2025-03 to 2025-05.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • Croatia: crude not from imports (13,214 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.
  • Slovenia: no refinery (5,900 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.
  • Hungary: crude not from imports (1,440 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 (900 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • 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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