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 March 2026, Italy's road diesel supply was 2,237 kt: 70% from its own refineries, with imports mainly from Saudi Arabia (19%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from Libya (19%), Azerbaijan (10%) and Kazakhstan (7%), and 30% 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)

Imports, origin not reported → Italy

Road diesel supplied (Mar 2026)

39.5 thousand tonnes

2% of Italy's road diesel supply

Unknown

Crude behind it (estimate)

  • Origin not reported: crude unknown39 kt (100%)

Source: Eurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis); 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 Italy's road diesel came from
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
Italy (own refineries)Italy: road diesel supply1,574,39470.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_cb_oilm (refinery output)
Saudi ArabiaItaly: road diesel supply435,60819.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SpainItaly: road diesel supply73,5743.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Imports, origin not reportedItaly: road diesel supply39,4541.8%Summed by usPublisher's import total minus the named partners.
TürkiyeItaly: road diesel supply33,0751.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
NetherlandsItaly: road diesel supply30,6531.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
EgyptItaly: road diesel supply20,9780.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
BelgiumItaly: road diesel supply18,6140.8%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AlbaniaItaly: road diesel supply10,0000.4%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Estimate: the crude oil behind each supplier's fuel
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
Saudi Arabia: no crude dataSaudi Arabia435,608100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
LibyaItaly (own refineries)427,15327.1%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsItaly (own refineries)243,55515.5%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanItaly (own refineries)224,44614.3%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanItaly (own refineries)156,67010.0%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Saudi ArabiaItaly (own refineries)143,3209.1%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
United StatesItaly (own refineries)116,2057.4%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Italy: crude not from importsItaly (own refineries)104,4856.6%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.
IraqItaly (own refineries)96,9616.2%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
MexicoItaly (own refineries)45,8332.9%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's road diesel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Origin not reported: crude unknownImports, origin not reported39,454100.0%UnknownThe statistics did not say which country these imports came from.
Other crude originsSpain35,47448.2%EstimatedEstimate: Spain's road diesel to Italy split by Spain's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Türkiye: no crude dataTürkiye33,075100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Smaller flows: no crude dataEgypt20,978100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Other crude originsNetherlands16,60954.2%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Italy split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude origin not reportedItaly (own refineries)15,7661.0%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
Other crude originsBelgium12,61667.8%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Italy split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: no crude dataAlbania10,000100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
United StatesSpain9,65813.1%EstimatedEstimate: Spain's road diesel to Italy split by Spain's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
LibyaSpain8,78111.9%EstimatedEstimate: Spain's road diesel to Italy split by Spain's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
MexicoSpain8,13811.1%EstimatedEstimate: Spain's road diesel to Italy split by Spain's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
United StatesNetherlands6,91322.6%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Italy split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
IraqSpain4,8696.6%EstimatedEstimate: Spain's road diesel to Italy split by Spain's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
United StatesBelgium3,68419.8%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Italy split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Saudi ArabiaSpain3,5614.8%EstimatedEstimate: Spain's road diesel to Italy split by Spain's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanSpain2,7383.7%EstimatedEstimate: Spain's road diesel to Italy split by Spain's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude origin not reportedNetherlands2,2927.5%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
KazakhstanNetherlands2,1387.0%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Italy split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
IraqNetherlands1,4424.7%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Italy split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanBelgium1,3017.0%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Italy split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Saudi ArabiaNetherlands7762.5%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Italy split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: no refinerySlovenia610100.0%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.
IraqBelgium5663.0%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Italy split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Saudi ArabiaBelgium4462.4%EstimatedEstimate: Belgium's road diesel to Italy split by Belgium's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsSpain3550.5%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.
MexicoNetherlands2300.7%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Italy split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
LibyaNetherlands2020.7%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Italy split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanNetherlands520.2%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Italy split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2026-01 to 2026-03. 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 2026-03 (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: Italy’s supply of road diesel in 2026-03, 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: 2026-03 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2026-01 to 2026-03.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • Saudi Arabia: no crude data (435,608 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Italy: crude not from imports (104,485 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.
  • Origin not reported: crude unknown (39,454 t): The statistics did not say which country these imports came from.
  • Türkiye: no crude data (33,075 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Smaller flows: no crude data (30,978 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 (18,058 t): The supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
  • Smaller flows: no refinery (610 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.
  • Smaller flows: crude not from imports (355 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.
  • Imports, origin not reported (39,454 t): The statistics did not say which country these imports 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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