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 November 2024, Italy's jet fuel supply was 388 kt: 54% from its own refineries, with imports mainly from Saudi Arabia (15%), Egypt (15%) and Türkiye (7%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from Azerbaijan (9%), Libya (8%) and Kazakhstan (7%), and 50% cannot be traced.

The numbers as a table
Reported: where Italy's jet fuel came from
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
Italy (own refineries)Italy: jet fuel supply209,54854.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_cb_oilm (refinery output)
Saudi ArabiaItaly: jet fuel supply58,46215.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
EgyptItaly: jet fuel supply57,72114.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
TürkiyeItaly: jet fuel supply27,9367.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
LibyaItaly: jet fuel supply27,1237.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
SloveniaItaly: jet fuel supply6,8971.8%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 Arabia58,462100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Egypt: no crude dataEgypt57,721100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Other crude originsItaly (own refineries)35,26116.8%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's jet fuel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-09 to 2024-11. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanItaly (own refineries)34,07616.3%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's jet fuel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-09 to 2024-11. Confidence: medium.
LibyaItaly (own refineries)31,85115.2%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's jet fuel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-09 to 2024-11. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanItaly (own refineries)27,96413.3%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's jet fuel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-09 to 2024-11. Confidence: medium.
Türkiye: no crude dataTürkiye27,936100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Libya: no crude dataLibya27,123100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
United StatesItaly (own refineries)18,7328.9%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's jet fuel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-09 to 2024-11. Confidence: medium.
IraqItaly (own refineries)16,5317.9%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's jet fuel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-09 to 2024-11. Confidence: medium.
Saudi ArabiaItaly (own refineries)15,2107.3%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's jet fuel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-09 to 2024-11. Confidence: medium.
NigeriaItaly (own refineries)14,5626.9%EstimatedEstimate: Italy's jet fuel to Italy split by Italy's crude-import mix over 2024-09 to 2024-11. Confidence: medium.
Italy: crude not from importsItaly (own refineries)13,2816.3%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.
Slovenia: no refinerySlovenia6,897100.0%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.
Smaller flows: crude origin not reportedItaly (own refineries)2,0811.0%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
Source & method
Source
EurostatInferred · medium
Period 2024-11 (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 jet fuel in 2024-11, 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: 2024-11 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2024-09 to 2024-11.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • Saudi Arabia: no crude data (58,462 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Egypt: no crude data (57,721 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Türkiye: no crude data (27,936 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Libya: no crude data (27,123 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 (13,281 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 (6,897 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 origin not reported (2,081 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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