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 April 2026, Latvia's jet fuel supply was 8.9 kt, all of it imported, mainly from the United States (45%), Estonia (25%) and Lithuania (21%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from Saudi Arabia (10%) and Norway (7%), and 74% cannot be traced.

The numbers as a table
Reported: where Latvia's jet fuel came from
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
United StatesLatvia: jet fuel supply4,01145.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
EstoniaLatvia: jet fuel supply2,21624.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
LithuaniaLatvia: jet fuel supply1,82820.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
RomaniaLatvia: jet fuel supply8449.5%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Estimate: the crude oil behind each supplier's fuel
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
United States: no crude dataUnited States4,011100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Estonia: no refineryEstonia2,216100.0%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.
Saudi ArabiaLithuania88848.6%EstimatedEstimate: Lithuania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Lithuania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
NorwayLithuania66236.2%EstimatedEstimate: Lithuania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Lithuania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
Romania: crude not from importsRomania28934.2%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.
KazakhstanRomania24829.4%EstimatedEstimate: Romania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Romania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanRomania16018.9%EstimatedEstimate: Romania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Romania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
GuyanaRomania10512.4%EstimatedEstimate: Romania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Romania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
United KingdomLithuania784.3%EstimatedEstimate: Lithuania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Lithuania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
United StatesLithuania754.1%EstimatedEstimate: Lithuania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Lithuania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsLithuania683.7%EstimatedEstimate: Lithuania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Lithuania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsLithuania573.1%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.
Other crude originsRomania435.0%EstimatedEstimate: Romania's jet fuel to Latvia split by Romania's crude-import mix over 2026-02 to 2026-04. Confidence: medium.
Source & method
Source
EurostatInferred · medium
Period 2026-04 (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: Latvia’s supply of jet fuel in 2026-04, 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: 2026-04 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2026-02 to 2026-04.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • United States: no crude data (4,011 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Estonia: no refinery (2,216 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.
  • Romania: crude not from imports (289 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: crude not from imports (57 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. 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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