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 August 2023, Slovakia's petrol supply was 115 kt: 87% from its own refineries, with imports mainly from Czechia (9%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from the Russia (77%) and Hungary (16%), and 1% cannot be traced.

The numbers as a table
Reported: where Slovakia's petrol came from
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
Slovakia (own refineries)Slovakia: petrol supply100,02587.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_cb_oilm (refinery output)
CzechiaSlovakia: petrol supply10,1808.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AustriaSlovakia: petrol supply4,0823.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
HungarySlovakia: petrol supply2590.2%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
Estimate: the crude oil behind each supplier's fuel
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
RussiaSlovakia (own refineries)81,65281.6%EstimatedEstimate: Slovakia's petrol to Slovakia split by Slovakia's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
HungarySlovakia (own refineries)18,37318.4%EstimatedEstimate: Slovakia's petrol to Slovakia split by Slovakia's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
RussiaCzechia6,08159.7%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanCzechia2,21321.7%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanAustria1,22930.1%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
United StatesCzechia9108.9%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsAustria82420.2%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
LibyaAustria73818.1%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanCzechia5995.9%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
IraqAustria56713.9%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude origin not reportedAustria41410.1%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsCzechia3773.7%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: crude not from importsAustria2195.4%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.
RussiaHungary19776.1%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Slovakia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanAustria912.2%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsHungary4116.0%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.
KazakhstanHungary124.8%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Slovakia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsHungary83.1%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Slovakia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2023-06 to 2023-08. Confidence: medium.
Source & method
Source
EurostatInferred · medium
Period 2023-08 (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: Slovakia’s supply of petrol in 2023-08, in tonnes of fuel. Only the middle-to-right flows are reported figures.

Month: 2023-08 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2023-06 to 2023-08.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • Smaller flows: crude not from imports (637 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 origin not reported (414 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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