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 October 2023, Slovakia's petrol supply was 100 kt: 87% from its own refineries, with imports mainly from Czechia (10%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from the Russia (83%), 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 supply86,73686.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_cb_oilm (refinery output)
CzechiaSlovakia: petrol supply10,03310.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
AustriaSlovakia: petrol supply2,9613.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by partner country, energy basis)
HungarySlovakia: petrol supply3330.3%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)77,67489.6%EstimatedEstimate: Slovakia's petrol to Slovakia split by Slovakia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
RussiaCzechia5,15951.4%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
HungarySlovakia (own refineries)3,3863.9%EstimatedEstimate: Slovakia's petrol to Slovakia split by Slovakia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
United KingdomSlovakia (own refineries)3,2303.7%EstimatedEstimate: Slovakia's petrol to Slovakia split by Slovakia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
AzerbaijanCzechia2,58725.8%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
SwitzerlandSlovakia (own refineries)2,4462.8%EstimatedEstimate: Slovakia's petrol to Slovakia split by Slovakia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanCzechia1,25912.5%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanAustria1,19140.2%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsAustria1,02134.5%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude origin not reportedCzechia6646.6%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
IraqAustria47215.9%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
RussiaHungary30992.8%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Slovakia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
IraqCzechia3053.0%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsAustria1755.9%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.
AzerbaijanAustria1033.5%EstimatedEstimate: Austria's petrol to Slovakia split by Austria's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsCzechia590.6%EstimatedEstimate: Czechia's petrol to Slovakia split by Czechia's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude not from importsHungary164.9%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 originsHungary61.9%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Slovakia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanHungary10.3%EstimatedEstimate: Hungary's petrol to Slovakia split by Hungary's crude-import mix over 2023-08 to 2023-10. Confidence: medium.
Source & method
Source
EurostatInferred · medium
Period 2023-10 (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 2023-10, in tonnes of fuel. Only the middle-to-right flows are reported figures.

Month: 2023-10 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2023-08 to 2023-10.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • Smaller flows: crude origin not reported (664 t): The supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
  • Smaller flows: crude not from imports (191 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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