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 September 2025, Sweden's road diesel supply was 619 kt: 53% from its own refineries, with imports mainly from Finland (15%), Denmark (14%) and the Netherlands (6%); tracing one step back, the crude behind it is estimated to come mainly from Norway (49%), the United States (16%) and the United Kingdom (8%), and 17% cannot be traced.

The numbers as a table
Reported: where Sweden's road diesel came from
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
Sweden (own refineries)Sweden: road diesel supply326,27852.7%ReportedEurostat nrg_cb_oilm (refinery output)
FinlandSweden: road diesel supply90,15614.6%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
DenmarkSweden: road diesel supply88,77814.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NetherlandsSweden: road diesel supply39,0796.3%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
CanadaSweden: road diesel supply31,6455.1%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
NorwaySweden: road diesel supply30,5974.9%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
QatarSweden: road diesel supply12,2562.0%ReportedEurostat nrg_ti_oilm (imports by country of origin, energy basis)
Estimate: the crude oil behind each supplier's fuel
FromToTonnesShareHow we know
NorwaySweden (own refineries)199,48761.1%EstimatedEstimate: Sweden's road diesel to Sweden split by Sweden's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
NorwayFinland72,69080.6%EstimatedPartly estimated from published euro value. Estimate: Finland's road diesel to Sweden split by Finland's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Finland did not publish its crude imports for part of that window; those months use crude imports estimated from the euro values it did publish (customs basis).
United StatesSweden (own refineries)52,57716.1%EstimatedEstimate: Sweden's road diesel to Sweden split by Sweden's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
United KingdomSweden (own refineries)32,1069.8%EstimatedEstimate: Sweden's road diesel to Sweden split by Sweden's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
Canada: no crude dataCanada31,645100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
GuyanaSweden (own refineries)31,3509.6%EstimatedEstimate: Sweden's road diesel to Sweden split by Sweden's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
Norway: no crude dataNorway30,597100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
Denmark: crude not from importsDenmark26,01029.3%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.
NorwayDenmark25,33328.5%EstimatedEstimate: Denmark's road diesel to Sweden split by Denmark's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
United StatesDenmark24,79127.9%EstimatedEstimate: Denmark's road diesel to Sweden split by Denmark's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
United KingdomDenmark12,64414.2%EstimatedEstimate: Denmark's road diesel to Sweden split by Denmark's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
Qatar: no crude dataQatar12,256100.0%UnknownWe hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
United StatesFinland10,98512.2%EstimatedPartly estimated from published euro value. Estimate: Finland's road diesel to Sweden split by Finland's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Finland did not publish its crude imports for part of that window; those months use crude imports estimated from the euro values it did publish (customs basis).
NigeriaSweden (own refineries)10,7573.3%EstimatedEstimate: Sweden's road diesel to Sweden split by Sweden's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
NorwayNetherlands8,01820.5%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Sweden split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
United StatesNetherlands7,65319.6%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Sweden split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
Other crude originsNetherlands5,94515.2%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Sweden split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
KazakhstanNetherlands5,85515.0%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Sweden split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
GuyanaFinland4,1254.6%EstimatedPartly estimated from published euro value. Estimate: Finland's road diesel to Sweden split by Finland's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Finland did not publish its crude imports for part of that window; those months use crude imports estimated from the euro values it did publish (customs basis).
BrazilNetherlands3,7449.6%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Sweden split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
United KingdomNetherlands3,1858.1%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Sweden split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
Smaller flows: crude origin not reportedNetherlands2,4166.2%UnknownThe supplying country's statistics did not say where part of its crude came from.
Other crude originsFinland2,3562.6%EstimatedPartly estimated from published euro value. Estimate: Finland's road diesel to Sweden split by Finland's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Finland did not publish its crude imports for part of that window; those months use crude imports estimated from the euro values it did publish (customs basis).
NigeriaNetherlands2,2635.8%EstimatedEstimate: Netherlands's road diesel to Sweden split by Netherlands's crude-import mix over 2025-07 to 2025-09. Confidence: medium.
Source & method
Source
EurostatInferred · medium
Period 2025-09 (month)Updated 2026-09-26 13:30 UTCConfidenceMediumMethodologyDownload CSV

Left: the crude oil behind the fuel (an estimate). Middle: the countries whose refineries made it. Right: Sweden’s supply of road diesel in 2025-09, in tonnes of fuel. Only the middle-to-right flows are reported figures.

Dashed crude links rest partly on crude imports estimated from published euro values: a supplier did not publish its crude imports for some months of the window (docs/METHODOLOGY.md section 6.1). Customs basis, INFERRED. Method

Month: 2025-09 (requested). Crude mixes are pooled over 2025-07 to 2025-09.

Fuel that cannot be traced, and the reason

  • Canada: no crude data (31,645 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Norway: no crude data (30,597 t): We hold no crude import statistics for the supplying country, and we do not assume what its refineries run on.
  • Denmark: crude not from imports (26,010 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.
  • Qatar: no crude data (12,256 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 (2,416 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; fuel re-exported through a supplier is not followed further.
  • 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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