Suez Canal / SUMED
high riskThe canal plus the SUMED pipeline (Red Sea → Mediterranean). Laden VLCCs don't fit through the canal – they offload part of the cargo into SUMED.
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How much oil?
About 8.8 million barrels of crude and fuels pass through here every day – ~9% of seaborne trade, or 4 supertankers a day. The map shows 3.4 million of that in crude oil routes.
Why is it a risk?
Depends on the situation in the Red Sea; the Ever Given blockage (2021) halted 12% of world trade for 6 days.
Who depends on it?
| Country | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| Poland | 52% of imports | 269 |
| Greece | 43% of imports | 208 |
| Lithuania | 43% of imports | 75 |
| Serbia | 41% of imports | 22 |
| India | 39% of imports | 1,848 |
| Bulgaria | 33% of imports | 43 |
| Turkey | 25% of imports | 150 |
| Netherlands | 23% of imports | 224 |
| Austria | 16% of imports | 24 |
| Italy | 14% of imports | 160 |
| Belgium | 13% of imports | 80 |
| France | 11% of imports | 102 |
| Spain | 8% of imports | 105 |
| Germany | 6% of imports | 101 |
Whose oil is it?
| Supplier | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 54% | 1,848 |
| Saudi Arabia | 23% | 789 |
| Iraq | 23% | 774 |