Romania
net importerKazakh crude arrives straight across the Black Sea from Novorossiysk – no Turkish Straits needed.
Answer
Romania imports about 183 thousand barrels of crude a day. The largest suppliers are Kazakhstan (60%), Azerbaijan (16%) and Libya (9%).
Data: 2025 annual averages
Key figures
- Crude oil imports, barrels per day
- 183 thousand
- Largest supplier
- Kazakhstan · 60%
- Real risk
- Turkish Straits · 34%
- Petrol 95 (26 Oct)
- €1.89
Where does Romania get its oil from?
| Supplier | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 60% | 110 |
| Azerbaijan | 16% | 29 |
| Libya | 9% | 16 |
| Guyana | 5% | 9 |
| Norway | 4% | 8 |
| other sources (not on the map) | 6% | 11 |
UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025
Which chokepoints does Romania's oil pass through?
The main maritime chokepoints on the way are Turkish Straits (34% of imports).
- Turkish Straits34% of imports · 62
Real risk: Turkish Straits – 34% of imports this way. Turkey controls traffic under the Montreux Convention; winter fog and tanker queues.
UN Comtrade · 2025
How much crude oil does Romania import?
Imports 183 thousand barrels of crude a day – one supertanker every 11 days. Own production (52 thousand) covers 20% of consumption, imports 71%, the rest is refined products and biofuels.
JODI-Oil · 2025
Fuel prices – Romania
Petrol 95: €1.89 per litre · Diesel: €2.04 per litre.
- Petrol 95: 14th most expensive of 27 in the EU; 3% below the EU average.
- Petrol 95: +€0.34 since 23 Feb (before the crisis): crude oil ≈ +€0.31, refining and margins ≈ +€0.00, taxes +€0.03.
- taxes and levies: 48% (Petrol 95), 37% (Diesel).
European Commission – Weekly Oil Bulletin · October 26, 2026
Romania: how did the 2026 oil crisis affect supplies and prices?
- February 28, 2026Iran closes the Strait of HormuzRomania: supplies keep flowing – yet the price still rises, because oil has one world priceWikipedia: 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- March 11, 2026IEA countries release 400 million barrels from emergency stocksIEA, 11 Mar 2026
- September 11, 2026Drones hit Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline – the main route around HormuzCNBC, 14 Sept 2026
- September 28, 2026The East-West pipeline runs again, at lower capacitywnp.pl, 28 Sept 2026
Effect on supplies: model of oil routes (2025 flows), stranded = no sea route left on that day.
Main port: Constanța
Sources
- UN Comtrade – crude oil imports by country of origin (HS 2709), as reported by the importing country · 2025
- JODI-Oil – national crude oil production, imports and exports · 2025
- U.S. EIA – crude oil and petroleum products passing through maritime chokepoints · 2023
- European Commission – Weekly Oil Bulletin – national average pump prices with and without taxes, reported weekly by EU member states · October 26, 2026
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