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Crude oil production, down by 4.3%, imports down by 16.9% 11 months into 2023

February 28, 2024

Romania produced, in the first 11 months of 2023, a quantity of crude oil of 2.562 million tons of oil equivalent, 114,300 toe less (-4.3%) compared to the same period the previous year, according to centralized data by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Crude oil imports rose, in the January-November 2023 period, to 6.696 million toe, being 1.36 million toe below those recorded in the first 11 months of 2022 (-16.9%).According to the latest Energy Balance Forecast, published by the National Commission for Strategy and Prognosis (CNSP), this year's crude oil production was expected to be 3.050 million tons oil equivalent, down 2.3%, compared to 2022.CNSP indicates that Romania's crude oil production will be on a downward trajectory in the period 2023-2026, with an average annual rate of -2.2%, a consequence of the natural decline of deposits and the maintenance of existing production units.Thus, in 2024 it will be 2.98 million toe (-2.3% compared to the previous year), in 2025 to 2.91 million toe (-2.3%) and in 2026 to 2.855 million toe (-2 %).On the other hand, for the import of crude oil, CNSP estimates an increase in the mentioned period with an average annual rate of 4.1%.For 2023, the Energy Balance Forecast estimates imports of 9.215 million toe (+5.1% compared to the previous year), for 2024 of 9.65 million toe (+4.7%), for 2025 to 10 million toe (+ 3.6%), and for 2026 of 10.3 million toe (+3%).      

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