Romanuan crude oil imports in the first eight months amounted to 5.198 million tons of oil equivalent, which is by 434,500 tons of oil equivalent or 7.7% less than in the same period last year, according to the data provided by Romanian National Institute for Statistics.
In the same period, crude oil production amounted to 1.87 million tons of oil equivalent, which is 3.9% or 78,600 tons of oil equivalent less compared to the same period in 2022.
According to the Energy Balance Forecast, crude oil production is expected in 2023 at 3.05 million tons of oil equivalent.