Economy / Energy
Who supplies the world’s oil and gas?
Crude petroleum, LNG and natural gas. From reported origin to importing market, year by year and month by month.
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Global trade map
From origin to importing market
Route width reflects reported import value. The map shows the largest connections; the table shows the 40 largest routes.
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Observed market
Largest origins and importers
Reported origin
Importing market
| Origin | Importing market | Value | Share |
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Annual and monthly
Available periods and coverage
Bar height is observed import value; the number below it is the count of reporting markets. Changing coverage can move the total.
How to read the data
Three distinct products. One consistent reporting lens.
Crude petroleum
HS 270900Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, crude. Refined fuel is excluded.
LNG
HS 271111Natural gas in a liquefied state.
Natural gas
HS 271121Natural gas in a gaseous state. It is not automatically labelled as a pipeline flow.
We use only import declarations and the origin reported by the importing market. This avoids adding import declarations to their mirror export declarations. Values are current USD, generally CIF.
A map connection is not a physical shipping or pipeline route, contractual counterparty or final consumer. Annual and monthly series are not added together and may differ after revisions. Missing reporting is not zero.
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