Crude and petroleum products balance sheet; supply and consumption
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Tabeltoelichting
This table shows the supply and consumption of petroleum products and crudes as a balance sheet.
Petroleum products include the fuels LPG, motor gasoline and diesel oil. The balance includes products used for processing or consumption in the Netherlands as well as those intended for transit.
Crudes are crude oil, natural gas liquids and additives (intermediates for motor gasoline and transport diesel). Separate balance sheet items are available for feedstocks for processing in the Netherlands and for feedstocks for the transit trade. The difference between the two flows is that import tax is paid for products destined for production in the Netherlands, while it is not paid for transit goods.
The following standard densities are used to convert from kg to liters of Gasoline, Diesel and Autogas delivered including excise duty:
Petrol 0.75 kg/l, Diesel 0.836 kg/l and LPG 0.535 kg/l.
This table replaces the next tables:
Crude balance sheet; supply, consumption and stock, 1944 - April 2021
Petroleum products balance; supply, consumption and stock, 1946 - April 2021
Motor fuels; sales in petajoules, weight and volume, 1946 - April 2021
See section 3.
Data available:
From January 2015
Status of the figures:
- up to and including 2022 definite.
- 2023 are revised provisional.
- 2024 are provisional.
Changes as of November 29th of 2024:
Figures for September 2024 have been added.
Changes as of November 19th of 2024:
This table has also been revised for 2015 to 2021 as a result of new methods that have also been applied for 2022 and 2023. This concerns the following components: final energy consumption of LPG, distribution of final energy consumption of motor gasoline and sector classification of gas oil/diesel within the services. This concerns changes of a maximum of a few PJ.
Changes as of November 1st of 2024:
Figures for August 2024 have been added.
Changes as of September 30th 2024:
Figures for July 2024 have been added.
Changes as of June 7th 2024
Revised provisional figures of 2023 have been added.
When will new figures be published?
Provisional figures: in the second month after the month under review.
Definite figures: not later than in the second following December.
Toelichting onderwerpen
- Supply
- The amount of crudes and petroleum products that has primarily become available for consumption in the Netherlands. Supply is calculated as indigenous production plus other sources plus production plus imports minus exports minus bunkers plus stock changes. This calculation of the supply results in the amount of crudes and petroleum products consumed in the Netherlands in the period concerned.
- Total supply
- Total of the amount of petroleum crudes and petroleum products that have primarily become available for consumption in the Netherlands.
- Indigenous production
- Extraction of energy commodities from nature. Crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) are extracted from the bottom on shore or in the Dutch part of the North Sea.
- Other sources
- This item is the calculation of indigenous production plus imports minus exports of bioadditives.
- Production
- Production of petroleum products by transforming crude or other petroleum products, e.g. production of motor gasoline by refining crude oil.
- Total production
- Total production of petroleum products at the refineries, the petrochemical industry and other oil companies.
- Refineries
- Companies that transform crude oil and other feedstocks into useful fossil fuels and other petroleum products. Fuels are LPG, motor gasoline, kerosene and gasoil. Other products are e.g. lubricants and asphalt. The most important step in the refinery is distillation. Crude oil is heated and headed through a column. This process yields several petroleum products such as residual gases at the top of the column and heavy products at the bottom.
- Petrochemical industry
- Companies that transform petroleum products into chemical products. Some other petroleum products become available as a by-product. These come to the market along with petroleum products from refineries. For example the transformation of the chemical product ethylene (a feedstock for plastic) into naphtha and the petroleum product automotive gas delivered to the market for consumption as fuel.
- Other oil companies
- Companies storing or trading petroleum products. In common these companies blend petroleum products just before they are delivered to the market. For example addition more or less additives to motor gasoline or transport diesel to meet summer or winter specifications.
- Imports
- Imports of crudes and petroleum products.
- Total imports
- Inland
- Receipts of crudes and petroleum products from abroad directly to the inland.
- Bonded area
- Receipts of crudes and petroleum products from abroad to the bonded area. Bonded area is a fiscal place for goods for transit trade.
- Exports
- Exports of crudes and petroleum products.
- Total exports
- Inland
- Exports of crudes and petroleum products from the Netherlands to abroad.
- Bonded area
- Exports of crudes and petroleum products from bonded area to abroad, also called transit trade.
- Bunkers
- Delivery of fuels for international shipping and aviation, i.e. ships and aircraft departing from Dutch (air)ports and arriving in foreign (air)ports. In the energy balance sheet bunkers are considered as a form of export and are not included in energy available for consumption in the Netherlands.
- Total bunkers
- International marine
- Delivery of fuels for international shipping. This concerns ships departing from Dutch ports and arriving in / at foreign ports. The post bunkers are seen in the energy balance as a form of export. The fuel will not be available for consumption in the Netherlands.
- International inland shipping
- Delivery of fuels for international inland shipping. This concerns ships in Dutch ports and arriving in / at foreign ports. The post bunkers are seen in the energy balance as a form of export. The fuel will not be available for consumption in the Netherlands.
- International aviation
- Delivery of fuels for international aviation. This concerns aircraft departing from Dutch airports and arriving at / at foreign airports. The post bunkers are seen in the energy balance as a form of export. The fuel will not be available for consumption in the Netherlands.
- Stock changes
- Changes in stock are calculated as opening stock minus closing stock in accordance with international energy statistics guidelines. A positive figure means that stocks have decreased, and the supply of energy thus increased. A negative figure means the opposite: an increase in stocks and a decrease in consumption.
- Consumption
- The amount of crudes and petroleum products used for transformation into other petroleum products or as final consumption within the national borders of the Netherlands.
- Total consumption
- For transformation in products
- The amount of crudes and petroleum products used as feedstock for transformation into other petroleum products, e.g. distillation of fuel oil in a refinery. Or products are blended into other products, like propane and butane into automotive gas.
- Total for transformation in oil products
- Refineries
- Refinery petroleum transformation. A refinery is a company that transforms crude oil and other feedstocks into useful fossil fuels and other petroleum products. Fuels are LPG, motor gasoline, kerosene and gasoil. Other products are e.g. lubricants and asphalt. The most important step in the refinery is distillation. Crude oil is heated and headed through a column. This process yields several petroleum products such as residual gases at the top of the column and heavy products at the bottom.
- Petrochemical industry
- Petrochemical company petroleum transformation. A petrochemical company is a company that transforms petroleum products into chemical products. Some other petroleum products become available as a by-product. These come to the market along with petroleum products from refineries. For example the transformation of the chemical product ethylene (a feedstock for plastic) into naphtha and the petroleum product automotive gas delivered to the market for consumption as fuel.
- Other oil industry
- Other oil companies petroleum transformation. An other oil company is a company that stores or trades petroleum products. In common these companies blend petroleum products just before they are delivered to the market. For example addition more or less additives to motor gasoline or transport diesel to meet summer or winter specifications.
- Other transformations
- Input of petroleum products to produce other energy commodities, like electricity or heat.
- Final consumption
- Final consumption of energy. No useful energy commodity remains. This can be final energy consumption, like motor gasoline in a car, or non energy use, like naphtha in petrochemical industry.
- Total
- Total final consumption as feedstock for chemical products mainly in the petrochemical industry or as fuel for refineries, the petrochemical industry, transport, fishing and other consumers. In this table final consumption includes also own consumption of refineries, while this is 'Own consumption' in the Energy balance sheet.
- Refineries, own use of fuel
- These are all petroleum products consumed in support of the operation of a refinery. Includes input for electricity and heat production to be sold. Mainly consumption of residual products released from refinery, such as refinery gas and fuel oil. In this table final consumption includes also own consumption of refineries, while this is 'Own consumption' in the Energy balance sheet.
- Petrochemical industry
- Companies that transform petroleum products into chemical products. Some other petroleum products become available as a by-products. These come to the market along with petroleum products from refineries. For example the transformation of the chemical product ethylene (a feedstock for plastic) into naphtha and the petroleum product automotive gas delivered to the market for consumption as fuel.
- Final energy consumption
- Consumption used to support business activities of the petrochemical plant, such as heat for steam cracking. Includes input for electricity and heat production to be sold. Mainly consumption of residual products released from the assimilation process, such as chemical waste gas.
- Non-energy use
- Final consumption of petroleum for non-energy purposes, like producing ethylene, propylene, butylene, synthesis gas, aromatics, butadiene and other hydrocarbon–based raw materials in processes such as steam cracking, aromatics plants and steam reforming.
- Final consumption other oil industry
- Consumption for heating very heavy oil fractions (bitumen, tar) in order to be able to pump them.
- Final consumption transport sector
- All domestic passenger and freight transport by rail, road, water and air.
Excludes transport on own premises and consumption of mobile equipment.- Total transport
- Total domestic transport.
- Road transport
- All passenger and freight transport on public roads by car, auto bus, goods vehicle, motorcycle, moped, etc.
Excludes transport on own premises and consumption of mobile equipment, such as tractors and mobile machinery for agriculture/construction (which typically do not operate on public roads).
- Rail transport
- All passenger and freight transport by rail, like train, tram and metro. Excludes transport on own premises.
Trolley buses are included in road transport.
- All domestic passenger and freight water transport, inland waterway, maritime and coastal shipping departing from and arriving in Dutch ports. Includes work on sea, like dredging, construction and maintenance of offshore rigs and off shore wind turbines.
Does not include fishing.
- Domestic aviation
- All domestic passenger and freight air transport departing from and arriving on Dutch airports.
- Other consumers
- The amount of petroleum products delivered to retail and other final consumers. Includes consumption by agriculture, construction, defence, services and other consumers, e.g. bitumen (asphalt) for roof covering, white spirits as a thinner in paint or lubricant oil in equipment and motors.
- Bonded area movement
- Goods flow from bonded area to the inland for which no excise and import duties have been paid.
- Bonded area to inland
- Foreign goods from bonded area to inland for processing and use.
- Stocks
- The amount of crudes and petroleum products stored in the Netherlands at the beginning and the end of the reporting period.
- Opening stocks
- The amount of crudes and petroleum products stored at the beginning of the reporting period.
- Total
- Total opening stocks in the interior and bonded area.
- Inland
- Opening stock in the inland.
- Bonded area
- Opening stock in the custom warehouse.
- Closing stocks
- The amount of crudes and petroleum products stored at the end of the reporting period.
- Total
- Total closing stocks in the inland and bonded area.
- Inland
- Closing stock in the inland.
- Bounded area
- Closing stock in the bonded area.
- Total Obligated stocks (WVA)
- Mandatory stock of crudes and petroleum products held under the law for strategic oil stocks, in Dutch: ‘Wet Voorraadvorming Aardolieproducten’ (WVA). As an OECD country, the Netherlands is obliged to maintain a strategic amount of oil is case of an emergency or oil crisis.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.- Obligated stocks (WVA) in NL and abroad
- Total mandatory stock of crudes and petroleum products held under the law for strategic oil stocks.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.
- Obligated stock (WVA) in NL
- The amount of the strategic stock of oil that is held in the Netherlands.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.- Total
- Total of COVA and commercial companies in the Netherlands.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.
- COVA
- COVA is a government organization that holds the majority of the strategic oil reserves from the WVA obligation.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.
- Companies
- The part of the strategic oil stock from the WVA obligation held by the Dutch commercial oil companies.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.
- Obligated stock abroad
- The amount of strategic oil stock held abroad.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.- Total
- Total of COVA and Companies abroad.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.
- COVA
- COVA is a government organization that holds the majority of the strategic oil reserves from the WVA obligation.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.
- Companies
- The part of the strategic oil stock from the WVA obligation held by the Dutch commercial oil companies.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table.
- Stocks held for other countries
- Stocks held in the Netherlands for other OECD countries under bilateral agreement for their strategic stocks obligation.
Figures from 2015 to 2017 are not included in this table. - Statistical differences
- The difference between the energy supply and the energy consumption of an energy commodity.