Romania produced, in the first two months of 2026, a quantity of crude oil of 379,700 tons of oil equivalent (toe), 35,700 toe lower (-8.6%) than that recorded in the similar period in 2025, show data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Crude oil imports exceeded, in the analyzed interval, 1.256 million toe, 271,700 toe below those recorded in January – February 2025 (-17.8%).

According to the latest Energy Balance Forecast, published by the National Strategy and Forecast Commission (CNSP), crude oil production is expected to decrease by 2027 at an average annual rate of 2.5%.

Thus, for 2026, CNSP estimates a quantity of crude oil of 2.68 million toe (-2.2%, compared to the previous year) and for 2027, of 2.63 million toe (-1.9%), according to Agerpres.

According to the cited source, this decrease is the consequence of the natural decline of deposits and the maintenance of existing production units.