- System
- IEA and EU
- Holding model
- mixed
- Stockholding body
- FDO (Foreningen Danske Olieberedskabslagre), the central stockholding entity, holds 70 percent of the obligation; obligated companies hold 30 percent
- Obligation
- IEA: 90 days of net imports; EU Directive 2009/119/EC: 90 days of net imports or 61 days of consumption, whichever is greater; the Danish consumption basis is uplifted by 20 percent to 81.4 days of consumption (FDO)
- Reporting
- monthly
- Latest level
- 993 thousand tonnes
- Level date
- 2026-09
- Crude
- 88.1
- Products
- 905.2
FDO is an industry association acting as the central stockholding entity. Obligated companies report monthly to FDO. Confidence note: Official IEA pages conflict on Denmark's net exporter exemption status; system and action are as documented by FDO, Eurostat and the IEA contributions table.
Stock history
Denmark emergency oil stocks, thousand tonnes (Eurostat nrg_stk_oilm). Source series as published; no unit conversion.
Last recorded action
2026-03-11: release of 1.2 million barrels. Participation in the IEA collective action agreed 11 March 2026 (400 million barrels). Danish contribution of 1.2 million barrels from public stocks, products (IEA contributions table). (source)
Level source: Eurostat (dataset nrg_stk_oilm). Record confidence: partial.