- System
- IEA and EU
- Holding model
- obligated industry
- Stockholding body
- No stockholding agency; the Swedish Energy Agency is the supervisory authority and sets the size of the reserves annually
- 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 obligation is based on volumes sold or consumed in the preceding calendar year, with a storage year of 1 July to 30 June
- Reporting
- monthly
- Latest level
- 1,898 thousand tonnes
- Level date
- 2026-07
- Crude
- 389.5
- Products
- 1,508.2
Stocks must be held in Sweden by importers, sellers and consumers. The Swedish Energy Agency also documents Sweden's participation in the 1 March 2022 collective action.
Stock history
Sweden emergency oil stocks, thousand tonnes (Eurostat nrg_stk_oilm). Source series as published; no unit conversion.
Last recorded action
2026-03-11: release of 2.1 million barrels. Participation in the IEA collective action agreed 11 March 2026 (400 million barrels). Swedish contribution of 2.1 million barrels from obligated industry stocks, products (IEA contributions table). (source)
Level source: Eurostat (dataset nrg_stk_oilm). Record confidence: verified.