First Release

Year: LIX.
Zagreb, 22 December 2022
OEN-2022-2-1/10

ISSN 1334-0557

SHORT-TERM INDICATORS OF ENERGY STATISTICS, OCTOBER 2022,
FIRST RESULTS

In October 2022, electricity available for the inland market amounted to 1 381 GWh. Compared to September 2022, the availability of electricity for domestic consumption decreased by 2.8%, while, compared to October 2021, it decreased by 7.4%.

The amount of natural gas available for domestic consumption in October 2022 was 8 062 TJ and the stocks increased by 2 231 TJ, which means that the amount of natural gas available for domestic consumption in October 2022 increased by 43.3% compared to September 2022, while, compared to October 2021, it decreased by 14.5%.

The amount of petroleum products available for domestic consumption in October 2022 was 341 thousand tonnes and stocks increased by 82 thousand tonnes, which means that the amount of petroleum products available for domestic consumption in October 2022 decreased by 0.3% compared to September 2022, while, compared to October 2021, it increased by 22.7%.

The amount of electricity available for consumption includes losses in the electricity network.

As for other energy products, the quantity available for the inland market also contains the quantities of energy products that may end up in warehouses, either in those of final consumers or in retail trade.

G-1 ELECTRICITY AVAILABLE FOR INLAND MARKET, OCTOBER 2020 – OCTOBER 2022

1 ELECTRICTY

GWh

Supply Electricity
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Total gross production 1 008 1 028 879 1 157 1 157 1 086 966 1 087
Hydro power plants 354 367 248 309 338 252 256 342
Thermal power plants and CHP on fossil fuels 426 425 402 512 530 524 416 524
Thermal power plants and CHP on renewable fuels 88 84 92 94 81 87 90 87
Wind power plants 122 135 121 229 192 210 191 122
Solar power plants 10 9 8 5 10 8 8 7
Geothermal power plants 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 5
Total net production 977 1 000 846 1 119 1 119 1 047 937 1 052
Hydro power plants 353 366 246 307 336 251 254 338
Thermal power plants and CHP on fossil fuels 408 405 380 487 504 497 397 499
Thermal power plants and CHP on renewable fuels 80 80 85 85 74 79 83 83
Wind power plants 120 134 120 228 190 208 190 121
Solar power plants 10 9 8 5 10 8 8 7
Geothermal power plants 6 6 6 7 5 5 5 4
Import 931 1 055 1 034 982 1 167 989 1 004 1 002
Export 337 409 437 580 582 413 515 644
Energy absorbed by storage pumping 11 10 13 29 12 8 5 29
Available for inland market 1 560 1 636 1 430 1 492 1 692 1 615 1 421 1 381

2 NATURAL GAS

Supply Unit of measure Natural gas
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Production mln m3 66 65 63 63 65 65 61 62
  TJ (GCV) 2 636 2 599 2 507 2 524 2 588 2 576 2 439 2 477
Import mln m3 206 196 109 202 254 387 171 312
  TJ (GCV) 8 155 7 802 4 333 8 015 10 133 15 406 6 843 12 244
Export mln m3 2 6 11 12 72 136 107 114
  TJ (GCV) 68 250 425 439 2 796 5 271 4 173 4 428
Variation of stocks mln m3 90 77 -13 14 96 173 -12 57
  TJ (GCV) 3 424 2 940 -619 668 3 653 7 035 -518 2 231
Available for inland market mln m3 180 178 174 239 151 143 138 203
  TJ (GCV) 7 299 7 211 7 034 9 432 6 271 5 676 5 626 8 062

3 HYDROCARBONS

3.1 CRUDE OIL

'000 tonnes

Supply Crude oil
2021 2022
VII VIII IX  X VII VIII IX X
Production 47 47 46 47 45 47 45 47
Import 85 309 112 97 265 339 90 97
Export 45 39 34 39 - - 25 -
Variation of stocks -164 71 -96 -121 49 105 -105 -87
Refinery input 251 246 220 226 261 281 215 231

3.2 PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - TOTAL

'000 tonnes

Supply Petroleum products
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Production 320 308 288 297 349 350 289 299
Import 123 185 126 196 185 199 154 259
Export 221 135 163 174 145 182 151 135
Variation of stocks -111 38 -57 41 27 15 -50 82
Available for inland market 333 320 308 278 362 352 342 341

3.2.1 MOTOR GASOLINE

'000 tonnes

Supply Motor gasoline
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Production 78 79 67 79 80 79 65 80
Import 6 6 5 4 8 10 7 7
Export 49 26 26 25 9 13 37 21
Variation of stocks -28 -4 5 24 21 12 -9 16
Available for inland market 63 63 41 34 58 64 44 50

3.2.2 GAS/DIESEL OIL

'000 tonnes

Supply Gas/diesel oil
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX 
Production 150 140 135 128 164 151 129 125
Import 88 155 87 148 112 167 125 207
Export 105 87 83 77 72 106 85 78
Variation of stocks -65 27 -52 22 2 6 -32 55
Available for inland market 198 181 191 177 202 206 201 199

3.2.3 FUEL OIL

'000 tonnes

Supply Fuel oil
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Production 23 34 30 8 26 25 37 19
Import - - - 2 - - - -
Export 31 3 33 35 32 21 12 3
Variation of stocks -9 30 -4 -26 -7 -1 - -5
Available for inland market 1 1 1 1 1 5 25 21

3.2.4 OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

'000 tonnes

Supply Other petroleum products
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Production 69 55 56 82 79 95 58 75
Import 29 24 34 42 65 22 22 45
Export 36 19 21 37 32 42 17 33
Variation of stocks -9 -15 -6 21 11 -2 -9 16
Available for inland market 71 75 75 66 101 77 72 71

4 CRUDE FUELS

4.1 HARD COAL

'000 tonnes

Supply Hard  coal
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Production - - - - - - - -
Import 72 141 6 67 94 6 67 68
Export - - - - - - - -
Variation of stocks 1 80 -58 - 22 -55 14 6
Available for inland market 71 61 64 67 72 61 53 62

4.2 COKE

'000 tonnes

Supply Coke
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Production - - - - - - - -
Import 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 2
Export - - - - - - - -
Variation of stocks - - - - - - - -
Available for inland market 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 2

4.3 BROWN COAL

'000 tonnes

Supply Brown coal
2021 2022
VII VIII IX X VII VIII IX X
Production - - - - - - - -
Import - - 2 1 - - 1 2
Export - - - - - - - -
Variation of stocks - - 1 - - - - -
Available for inland market - - 1 1 - - 1 2

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

This First Release is prepared on the basis of several statistical surveys, as follows: the Monthly Survey on Industrial Production and Persons Employed (IND-1/KPS/M form), the Monthly Survey on Oil Refineries (ERG-1/N form), the Monthly Survey on Import, Export and Stocks of Petroleum and Petroleum Products (ERG-2/N form), the Monthly Survey on Import, Export, Stocks and Deliveries of Natural Gas (ERG-1/P form), the Monthly Survey on Import, Export, Stocks, Deliveries and Consumption of Coal and Coke (ERG-1/U form) and the Monthly Survey on Electricity Power Plants (ERG-1/EL form), as well as on the data on foreign trade in goods of the Republic of Croatia and administrative data sources.

The monthly data in this First Release are used for monitoring the changes in energy products according to the mentioned characteristics. Their sum for 12 months does not represent the annual balance data, due to the fast output of monthly data or to the fact that some deliveries are cancelled, which may lead to slight deviations from the monthly data. For that reason, the following sources of annual data are recommended: the annual Statistical Report entitled Energy Statistics published by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics and the annual energy review entitled Energy in Croatia published by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

Gross electricity production is the sum of the total electrical energy production by all the generating sets concerned (hydro power plants, thermal power plants and CHP on fossil fuels, thermal power plants and CHP on renewable fuels, wind power plants and solar power plants).

Net electricity production is the electrical energy supplied from a power station to a power-supply grid and it represents the difference between the electrical energy produced in a generator and own supply.

Geothermal power plants produce energy available as heat emitted from within the Earth's crust, usually in the form of hot water or steam; excluding the surrounding heat collected by the heat pumps from the ground. This energy production is the difference between the enthalpy of the fluid produced in the production borehole and that of the fluid eventually disposed of.

Energy available for consumption is the quantity of energy products available for final consumption on the inland market, including losses and stocks at final consumers and in retail trade.

Crude oil is a mineral oil of natural origin that includes a mixture of hydrocarbons and associated impurities, such as sulphur. It exists in the liquid phase under normal surface temperature and pressure and its physical characteristics (density, viscosity, etc.) are highly variable. This category includes field or lease condensates recovered from associated and non-associated gases where it is commingled with the commercial crude oil stream.

Natural gas is comprised of gases, occurring naturally in underground deposits, whether liquefied or gaseous, consisting mainly of methane. It includes both "non-associated" gas originating from fields producing hydrocarbons only in gaseous form, and "associated" gas produced in association with crude oil as well as methane recovered from coal mines (colliery gas). Manufactured gas (produced from municipal or industrial waste or sewage) is also included, while vented or flared quantities of natural gas are excluded.

Petroleum products are all products produced in petroleum refineries: refinery gas, liquefied petroleum gas, motor gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil, light fuel oil, fuel oil, naphtha, white spirit, lubricating oils, bitumen, paraffin waxes, petroleum coke and other refinery products.

Other petroleum products encompass liquefied petroleum gas in NGL plants.

Import includes the quantities of energy products that crossed the state border of the Republic of Croatia, regardless of whether or not they were cleared through the customs. The quantities of petroleum and petroleum products and liquid gas that are under contracts on production realised abroad are also to be presented in this table as import. Energy products in transit through the Republic of Croatia are not presented in this survey form either as import or as export.

Export includes the quantities that crossed the state border of the Republic of Croatia, regardless of whether or not they were cleared through the customs and whether or not they are owned by a Croatian resident.

For import and export of electricity, a Eurostat definition is used which includes transit: amounts of electricity are considered imported or exported when they have crossed the political boundaries of a country, regardless of whether customs clearance has taken place or not. If electricity transits through a country, the amount should be reported as both import and export.

Variation of stocks includes stock changes at the beginning and at the end of a month in enterprises engaged in the production, transformation, import and export of energy. The difference is calculated by subtracting the state of stocks at the beginning of the first working day in a month from the state of stocks at the end of the last day in the same month.

Minor deviations may occur in the summary presentation of data due to the rounding of figures.

 

Abbreviations

CHP combined heat and power generation
Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Union
GCV gross calorific value
GWh gigawatt hour
m3 cubic metre
mln million
NGL natural gas liquids
TJ terajoule
'000 thousand
   

Symbols

 

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no occurrence

 

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