Romania has the largest production of oil and gas in the European Union
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- The claim conflates gas and oil production. While Romania is the largest gas producer in the EU, it ranks third in oil production behind Italy and Denmark.
- The claim does not specify whether it refers to combined hydrocarbon production or gas alone.
- Data is from different years: gas production figures from 2025, oil production from 2022.
- The MEP could not have cited the 2025 gas production data (published in early 2026) at the March 2026 session, though the data describes a period prior to the speech.
- The claim omits that the Netherlands and Denmark remain significant producers, and that EU domestic production represents a small fraction of total EU consumption.
- Sources
- PrimaryEurostat - Energy in Europe 2026Natural gas had the largest share in Romania and the Netherlands (both 36%)
- SecondaryRomania InsiderRomania was the EU's largest gas producer in 2025 with approximately 30% of EU total gas production (1,208,000 terajoules)
- SecondaryEnergynomics.roRomania was the third largest oil producer in the EU in 2022 (3 million tons), behind Italy (4.5 million tons) and Denmark (3.2 million tons)