Overview
- From 1 January 2026, an excise realignment raises diesel duty by 4.05 euro cents per liter and lowers gasoline by the same amount, leaving diesel estimated about €0.03/liter costlier at the pump at current margins.
- In 2025, average pump prices hit multi‑year lows: gasoline at €1.733/liter and diesel at €1.652/liter, with recent readings showing self‑service around €1.716 for gasoline and €1.677 for diesel.
- Italy’s 2025 energy demand was roughly stable at 142.1 Mtep (−0.3% year on year) and CO2 emissions were 13% below 2021, while renewables dipped 0.9% on a 20% fall in hydropower output.
- Oil product consumption fell 2.8% on a 37% petrochemicals slump, while mobility fuels rose, with gasoline up 3.8% and jet fuel up 2.2%; marine bunker deliveries declined 15%.
- Africa supplied 42% of Italy’s crude imports with new entrants Niger and Senegal, as global oil demand reached about 105 million b/d in 2025 and is projected near 105.5 million b/d in 2026, with the U.S. the top producer (~21 million b/d) and Russia near 10 million b/d.