Sustained power prices force European industrial demand destruction.
prob 0.52
severity 3.4 / 5 · revision 2026-05-08watch · 14 industrial economies · chemicals + metals + fertilizer$ shortage country get SVK > stress_index: 0.50 WATCH > 5 events · 2 scenarios > refreshed 2026-05-17
BRENT $72.13/b ● TTF €44.25/MWh ● OPEC_ORB n/a SPR_US 331.2 Mb ▼ FAO_FFPI 130.8 ▼
The v3.2 stress index is a six-axis composite of energy and food exposure, geopolitical pressure, fiscal headroom, demography and supply concentration, normalised to a 0–1 scale.
Slovakia is a landlocked economy heavily reliant on Russian crude via the Druzhba pipeline to feed its Bratislava refinery, and historically a major transit route for Russian gas to central Europe. Nuclear supplies most of its power. Loss of transit revenue and single-route dependence are its key exposures.
Slovakia's southern lowlands face recurrent agricultural drought.
| STOCK TYPE | RESERVE | DAYS COVER | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil · EOSA compulsory reserveThe Emergency Oil Stocks Agency (EOSA) holds the EU-mandated 90 days of net oil-import cover. | ~90 days | 90days | STABLE |
| Natural gas · underground storageLarge storage capacity buffers demand for a landlocked market and the wider region. | ~3.7 Bcm | 75days | STABLE |
| Grain · exportable surplusDomestic cereal output exceeds demand, leaving an exportable surplus. | ample | 110days | STABLE |
| EU Strategic Petroleum Reserves | 4 Mb | 70days | 66.7 % |
| EU Diesel / Gas Oil Reserves | 2 Mb | 35days | — |
| EU Gasoline Reserves | 0.6 Mb | 60days | — |
| EU Kerosene / Jet Fuel Reserves | n/a | 29days | — |
| EU Natural Gas Storage | 0.8 BCM | — | 21.0 % |
$ curl -s https://api.shortage.life/v1/countries/SVK | jq '.stress' > 0.50