Who did Britain buy their oil from during World War 2?

Answer 1

Romania and the Soviet Union right up until the invasion. I believe there might have been some small wells in Austria, to the north-east of Vienna. For much of the war Germany relied on synthetic oil made from low grade coal (by hydrogenation). By far the biggest factory was the Leuna-Werke, which claimed to be the biggest single industrial plant in the world at the time. Making oil from coal is an extremely expensive process and requires a very large investment. The construction of the large synthetic oil plants was one of the clearest early signs that Germany was preparing for war. Joncey

Answer 2

They bought and obtained it from whomever and wherever they could. Some came from the United States, some from the Middle East, some from South America, etc. After the Allies regained some of the British territories in the South Pacific, then they got some from several areas in that theater of operation.

Answer 3

Germany had coal - in the Ruhr, the Saar Basin, Saxony and Silesia. Throughout the war Germany was short of oil. There was a small oilfield NE of Vienna and a much bigger oilfield at Ploiesti in Romania. However, the main source of oil was the Leuna-Werke (about 15 miles south of Halle). This vast factory, said to be the biggest in the world at the time, made oil from low-grade coal and produced about 60% of Germany's oil in WW2. There were similar plants at Bruex in the Sudentenland and at Wanne-Eickel in the Ruhr. There plants were frequently bombed by the Allies but not completely knocked out.