On 18 May 2015, the Government of the Czech Republic, by means of resolution No. 362, approved an updated State Energy Policy. The policy requires the Ministry of Industry and Trade to compile and publish a report annually on the development of the energy sector focusing on electricity, gas, oil and heat. On 1 August 2019, the Ministry published a Report on the development of the energy sector in 2017 and 2018 with the focus on oil and oil derivatives.