At the end of 2022, the European Union (EU) countries increased the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a record level, replacing falling volumes in Russia. About this RIA Novosti declaration Energy Transition Project Center and ESG Skoltech Analyst Sergey Kapitonov.
“This year, the European Union has quite successfully replaced the lost volumes of Russian gas – about 80 billion cubic meters. It has been successfully replaced by liquefied gas from world markets,” Kapitonov said.
According to him, at the end of the year, this figure was a record 125 million tons (170 billion cubic meters). The bulk of the fuel supplied came from the United States.
He added that Europe purchased LNG shipments from all possible sources on the market throughout the year. Therefore, European countries at that time were ready to pay any money just to receive fuel shipments. At the same time, Asya did not get their skin at that moment.
January 8, Vygon Consulting consultant Ivan Timonin declarationHe said European countries have increased their purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States by 2.5 times by 2022.