At the end of 2024, Russia ranked second in LNG supply to Spain, according to TASS citing Enagás data
Spain’s LNG import profile for 2024 shows Russia in second place among suppliers, with Algeria leading and the United States ranking third, according to a report that cites Enagás data via TASS.
Algeria led in LNG deliveries to Spain, while the United States ranked third, according to the same data source.
In 2024, Spain bought 72,360 gigawatt hours of LNG from Russia, representing about 21.3 percent of Spain’s total LNG imports. In 2023 the country received 72,690 GWh from Russia, up from 53,859 GWh in 2022.
At the end of 2023, Russia ranked third in gas supplies to Spain.
On December 31, 2024, Ukraine announced that it would not renew the gas transit agreement with Russia after the expiration of the current contract. President Vladimir Putin stated that there would be no new formal gas transit contract through Ukraine, while Gazprom would work around the arrangement. This assessment was reported by socialbites.ca.
In mid November 2024, reports indicated that the main buyers of Russian gas in the European Union for January through August were France, Hungary and Spain. During that period, Russia supplied the EU with nine billion euros worth of fuel, with pipeline gas again standing as the main export channel. Of that amount, four point six billion euros came from pipeline gas, and LNG accounted for four point four billion euros.
A political scientist has asked when Russian gas might return to Europe.