Throughout the year 2022, Supply from Russia concentrated more than 12% of total imports during the year (with more than 53,800 GWh), making it the fourth largest supplier after only the United States, Algeria and Nigeria. The government and the energy sector itself point out that the increase in purchases from Russia is a temporary phenomenon; in some cases this results in the fulfillment of previously signed and inviolable contracts and in others the diversion of methane tankers to which methane tankers are sent for others. European countries had to find another destination only because of the problems in European factories.
In addition, the Executive assumes that energy companies can continue to buy Russian gas, as the European Union has not taken a coordinated decision to veto its imports. This Teresa Ribera, Vice President and Minister of Ecological TransitionHe had already pointed out this week that as European countries manage to secure supplies from other countries, it will be easier for them to reach a consensus to end their Russian gas purchases.
“The less we depend on any product from Russia, including enriched uranium and coal, the better (…) We must now reduce to zero any imports of raw materials from Russia,” said the vice president. But while this is happening, the arrival of Russian gas to Spanish regasification plants continues to increase rapidly and then resell it to other countries.
Half of the gas is from the USA from Algeria
Geopolitical tensions and the energy crisis have revolutionized the ranking of natural gas suppliers to Spain. Algeria has been the top gas seller to the Spanish market in the last half century and was toppled by the United States last January after the closure of the largest gas pipeline connecting the two countries via Morocco and the Mediterranean.
Throughout the year 2022, Confirmed that the United States is the largest gas supplier in the Spanish market With 28.8% of total imports, the volume of liquefied natural gas arriving by ships more than doubled (+18%) to 128,750 GWh.
Algeria was the second best seller with 23.8% of arrivals and recorded a strong 40% drop in volume supplied last year when the two gas pipelines went into operation for most of the year. Unite with Spain. More than half of Spanish imports are concentrated between the two countries, the USA and Algeria in 2022, while Nigeria is the third largest seller, intensifying 13.9% of annual purchases.