In the first 15 days of 2025, the European Union imported a record 837.3 thousand tons of LNG from Russia. This is 10% more than the same period last year.
The Russian has no time Gazprom stop the transit of gas through the Ukrainian gas transportation system on January 1, when EU countries began to significantly increase purchases of liquefied gas from the Yamal field of the company Novatec. This was reported by Politico with reference to a data analysis from Kpler.
Europe has yet to overcome its reliance on Russia for supplies under long-term contracts.
Since the beginning of the year, Europe has been buying Russian LNG at an unprecedented pace. In the first 15 days of 2025, the European Union imported a record 837.3 thousand tons of LNG from Russia. This is 10% more than the same period last year.
Kpler senior LNG analyst Charles Costerus attributes the increase in supplies to several factors.
“Since the second half of December, temperatures in Europe have dropped significantly; wind energy generation is not yet at its peak.”
In addition, 95-96% of the gas comes from the Yamal LNG project, he said.
“Most of these volumes are supplied under long-term contracts, and not as additional volumes on the spot market,”
We remind you that the sanctions affecting part of the Russian liquefied natural gas sector and forcing it to sell at discounts, as well as the hope that the transfer of pipeline gas through Ukraine will stop, prompted the European companies to increase purchases of Russian LNG.
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Source: korrespondent
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