Naftogaz announced in a statement on Wednesday that it secured delivery of the first batch of American LNG to Ukraine in 2026.
According to the firm, the volume delivered is almost 100 million cubic metres – enough to provide gas to about 700,000 families for one month during the winter period.
Naftogaz noted that the LNG tanker was en route for 20 days, and it arrived in late January at the LNG terminal in Swinoujscie.
After regasification, the resource is now available for Ukraine’s needs, it said.
Nagtogaz did not provide further details regarding the shipment.
“Total US LNG supplies to Ukraine could reach 1 billion cubic meters in 2026, which will make a significant contribution to ensuring the stable operation of the energy system in wartime conditions,” it said.
In addition to Orlen’s supplies, a joint venture of Greek companies Aktor and DEPA recently signed its first deal to supply a US LNG cargo to Naftogaz via DESFA’s Revithoussa LNG terminal in Greece.
Additional US LNG supplies
In November 2025, Orlen agreed to supply three more LNG cargoes, equivalent to over 300 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas, to Naftogaz from the US in the first quarter of 2026.
Before this, the two firms signed a cooperation deal in March 2025 under which Orlen delivered LNG cargoes to the FSRU-based terminal in Lithuania’s Klaipeda and the Swinoujscie terminal in Poland.
Under this deal, more than 600 million cubic metres of gas were delivered to Ukraine last year.
Ukraine has no LNG import facilities.
Orlen has secured long-term regasification capacity at the FSRU-based facility in Klaipeda, reserved until 2032, allowing it to import via the terminal over 0.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually.
It also uses KN Energies’ small-scale LNG terminal in Lithuania’s Klaipeda.
In Poland, Orlen imports LNG via the Gaz-System-operated import facility in Swinoujscie, which was expanded to about 8.3 bcm per year.
In addition, Orlen booked 6.1 bcm per year of regasification capacity at Gaz-System’s planned FSRU-based LNG import facility in Gdansk.
Olren has contracts with US LNG exporters Venture Global and Cheniere and QatarEnergy LNG, as well as contracts with US exporter Sempra, under which deliveries have not yet commenced.
