LNG imports rose by 36.1 percent year-on-year to 20.76 TWh in February and accounted for 68.8 percent of the total gas imports, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas.
Imports were slightly higher compared to 20.38 TWh in January, which decreased 11.5 percent year-on-year.
Spanish LNG imports increased in 2025, with US volumes almost doubling compared with the previous year.
Including pipeline imports from Algeria (9.15 TWh), France, and Portugal, gas imports to Spain reached 31.41 TWh last month, up from 26.31 TWh in February last year, the report shows.
Moreover, national gas demand in February dropped by 3.7 percent year-on-year to 27.58 TWh.
Demand for power generation decreased by 0.8 percent year-on-year to 6.49 TWh last month, while conventional demand increased by 4.5 percent to 21.08 TWh, the LNG terminal operator said.
In January, storage facilities were 56 percent full, compared to 65 percent in the same month last year.
Enagas operates a large network of gas pipelines in Spain and has three wholly-owned LNG import plants in Barcelona, Huelva, and Cartagena.
It also owns 75 percent of the Musel LNG facility, 50 percent of the BBG regasification plant in Bilbao, and 72.5 percent of the Sagunto plant, while Reganosa operates the Mugardos plant.
US and Russia
The seven operational Spanish LNG regasification terminals unloaded 24 cargoes last month, up by five cargoes compared to February 2025.
The US was the biggest LNG supplier to Spain in February with 10.61 TWh, a rise from 9.25 TWh last year.
Moreover, Russia supplied 4.58 TWh of LNG to Spain in February, up from 2.19 TWh last year.
Other suppliers include Nigeria (3.84 TWh), Angola (2.04 TWh), and Congo (0.51 TWh).
Spanish LNG terminals loaded 0.47 TWh in February, a drop compared to 0.65 TWh in February 2025 and 1.86 TWh in the prior month.
During February, the Huelva terminal reloaded 0.20 TWh and the Cartagena terminal reloaded 0.17 TWh.
Enagas said that 78.5 percent of the loaded volumes were used for bunkering, 17.1 percent of the volumes landed in non-EU countries, and 4.4 percent of the volumes landed in EU countries.
Moreover, truck loading operations at the LNG terminals rose by 2.6 percent on year to 1,059.
The data shows that last month, the Cartagena LNG terminal completed 209 truckloads, the Barcelona terminal completed 203 truckloads, and the Huelva terminal completed 191 truckloads.
