LNG imports dropped by 9.6 percent year-on-year to 18.53 TWh in May and accounted for 66.2 percent of the total gas imports, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas.
Imports were higher compared to 16.65 TWh in April.
Including pipeline imports from Algeria (10.36 TWh), France, and Portugal, gas imports to Spain reached 31.39 TWh last month, up from 30.80 TWh in May last year, the report shows.
Moreover, national gas demand in May decreased by 1 percent year-on-year to 24.19 TWh.
Demand for power generation increased by 0.7 percent year-on-year to 7.23 TWh last month, while conventional demand decreased by 1.7 percent to 16.96 TWh, the LNG terminal operator said.
In May, storage facilities were 71 percent full, compared to 73 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.
Russian LNG supplies
The seven operational Spanish LNG regasification terminals unloaded 19 cargoes last month, down by two cargoes compared to May 2025.
Russia overtook the US as Spain’s largest LNG supplier last month. The country supplied 8.72 TWh in May, a rise compared to 5.50 TWh in May 2025.
The US supplied 4.76 TWh to Spain in May, a drop from 9.18 TWh last year, while Algeria supplied 3 TWh.
Moreover, Senegal supplied 1.11 TWh and Mexico supplied 0.99 TWh to Spain in May, the data shows.
Spanish LNG terminals loaded 1.17 TWh in May, a drop compared to 1.22 TWh in May 2025 and 1.74 TWh in the prior month.
During May, the Huelva terminal reloaded 0.54 TWh, the Barcelona terminal reloaded 0.43 TWh, and the Mugardos terminal reloaded 0.15 TWh.
Enagas said that 61.5 percent of the loaded volumes were used for bunkering, 28.6 percent were shipped to EU countries, and the remainder landed in non-EU countries.
In addition, truck loading operations at the LNG terminals dropped by 4.8 percent on year to 957.
The data shows that last month, the Barcelona terminal completed 203 truckloads, the Cartagena LNG terminal completed 183 truckloads, and the Sagunto terminal completed 172 truckloads.
