LNG imports rose by 15.8 percent year-on-year to 15.26 TWh in August and accounted for 58.9 percent of the total gas imports, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas.
Imports dropped compared to 18.50 TWh in July, which marked a 34.9 percent year-on-year rise.
Including pipeline imports from Algeria (9.12 TWh), France, and Portugal, gas imports to Spain reached about 27.74 TWh last month, a rise from 27 TWh in August last year, the report shows.
Moreover, national gas demand in August rose by 1.4 percent year-on-year to 22.98 TWh.
Demand for power generation increased by 21.7 percent year-on-year to 9.12 TWh last month, while conventional demand decreased by 8.7 percent to 13.85 TWh, the LNG terminal operator said.
In August, storage facilities were 85 percent full, compared to 100 percent in the same month last year and 80 percent in the prior month.
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
The seven operational Spanish LNG regasification terminals unloaded 15 cargoes last month, up by one cargo compared to August 2024.
The US was the biggest LNG supplier to Spain in August with 10.57 TWh, a rise from 4.92 TWh last year.
Russia supplied 2.15 TWh of LNG to Spain in August, down from 6.36 TWh last year. Nigeria supplied 1.86 TWh, up from 0.83 TWh the previous year. Algeria supplied 0.97 TWh, and Qatar supplied 0.78 TWh.
LNG reloads jump
Spanish LNG terminals loaded about 1.92 TWh in August, a jump compared to 0.34 TWh in August 2024.
This is the highest monthly figure this year.
Reloads rose compared to 0.68 TWh in July and 1.09 TWh in June.
Spanish terminals reloaded 1.22 TWh in May, 1 TWh in April, 0.54 TWh in March, 1.67 TWh in February, and 0.92 TWh in January.
During August, the Barcelona terminal reloaded 1.25 TWh, the Huelva terminal reloaded 0.25 TWh, and the Cartagena terminal reloaded 0.20 TWh.
Enagas said 61.6 percent of the loaded volumes landed in non-EU countries, 26 percent of the volumes were used for bunkering, and the rest landed in EU countries.
Moreover, truck loading operations at the LNG terminals decreased by 5.2 percent to 954.
The data shows that last month, the Huelva LNG terminal completed 269 truckloads, the Barcelona terminal completed 189 truckloads, and the Sagunto terminal completed 154 truckloads.
