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LNG imports rose by 23.3 percent year-on-year to 17.5 TWh in September and accounted for 67.2 percent of the total gas imports, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas.
Imports rose compared to 15.26 TWh in August, which marked a 15.8 percent year-on-year rise.
Including pipeline imports from Algeria (7.34 TWh), France, and Portugal, gas imports to Spain reached about 27.56 TWh last month, a rise from 25.89 TWh in September last year, the report shows.
Moreover, national gas demand in September rose by 8.5 percent year-on-year to 24.59 TWh.
Demand for power generation increased by 40.3 percent year-on-year to 8.45 TWh last month, while conventional demand decreased by 3 percent to 16.13 TWh, the LNG terminal operator said.
In September, storage facilities were 87 percent full, compared to 100 percent in the same month last year and 85 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, Nigeria, and Algeria
The seven operational Spanish LNG regasification terminals unloaded 19 cargoes last month, up by three cargoes compared to September 2024.
The US was the biggest LNG supplier to Spain in September with 7.44 TWh, a rise from 6 TWh last year.
Moreover, Nigeria supplied 3 TWh of LNG to Spain in September, up from 1.14 TWh last year, Algeria supplied 2.9 TWh, while Angola supplied 2.14 TWh last month.
Other suppliers include Russia with 1.12 TWh, down from 3.36 TWh, Egypt with 1 TWh, and Trinidad and Tobago with 0.85 TWh.
LNG reloads rise
Spanish LNG terminals loaded about 1.14 TWh in September, a rise compared to 0.66 TWh in September 2024.
Reloads dropped from 1.92 TWh in August, which was the highest monthly figure this year.
Spanish terminals reloaded 0.68 TWh in July, 1.09 TWh in June, 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 September, the Cartagena terminal reloaded 0.39 TWh, the Barcelona terminal reloaded 0.37 TWh, and the Sagunto terminal reloaded 0.2 TWh.
Enagas said 67.4 percent of the loaded volumes were used for bunkering, 27.5 percent landed in EU countries, and the rest in non-EU countries.
Moreover, truck loading operations at the LNG terminals rose by 4.7 percent to 1,075.
The data shows that last month, the Huelva LNG terminal completed 240 truckloads, the Barcelona terminal completed 235 truckloads, and the Sagunto terminal completed 180 truckloads.