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LNG imports dropped by 25.8 percent year-on-year to 16.65 TWh in April and accounted for 65.3 percent of the total gas imports, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas.
Imports were also lower compared to 26.17 TWh in March.
Including pipeline imports from Algeria (9.78 TWh), France, and Portugal, gas imports to Spain reached 28.73 TWh last month, down from 32.90 TWh in April last year, the report shows.
Moreover, national gas demand in April decreased slightly by 0.1 percent year-on-year to 23.06 TWh.
Demand for power generation increased by 19.6 percent year-on-year to 6.61 TWh last month, while conventional demand decreased by 6.3 percent to 16.44 TWh, the LNG terminal operator said.
In April, storage facilities were 64 percent full, compared to 69 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 LNG supplies
The seven operational Spanish LNG regasification terminals unloaded 21 cargoes last month, down by one cargo compared to April 2025.
The US remained the biggest LNG supplier to Spain in April with 10.07 TWh, a drop from 14.46 TWh last year.
Moreover, Russia supplied 4.39 TWh of LNG to Spain in April, almost flat from last year, while Nigeria supplied 3.03 TWh.
Spanish LNG terminals loaded 1.74 TWh in April, a rise compared to 1 TWh in April 2025 and 0.84 TWh in the prior month.
During April, the Bilbao terminal reloaded 0.64 TWh, the Huelva terminal reloaded 0.31 TWh, and the Barcelona terminal reloaded 0.30 TWh.
Enagas said that 41.6 percent of the loaded volumes were shipped to non-EU countries, 39.2 percent were used for bunkering, and 19.2 percent landed in EU countries.
Moreover, truck loading operations at the LNG terminals rose by 2.7 percent on year to 952.
The data shows that last month, the Barcelona terminal completed 213 truckloads, the Cartagena LNG terminal completed 200 truckloads, and the Sagunto terminal completed 164 truckloads.