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LNG imports decreased by 41 percent year-on-year to 13.2 TWh in August and accounted for 54.9 percent of the total gas imports.
Previously, Spanish LNG imports decreased by 33.1 percent year-on-year to 13.7 TWh in July, while imports dropped by 24.4 percent year-on-year to about 16.1 TWh in June.
In May, LNG imports decreased by 30.6 percent to about 17.1 TWh, in April, LNG imports reached 16.1 TWh and 18.1 TWh in March, while in February LNG imports reached 18.4 TWh and in January imports reached 20 TWh.
Including pipeline imports from Algeria (8.86 TWh), France, and Portugal, gas imports to Spain reached about 27 TWh last month, a drop from some 33.8 TWh in August last year, according to the monthly report by Enagas.
Moreover, national gas demand in August decreased by 9.5 percent year-on-year to 22.7 TWh.
Demand for power generation dipped by 28.3 percent year-on-year to 7.49 TWh last month, while conventional demand increased by 3.9 percent to 15.2 TWh, the LNG terminal operator said.
Storage facilities were 100 percent full in August, compared to 97 percent in the same month last year and 98 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 in the Musel LNG facility, 50 percent in the BBG regasification plant in Bilbao, and 72.5 percent of the Sagunto plant, while Reganosa operates the Mugardos plant.
In August last year, Spanish power group Endesa delivered the first commercial cargo to the El Musel LNG terminal in Gijon.
Endesa completed in April this year the first reloading operation at the facility.
There were no ship unloading or loading operations at the facility during August.
Russia and US biggest LNG suppliers
The seven operational Spanish LNG regasification terminals, unloaded 14 cargoes last month, down by 11 cargoes compared to July last year, the data shows.
Russia was the biggest LNG supplier to Spain in August with 6.37 TWh, up from 3.32 TWh last year, and the country was followed by the US with 4.93 TWh, a drop from 10.9 TWh last year.
During August, Spain also received 0.87 TWh from Qata, flat compared to August 2023, 0.84 TWh from Nigeria, down from 6.86 TWh last year, 0.73 TWh from Congo, 0.62 TWh from Trinidad, and 0.49 TWh from Algeria.
Russia was also the biggest LNG supplier to Spain in April, May, June, and July, while the US was the biggest supplier in January and February.
Also, Russia was the biggest LNG supplier in December last year and the US was the biggest supplier to Spain in October and November.
LNG reloads dip
Spanish LNG terminals loaded just 0.35 TWh in August, the lowest monthly figure this year.
Reloads dropped by 84.7 percent compared to 2.26 TWh in the same month last year. Reloads also decreased compared to 2.49 TWh in July, the highest monthly figure this year.
The LNG terminals loaded 1.81 TWh in June, 1.19 TWh in May, 0.45 TWh in April, 0.56 TWh in March, 1.07 TWh in February, and 0.92 TWh in January.
During August, the Barcelona terminal reloaded 0.22 TWh, and the Huleva terminal reloaded 0.13 TWh.
Moreover, truck loading operations at the LNG terminals rose 12.3 percent year-on-year to 1006.
The Huelva LNG terminal completed 307 truck loads in August, while the Barcelona terminal completed 183 truck loads and the Sagunto terminal completed 171 truck loads, the data shows.