Spanish liquefied natural gas imports dipped in July compared to the same month in the previous year, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas.
LNG imports dropped by 51.3 percent year-on-year to 9 TWh in July and accounted for 47.6 percent of the total gas imports.
Imports were also lower compared to 12.11 TWh in June.
Including pipeline imports from Algeria (10.22 TWh), France, and Portugal, gas imports to Spain reached 25.64 TWh last month, down from 30.98 TWh in July last year, the report shows.
Moreover, national gas demand in July rose by 8.4 percent year-on-year to 27.5 TWh.
Demand for power generation increased by 31.5 percent year-on-year to 12.2 TWh last month, while conventional demand decreased by 5 percent to 15.26 TWh, the LNG terminal operator said.
In July, storage facilities were 74 percent full, compared to 74 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, in which it recently agreed to buy an additional 20 percent from Osaka Gas, while Reganosa operates the Mugardos plant.
Nigerian LNG supplies
The seven operational Spanish LNG regasification terminals unloaded 13 cargoes last month, down by five cargoes compared to July 2025.
Nigeria was the largest LNG supplier to Spain in July with 3.95 TWh, a rise compared to 3 TWh in the sme month last year.
The US supplied 2.97 TWh to Spain in July, a drop from 7.38 TWh last year, while Russia supplied 2.08 TWh, almost flat compared to 2.11 TWh last year.
Moreover, Norway supplied 1.99 TWh in July, compared to 0.87 TWh in 2025, Congo supplied 0.71 TWh, and Algeria supplied 0.47 TWh, the data shows.
Spanish LNG terminals loaded 0.83 TWh in July, up from 0.68 TWh in July 2025 and down from 1.01 TWh in the prior month.
During July, the Barcelona terminal reloaded 0.38 TWh, the Cartagena terminal reloaded 0.28 TWh, and the Huelva terminal reloaded 0.12 TWh.
Enagas said that 51.6 percent of the loaded volumes were shipped to EU countries, 41.5 percent were used for bunkering, and the remainder landed in non-EU countries.
In addition, truck loading operations at the LNG terminals dropped by 5.6 percent on year to 933.
The data shows that last month, the Huelva terminal completed 192 truckloads, the Barcelona LNG terminal completed 188 truckloads, and the Cartagena terminal completed 166 truckloads. (August 11, 2026, Source: https://lngprime.com/europe/spanish-lng-imports-dip-in-july/194848/)
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