The United States remained Spain’s main natural gas supplier in October, accounting for 44.3% of the total for a third consecutive month, according to Enagás’s statistical bulletin. US LNG arrivals reached 14,510 GWh, up from 13,711 GWh a year earlier. Algeria followed with 30.6% of supply.
Algeria and Russia shares shift
Algeria delivered 6,827 GWh through the Medgaz pipeline and 3,192 GWh as LNG in October. Portugal supplied 6.9% of the total. Russia’s supply came to 2,086 GWh, or 6.4% of the total, after falling to zero in September, the first month without Russian gas since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
On a year-to-date basis, Algeria still leads with 33.9%, ahead of the United States at 32.2% and Russia at 14.3%. Spain received gas from 15 origin countries over that period. No gas came from the Middle East, a region affected by the conflict involving Iran.
Demand and storage
Domestic gas demand fell 9.9% year on year in October to 26,318 GWh. Gas burned by the electricity sector dropped 5.1% to 10,733 GWh. Year to date, national demand is up 1.2% at 268,349 GWh.
Underground storage ended October at 28,955 GWh, a fill level of 81% of useful capacity. Twenty-three LNG vessels unloaded at Spanish regasification plants in October, compared with 26 a year earlier.
Source: Enagás
