BERNAMA – Russia increased gas supplies to the European Union (EU) by a quarter year-on-year to 49.6 billion cubic metres in January-November, according to RIA Novosti’s analysis of data from the analytical company Bruegel.
The main increase was provided by pipeline supplies: over eleven months, they increased by 26 per cent to 30.3 billion cubic metres. This is approximately 11.1 per cent of all European gas imports, compared to 8.4 per cent a year earlier.
At the same time, supplies of liquefied natural gas also increased by 18.2 per cent to 19.3 billion cubic metres. Russia’s share surged to 7.1 per cent from 5.7 per cent in January-November last year.
As a result, Russia accounted for 18.3 per cent of the EU’s gas imports in January-November of this year, compared to 14 per cent a year earlier.
Russian gas was mainly supplied to the EU in the form of liquefied natural gas (7.1 per cent of European imports), then via the Turkish Stream (5.6 per cent), followed by Ukrainian transit (5.5 per cent).
At the same time, the EU reduced gas import volumes overall by almost six per cent to 271.5 billion cubic metres in the reporting period. Norway remains the main supplier of gas to the EU in January-November, having increased exports by 3.6 per cent to 85.2 billion cubic metres.
