Spain imported 27% more gas in July and purchases from Russia skyrocketed 141%

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Spain imported 36,606 GWh of gas

from abroad in the month of

to meet its energy needs,

than what it had bought in the same month of the previous year, and

to the 5,317 GWh that month,

than what was acquired from the Vladimir Putin regime in July 2021.

So far this year, Spain has had to resort to more gas from abroad;

specifically, it has imported

in the first seven months of the year,

than in the same period of the previous year, with a much greater weight of

(192,334 GWh, 72.1 % more) compared to natural gas supplied by pipeline (70,866, 38.9% less), due to the break in relations with Algeria.

According to data published this Thursday by

, Russia has been gaining weight as a gas supplier to Spain, despite our country's commitment, aligned with that of the rest of the European continent, to

and

on the former Soviet country.

In the month of July,

, supplying us with

purchased abroad.

Our first seller that month was

with 8,572 GWh of gas, although we must bear in mind that this supply was

than that registered the same last year: we did not receive a single drop of liquefied natural gas per ship and shipping by gas pipeline was 36.5% lower.

So far this year,

, as a result of the dispute between the two countries after the change in position of the Government of

regarding the sovereignty of the

, which which has forced Spain to resort more to other suppliers such as Russia.

The United States

was our

with 8,530 GWh, four times more than what was acquired in the same month last year;

followed by

, with 5,882 GWh, eight times more.

23.4

;

23.3%, American;

16.1% Nigerian and 14.5% Russian.

Between January and July, the US has been our first supplier, followed by Algeria, Nigeria and Russia.

Until July ,

our country has

than in the same period of 2021, especially highlighting the

, which has grown by 135.7% after part of its nuclear plants are stopped and it needs energy from abroad.

Sales to

have also risen, 69.3% so far this year.

The import-export balance leaves a

for our country.

Net

(subtraction of both items) totaled

in the first seven months of the year,

23.4% of the gas purchased in July was from Algeria;

23.3%, American;

16.1% Nigerian and 14.5% Russian.

than between January and July 2021.

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