LNG imports rose by 64.1 percent year-on-year to 23.5 TWh in October and accounted for 70.2 percent of the total gas imports, according to the preliminary monthly report by LNG terminal operator Enagas.
Imports also rose compared to 17.5 TWh in September, which marked a 23.3 percent year-on-year rise.
Including pipeline imports from Algeria (10.05 TWh) and France, gas imports to Spain reached 34.97 TWh last month, a rise from 25.94 TWh in October last year, the report shows.
Moreover, national gas demand in October rose by 21.9 percent year-on-year to 29.20 TWh.
Demand for power generation jumped by 88.5 percent year-on-year to 11.13 TWh last month, while conventional demand decreased by 0.4 percent to 17.88 TWh, the LNG terminal operator said.
In October, storage facilities were 87 percent full, compared to 100 percent in the same month last year and 87 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 of the Musel LNG facility, 50 percent of the BBG regasification plant in Bilbao, and 72.5 percent of the Sagunto plant, while Reganosa operates the Mugardos plant.
US and Algeria
The seven operational Spanish LNG regasification terminals unloaded 23 cargoes last month, up by six cargoes compared to October 2024.
The US was the biggest LNG supplier to Spain in September with 13.7 TWh, a jump from 2.08 TWh last year.
Moreover, Algeria supplied 3.77 TWh of LNG to Spain in October, up from 3.45 TWh last year, while Nigeria supplied 2.07 TWh, up from 1.86 TWh last year.
Other suppliers include Equatorial Guinea with 1.12 TWh, Russia with 1.07 TWh, down from 4.17 TWh last year, Angola with 1.02 TWh, Trinidad and Tobago with 0.99 TWh, and Qatar with 0.76 TWh.
LNG reloads rise
Spanish LNG terminals loaded about 1.23 TWh in October, a rise compared to 0.42 TWh in October 2024.
Reloads tose slightly from 1.14 TWh in September, but they dropped from 1.92 TWh in August, which was the highest monthly figure this year.
Spanish terminals reloaded 0.68 TWh in July, 1.09 TWh in June, 1.22 TWh in May, 1 TWh in April, 0.54 TWh in March, 1.67 TWh in February, and 0.92 TWh in January.
During October, the Cartagena terminal reloaded 0.56 TWh, the Huelva terminal reloaded 0.31 TWh, and the Barcelona terminal reloaded 0.27 TWh.
Enagas said 72.1 percent of the loaded volumes were used for bunkering, 16.1 percent landed in EU countries, and the rest in non-EU countries.
Moreover, truck loading operations at the LNG terminals rose by 5.8 percent to 1,107.
The data shows that last month, the Barcelona LNG terminal completed 261 truckloads, the Sagunto terminal completed 204 truckloads, and the Cartagena terminal completed 201 truckloads.