Spain's Russian LNG purchases fall in July but Russia stays third-largest supplier year-to-date

Spain bought 2,088 gigawatt-hours of Russian liquefied natural gas in July 2026, equal to 8.1% of the country's total LNG intake for the month, TASS reported Monday citing data published by Spanish gas grid operator Enagas.

The volume is slightly below the 2,150 GWh Spain took from Russia in July 2025. For the month, Russia ranked as Spain's fourth-largest gas supplier, behind Algeria at 41.7%, Nigeria at 15.4%, and the United States at 11.6%.

Over the first seven months of 2026, Spain purchased 39,443 GWh of Russian LNG — 18.3% of total supply — keeping Russia in third place on a year-to-date basis.

Enagas had previously reported full-year 2025 Russian LNG purchases of 42,629 GWh, sharply below the 72,360 GWh recorded in 2024, indicating a sustained downward trend even as Spain has not eliminated Russian volumes entirely.