EU’s Gas Imports Mix: Russian Gas Supplies Jump 33% in July

But LNGimports are down (with 4 charts)

To assess the success of European efforts to shift away from Russian gas, the EOA issues a monthly tracker of the EU’s external gas supplies through pipelines from Russia, Azerbaijan, Norway, and North Africa (Algeria and Libya), as well as LNG cargoes from global suppliers like the US, Qatar, and Nigeria. The tracker aims to highlight gas import changes within the EU and how the bloc has been addressing its reliance on Russian gas.

The state-owned Gazprom’s gas shipments to Europe (EU and Ukraine) jumped by 33% month-on-month in July, reaching 2.57 billion cubic meters (bcm), based on volumes supplied via Ukraine and the TurkStream pipeline, the EOA’s calculations show, as well as data from the European gas transmission platform (Entsog). This is the highest monthly figure recorded since August 2022 when Gazprom reduced gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline due to an engine oil leak at a  turbine at the Portovaya compressor station (Figure 1).

According to the EOA’s calculations, Gazprom shipped 1,272 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas via Ukraine through the Sudja gas station, of which 254 mcm was offloaded in Ukraine, while the remaining 1,017 mcm was shipped to EU member states. Gazprom’s average daily gas exports through the Sudja gas station averaged 41 mcm in July, slightly up from 40.7 mcm in June, the EOA calculated.

Meanwhile, the total amount of gas volumes Gazprom shipped in July via the TurkStream pipeline jumped to an all-time high of 1,298 mcm, up from 712 mcm in June, an uptick of 82% month-on-month. Gazprom is notably focused on increasing gas flows via the TurkStream while keeping daily average flows above 41.8 mcm.