Spain’s LNG purchases from Russia down in July

TASS · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 10, 2026 · 150 words

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What to know about Spain’s LNG purchases from Russia down in July

The article reports a year-on-year decrease in Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to Spain for July, based on data from the energy company Enagas. It provides specific figures on volumes and Russia's ranking among Spain's gas suppliers for 2024, 2025, and 2026.

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What happened

Supplies of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Spain decreased in July year-on-year, according to data released by the Spanish energy company Enagas seen by TASS.

Why it matters

The kingdom purchased the equivalent of 2,088 GWh of LNG from Russia (8.1% of the total volume) in July compared to 2,150 GWh in the same period last year, according to the company’s data.

Common ground

As a result, Russia became the fourth-largest gas supplier to Spain after Algeria (41.7%), Nigeria (15.4%), and the United States (11.6%).

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “compared to 2,150 GWh in the same period last year”

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The figure of 2,150 GWh for July of the previous year (2025) is explicitly mentioned by both ANKASAM and Caspianpost.com.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Engie SA (stylised in all caps as ENGIE) is a French multinational electric utility company, headquartered in La Défense, Courbevoie. Its activities cover electricity generation and distribution, natu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grain LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Isle of Grain, 37 miles (60 km) east of London. It has facilities for the offloading and reloading of LNG from ships at two jetties …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_LNG_Terminal

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Claim 2: “Russia became the fourth-largest gas supplier to Spain after Algeria (41.7%), Nigeria (15.4%), and the United States (11.6%)”

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While ANKASAM mentions Russia ranked fourth with an 8.1% share in July, the specific breakdown of other suppliers (Algeria 41.7%, Nigeria 15.4%, USA 11.6%) is not corroborated by the other provided search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since late July 2026, an estimated 80,000 people, mainly young men, have illegally breached and crossed the border from Morocco into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta in North Africa, with smaller …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Ceuta_migrant_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Spanning over 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), it is the largest countr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Algerian Air Force (Arabic: القُوَّاتُ الجَوِّيَّةُ الجَزَائِرِيَّةُ, French: Forces aériennes algériennes) is the aerial arm of the Algerian People's National Army. Its history begins with the c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_Air_Force

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Claim 3: “compared to 72,360 GWh in 2024”

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The figure of 72,360 GWh for 2024 is reported by both TASS and the 'Europe’s Dirty Secret' source.

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web search NEUTRAL — In January 2024, Madrid purchased 8,687 GWh of gas from Russia (26.9% of the total volume). Enagas earlier reported that Spain acquired 72,360 GWh of Russian LNG in 2024, compared to 72,690 GWh in 202…
https://tass.com/economy/1911031

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web search NEUTRAL — Spain increased its imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) during the first six months of 2026, with Russia strengthening its position among the country's...Enagás previously reported that Spa…
https://caliber.az/en/post/russian-lng-shipments-to-spain-su…

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web search NEUTRAL — The country imported 72,360 GWh of Russian gas in 2024, compared to 72,690 GWh in 2023, making Russia Spain’s second-largest gas supplier in 2024.Over the first ten months of 2025, Spain purchased 32,…
https://syg.ma/@artursumarokov/europe-s-dirty-secret-russian…

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Claim 4: “Enagas previously reported that the country purchased 42,629 GWh of Russian LNG last year”

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The figure of 42,629 GWh for 2025 is reported by Caliber.Az, but not corroborated by other sources in the evidence set.

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web search NEUTRAL — Spain is a secular parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with King Felipe VI as head of state. A developed country, it has a high nominal GDP per capita globally and an advanced econo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain

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web search NEUTRAL — Spain is a transcontinental country located in southwestern Europe and northern Africa, occupying about 84.6% of the Iberian Peninsula.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Spain

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Spain, country located in extreme southwestern Europe. It occupies about 85 percent of the Iberian Peninsula, which it shares with its smaller neighbor Portugal. Spain is a storied countr…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Spain

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Claim 5: “The kingdom purchased the equivalent of 2,088 GWh of LNG from Russia (8.1% of the total volume) in July”

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The specific figure of 2,088 GWh for July 2026 is reported by both ANKASAM and Caspianpost.com, citing Russian media/TASS.

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Claim 6: “Supplies of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Spain decreased in July year-on-year, according to data released by the Spanish energy company Enagas”

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Multiple independent sources (Caliber.Az and ANKASAM) confirm that Enagás data shows a decrease in Russian LNG supplies to Spain in July compared to the previous year.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arctic LNG 2 (Арктик СПГ 2) is a Novatek project for the extraction of natural gas and the production of liquefied natural gas on the Gydan Peninsula, across the Ob Bay from Yamal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liquefied natural gas (sometimes liquid natural gas, frequently LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled to liquid form for ease and saf…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the liquefied form of natural gas, which has a much smaller volume than natural gas in its gaseous form. This liquefied condition is used to facilitate the carriage of n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LNG_terminals

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Claim 7: “Russia having become the third-largest supplier of this fuel to the country [between January and July 2026]”

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The claim that Russia became the third-largest supplier between January and July 2026 is mentioned in one search result snippet ('EU country stocking up on Russian gas media'), but not corroborated by others.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia became Spain?s third-largest supplier of LNG this year, El Mundo reports Spain stepped up purchases of Russian natural gas in 2023
https://www.moscownews.net/news/274052471/eu-country-stockin…

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web search NEUTRAL — EU gas demand declined by 19% between August 2022 and January 2026. On 26/01/2026, EU governments formally adopted Regulation EU/2026/261, establishing the legal phase-out of Russian pipeline gas and …
https://debuglies.com/2026/08/25/war-lng-and-atom-us-russia-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Also, Russia was the biggest LNG supplier in December last year and the US was the biggest supplier to Spain in October and November. Spanish LNG terminals loaded about 2.49 TWh in July, the highest m…
https://energynewsbeat.co/spanish-lng-imports-drop-reloads-s…

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Claim 8: “In total, between January and July 2026, Spain purchased 39,443 GWh of Russian LNG (18.3% of the total volume)”

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The specific total of 39,443 GWh for January-July 2026 is reported by Caliber.Az, but not corroborated by other independent sources in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spain has a highly developed social market economy. It is the world's 14th-largest by nominal GDP, the fourth-largest in the EU, and the sixth-largest in Europe. Spain is a member of the European Unio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Spain

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Electricity consumption increased over many years until 2008. However, in 2023 Spain consumed 244,686 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity, a 2.3% decline from 2022. In 2008, Spain consumed 88% of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Spain

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Claim 9: “In 2025, Russia was the third-largest supplier of this fuel to the kingdom”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny Russia's rank as the third-largest supplier specifically for the full year of 2025.

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