Belgium and Spain are world’s second and third-biggest importers of Russian LNG this year
EU energyThe EU is set to import record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia this year, despite aiming for the bloc to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels by 2027.
Global Witness said the cost of the LNG imported from January to July at spot market prices amounted to €5.29bn. Most of the Russian volumes come from the Yamal LNG joint venture, which is majority-owned by the Russian company Novatek. Other stakes are held by France’s Total Energies, China’s CNPC and a Chinese state fund. The venture is exempt from export duties but is subject to income tax.
Belgium imports large volumes of Russian LNG because its port of Zeebrugge is one of the few European points of transshipment for LNG from ice-class tankers used in the high north to regular cargo vessels. EU officials have pointed to an overall effort to phase out Russian fossil fuels by 2027, but warned that an outright ban on LNG imports risked prompting an energy crisis akin to last year when EU gas prices hit record highs of more than €300 per megawatt hour.
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