102% increase in the purchase of Spanish gas from Russia

According to Fars International Economic Group, the Spanish companyAnagusannounced that the volume of gas that Spain bought from Russia in August this year has increased by 102.2% compared to last year.

According to this report, Madrid bought 4,505 gigawatts per hour (GWh) of gas from Moscow in August this year, which is more than 2,228 gigawatts per hour in August 2021.

At the same time, the gas import of this country, which has long been a major supplier of gas to Spain, has decreased by 34.8%.

This statistic showed that Spain’s gas imports from the United States constituted 26.5% of the country’s imports.

After the United States, Algeria, Nigeria and France, Russia is the fifth source of gas supply to Spain, supplying 11.8% of this country’s gas.

In total, in the first 8 months of this year, Spain bought 32,770 gigawatts per hour of gas from Russia, which is 22.88% more than the same period last year.

European Union countries have recently increased the purchase of gas in order to store it for the winter season.

The member states of this union failed to reach a consensus on Friday on setting a price ceiling for Russian gas, which was intended to calm the skyrocketing energy prices across the region.

After the emergency meeting of the energy ministers of the European Union, Kadri Simson, the European Union energy commissioner, announced that the European Union countries are unable to agree on setting the Russian gas price ceiling.

He said that no decision was made in the emergency meeting of the EU energy ministers.

Nikolai Russian Energy Minister Shulginov said a few days ago that it is very likely that Europe will not be able to give up Russian gas even until 2027.

Due to technical problems, Russia has recently reduced gas delivery to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, and in the latest action, it has also stopped the remaining 20% ​​of the shipment.

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline passes under the Baltic Sea to supply gas to Germany and other countries; The pipeline was also operating at only 20 percent of its capacity before a three-day shutdown this week for maintenance.

According to Gazprom, EU sanctions have created technical problems that cannot supply the full volume of contracted gas through the pipeline.

European countries accuse Moscow of using gas as a weapon, but Russia rejects this claim and calls the sanctions of this union an obstacle to sending gas to European countries.

In this regard, energy costs have risen so much for people and businesses that they cannot afford to pay their bills. So that factories and businesses are closing down and people are reducing their food expenses in an effort to pay bills.

On the other hand, the increase in the price of food and energy carriers in the shadow of the intensification of the energy shortage crisis in the European Union has caused the inflation rate in the countries of this union to start hitting records.

In the latest report of the Danish Statistics Office in Copenhagen, it was announced that the people of Denmark experienced the highest inflation rate since 1983 last month.

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