Spain’s natural gas imports rose 3.3% in August compared with the same month a year ago, government data showed on Monday.

Spain imported the equivalent of 38,055 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of natural gas in August, Cores, an arm of the Energy and Environment Ministry, said.

LNG shipments represented 63% of the total imports, while purchases through pipelines represented 37%, Cores indicated in the statement.

In August 2022, Russian gas accounted for 15% of Spanish imports, while gas from the United States represented 26.5% of imports.

Spain re-exported the equivalent of 7,001 gigawatt-hours of gas, mainly to Italy.
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Jakub Olesiuk; Editing by Inti Landauro)