EU imports record quantities of Russian LNG in 2024

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : French energy companies EDF and TotalEnergies, as well as German state-owned energy company Sefe have terminal use agreements there.
52% : Russian liquefied natural gas imports to the EU have reached a record high this year despite the bloc's attempt to cut off dependence on gas from the country following Moscow's full-scale war on Ukraine.
46% : "Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the EU set a target of stopping imports of any Russian fossil fuels by 2027, but shipments of the super-chilled gas arriving in European ports have continued to rise.
41% : EU officials are convinced that the bloc does not need Russian fuels, even if it means accepting higher prices to buy gas elsewhere.
40% : EU governments have agreed to ban these transshipments of Russian LNG from Yamal to non-EU countries, a measure which will come into force in March 2025.
38% : Unlike gas imports via pipelines which have dwindled to a trickle, and Russian oil and coal, which are banned in the EU, imports of Russian LNG are still allowed and growing, in a sign of how a "panicking" Europe is still struggling to wean itself off cheaper supplies, said Jaller-Makarewicz.
14% : Trump has warned that the EU must commit to buying "large scale" amounts of US oil and gas or risk facing tariffs.

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