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Report: Germany centrally in Russian LNG imports
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There are sanctions in the EU against fossil fuels such as coal and oil from Moscow. Ukraine no longer leaves natural gas. Russian liquid gas continues to rush through the lines.
According to an analysis, Germany continues to play a central role in the import of liquid gas from Russia. As can be seen from a report by the German Environmental Aid (DUH) and other organizations, the federal energy company Sefe imported more than six times as much liquid gas (LNG) into the European Union as in 2023. According to this, 5.66 billion cubic meters of SEFE imported liquefied gas in the French Dunkirk on the English Canal arrived.
More Russian LNG introduced in EU
According to the EU Commission, a total of 20 billion cubic meters of Russian LNG were introduced in 2024 – after 18 billion a year earlier. According to the data from Kpler, it was almost 22 billion cubic meters in 2024 after 18.41 billion cubic meters of 2023. According to the Brussels EU Commission, most of the fluid gas in the EU comes from the USA.
LNG from Moscow is used further in the EU
The largest LNG importers in the EU are, according to the EU Commission France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. From the terminals in these countries, the gas is fed into the lines, mixes with the existing gas and is transported further – also to Germany.
The EU has imposed numerous sanctions against Russian energy sources such as coal and oil. Since the turn of the year, Ukraine has no more natural gas pass and has prevented the transit through pipelines about its territory. However, LNG from Moscow continues to be introduced to the community of states. For example, there are only investments in LNG projects under construction in Russia and exports in favor of these projects. EU ports must also not be used to ship Russian LNG in third countries. In addition, the import of certain terminals that are not connected to the EU’s gas piping network is prohibited.
German company has a central role
Because of an ongoing contract, the federal company SEFE (Securing Energy for Europe GmbH) is therefore also importing LNG to France. Since Europe had not imposed sanctions against the import of Russian LNG to Europe, there is currently no legal basis for the termination or suspension of an existing old contract between a Russian supplier and SEFE, the energy company said at the request of the German press agency. Even if Sefe does not take the gas, the agreed quantities would have to be paid. The non -acceptance would enable the supplier to sell these quantities again, which would support the Russian economy, it said. The company does not provide any information.
How much of the liquid gas introduced to Germany comes from Russia?
The LNG imports adopted by Sefe in Dunkirk would be sold in two trading places in France and Belgium. “Sefe does not deliver a Russian LNG to Germany or tried to deliver it there,” said the company. According to Sefes, it cannot be determined how much of the Lngs arriving in France in Germany. “As soon as the molecules assumed in Dunkirk are fed into the European gas network, they can no longer be tracked. We cannot provide any information,” said the company.
However, the DUH and the Organizations Urgewald, Razom WE (Ukraine) and Bond Better Leefmilieu (Belgium) assume that the proportion of Russian liquid gas via indirect imports via France and Belgium at all German gas imports between 3 and 9, between 3 and 9, assume 2 percent. To do this, they looked at the gas rivers between France, Belgium and Germany and calculated different scenarios. “The uncertainty span in our results is due to the lack of transparency of the EU gas internal market, which enables a glossing over of Russian gas,” criticize the reporting authors.
Since more LNG from Russia was imported into the EU in 2024, it cannot be assumed that the proportion of Russian LNGs in Germany has decreased, the report says.
Sefe nationalized to Russia’s attack
The company Sefe used to be called Gazprom Germania, was a daughter of the Russian state group Gazprom and was nationalized as a result of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine and the energy crisis.
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Source: Stern