Spain gas demand up
Dec 31 (LNGJ) - Natural gas consumption in Spain, the largest European importer of US LNG cargoes, grew by 3.4 percent in December compared with the same month in 2019. “Specifically, conventional demand, for household, commercial and industrial consumption, grew compared to December of the previous year, reaching 29.7 terawatt hours,” said Enagás, the gas grid network and LNG import terminal operator. “This increase was driven by a recovery in industrial demand with regard to the values reached during the lockdown months in addition to the cold temperatures at the end of the month,” the company added.
Demand for natural gas in Spain for all of 2020 was heading for 360.0 TWh, which is 3.1 percent more than the figure recorded in 2018. “Compared to 2019, when demand grew exceptionally (up 14 percent) due to high deliveries of natural gas for electricity generation, total demand is around 90.4 percent,” added Enagás.
