Netherlands buys liquefied gas from Russia again
Natural gas from Russia is still being delivered to the EU, although some EU countries have long announced that they would stop using it completely. In addition to Spain, Russian liquid gas deliveries also go to the Netherlands. In September the country paid 109 million euros for it.
According to a report by the Russian News Agency RIA Novosti After a break, the Netherlands started buying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia again. According to statistics from the EU country, the Netherlands paid 109 million euros for 211.5 million cubic meters of this energy source in September. Against this background, total imports from Russia increased by 5.3 percent month-on-month and amounted to 410.5 million US dollars.
In April, Rob Jetten, minister without portfolio but responsible for climate and energy issues in the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, announced that the Dutch government was working to completely stop importing LNG from Russia. The country would stop signing new supply contracts for the current year. In addition, the EU country also wanted to terminate the contracts that had already been concluded.
The amount of LNG imported from Russia actually fell dramatically in May. The indicator fell by almost 30 percent and there were no deliveries at all in June. This break lasted the entire summer, whereas there had been no delivery stops in the previous summer months.
In November, Russia’s Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said the country had not stopped gas supplies to Western countries. Moscow remains a safe supplier – even under the current circumstances.