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Europe sets new record for daily LNG imports

27 February 2026 12:00 (UTC +04:00)

European countries have renewed the record for daily imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) against the backdrop of the depletion of “blue fuel” reserves in underground storage facilities at the end of February 2026, APA-Economics reports, citing Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE).

According to the results of February 25 of the current year, flows from European LNG terminals to the European Union’s gas transmission system exceeded 500 million cubic meters for the first time, reaching the highest level observed over the entire period of monitoring. The previous record was recorded in January 2026.

Overall, in February, Europe reduced gas withdrawals from underground storage facilities amid significant warming in the region. However, gas reserves in storage facilities intended to balance peak demand during the winter period remain at very low levels. Currently, the total volume of fuel in storage amounts to approximately 33.4 billion cubic meters. EU countries have already used all the gas injected into storage during the summer and are now utilizing reserves from previous years.

At present, European gas storage facilities are 30.19% full (16.49 percentage points lower than the average for this date over the past five years). The lowest gas level in European storage facilities was recorded in March 2018 at 17.7%.