Sines received 95% of the gas imported by Portugal in 2025

Nlast year, at the liquefied natural gas terminal (LNG) 46 discharges of methanean ships were carried out, less seven than in 2024, and fueled 7,546 tanks, more 214 than in the previous year.

Nigeria represented 50% of discharge operations, the United States 43% and Russia the remaining 7%, according to the document released today.

Sines received three methanean ships from Russia, the same number as in 2024, and the unloaded energy of Russian origin also remained unchanged at 3.3 terawatts-hour (TWh).

Portugal wants to put an end to imports of Russian LNG by the beginning of 2027 under European rules determining the progressive elimination of gas purchases from Russia.

As the Minister for Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, had already explained in February, there is a single company with a long-term contract to import Russian gas through Sines, the Spanish Naturgy.

The remaining about 5% of the gas that entered Portugal arrived via pipeline, through the interconnections with the Spanish network in Campo Maior and Valença do Minho.

The report further concludes that in 2025 there was an overall improvement in the performance of gas transmission and distribution networks, with a reduction in the number and duration of supply disruptions.

Around 0.7% of customer facilities were affected by interruptions, corresponding to 10,861 of a total of 1,567,872 customers connected to the network.

There were no interruptions in the transport network at exit points for the sixth consecutive year.

All distribution system operators met the standard for the average duration of interruptions, with the exception of Lisbongas, which “did not meet the standard for the average number of interruptions, as a result, in particular, of programmed interventions and actions to search for leaks and network conversion,” says the regulator.