Algeria regained first place in the list of the largest gas suppliers to Spain during May 2026, after raising its exports to 13.37 terawatt-hours, accounting for 42.6% of the total imports of the Spanish market, after four consecutive months of decline..
And it showed Energy platform data The specialist reported that Spain’s imports of natural and liquefied gas rose to 31.4 terawatt-hours last May, an increase of 9.3% compared to April, which recorded 28.73 terawatt-hours, despite a decline of 2.4% on an annual basis.
Algeria came in the lead with a comfortable margin over its closest competitor, after it exported 10.37 terawatt-hours of natural gas through pipelines, in addition to 3,002 terawatt-hours of liquefied gas, compared to only 8.14 terawatt-hours during May 2025.
Russia came in second place with supplies of 8.73 terawatt-hours of liquefied gas, representing 15.2% of the Spanish market, up from 4.39 terawatt-hours last April. The United States came in third place with a total of 4.76 terawatt-hours and a share of 15.2%, after it was the largest supplier to Spain in April with supplies amounting to 10.07 terawatt-hours.
Mauritania witnessed remarkable progress in the list of suppliers, as it ranked fifth with a total of 1,118 terawatt-hours of liquefied gas, with a share of 3.6%, compared to only 0.088 terawatt-hours in the previous month, benefiting from the start of gas exports from the “Great Turtle Ahmim” field, shared with Senegal since February 2026.
Portugal also came in fourth place with supplies of 1,143 terawatt-hours of natural gas, followed by Angola in sixth place with 1,026 terawatt-hours, then Mexico, which entered the list for the first time with a total of 0.999 terawatt-hours of liquefied gas.
On the other hand, France fell to eighth place with supplies that did not exceed 0.172 terawatt-hours of natural gas, while Spain did not receive any shipments from Qatar, Egypt, Nigeria, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Norway, Peru, or Trinidad and Tobago during the same period.
At the level of import composition, liquefied gas accounted for 66.2% of Spain’s total imports during May, with an amount of 19.63 terawatt-hours, while natural gas imports amounted to 11.76 terawatt-hours, with a share of 33.8%.
Spanish gas reserves also declined by 3.5% on an annual basis, reaching 71% fullness by the end of May 2026.
