Specifically, according to the relevant data of DESFA for the period January - September 2021, domestic gas consumption increased by 13.45%, reaching 52.46 Terawatt hours (TWh) from 46.24 TWh in the same period of last year.
Gas imports amounted to 57.73 TWh, recording an increase compared to 53.54 TWh in the first nine months of 2020. The largest quantities entered from the entry point in Sidirokastro (26.09 TWh), which covered 45.19% of imports, showing an increase of 10.06% compared to the corresponding period last year.
The new entry point in Nea Mesimvria, which, following the interconnection with TAP, covered 17.01% of the imports within its first one-month operation, with more than 9.82 TWh, significantly contributes now to the inflow of natural gas into the NNGS. Finally, approximately 3.08 TWh (5.33%) entered the NNGS through the connection point in Kipoi, Evros.
Regarding the LNG imports at the Revithoussa Terminal during the period January-September 2021, they concerned about 18.14 TWh from 25 vessels compared to about 25.86 TWh from 40 vessels in the corresponding period of the previous year. The reductions mainly concern LNG imports from the USA and Qatar (-47.36% and -31.76% decrease respectively), while LNG imports from Algeria increased significantly by 102.22% compared to the first nine months of 2020.
LNG imports from Egypt also increased by 10.28%. Τhe US LNG imports in our country held the first place with 8.04 TWh (44.33%), with Qatar coming second with 4.74 TWh (26.16%), followed by Algeria and Egypt with 4.42 TWh (24.38%) and 0.92 TWh (5.1%), respectively.
