Qatar was the European Union's (EU) main LNG supplier with a 41 percent share in 2017, according to the European Commission's (EC) latest report late Thursday.
The EC said that Qatar was followed by Nigeria with 19 percent, Algeria 17 percent, Peru 7 percent, Norway 7 percent, the U.S. 4 percent and Trinidad Tobago 3 percent.
In late December 2017, Europe received the first LNG cargo from Russia's newly commissioned Yamal plant, representing 0.7 percent of EU LNG imports in the fourth quarter.
LNG represented 12 percent out of the total share of the EU's gas imports.
LNG imports decreased in northwest Europe, with a fall of 38 percent in the U.K., 40 percent in Belgium and 1 percent in the Netherlands.
In contrast deliveries to Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Greece, and Poland showed a robust increase.
Spain remained the EU's main LNG importer with 31 percent out of total imports while both France with 20 percent and Italy with 15 percent overtook the U.K.
The U.K.'s LNG imports decreased to 12 percent in 2017, down from 21 percent in 2016.
In 2017 as a whole, imports were around 360 billion cubic meters, 10 percent more than in 2016, supported by a combination of increasing consumption and falling indigenous production.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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