Russia's LNG sales to France up in January-September 2023

Russia's sales of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to France increased in January-September 2023.

Russian supplies of LNG to France increased by 41 per cent in annual terms in the first nine months of 2023, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported on February 11, citing a Russian foreign ministry official, according to Business Recorder.

“In January-September of 2023, French purchases from Russia exceeded the same period of 2022 by 41 per cent,” RIA reported, citing Artem Studennikov, head of a European department at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Studennikov said that the main French receiving point for Russian LNG was the terminal in Montoir-de-Bretagne, which received 1.68 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2022, and 0.89 bcm of LNG in the first half of 2023.