Portugal has indicated plans to increase the purchases of Liquefied Natural Gas from Nigeria and the United States as part of efforts to reduce dependence on the already dwindling supplies from Russia.
A report by Reuters quoting the Portuguese Environment Minister Maria da Graca Carvalho on Tuesday said the decision was taken following sanctions on Russian oil and gas imported through pipelines.
“Portugal is now practically independent of Russian gas … but we want to reduce this figure further by importing more gas from Nigeria and the United States,” Graca Carvalho told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to economic website ECO.
In 2024, Portugal imported 49,141 gigawatt-hours of natural gas, of which around 96 per cent was LNG, data from electricity and gas grid operator REN shows.
Nigeria accounted for 51 per cent of the LNG deliveries and about 40 per cent came from the United States and 4.4 per cent from Russia.
