Natural gas exports quadrupled in 2022 compared to the previous year, as the Greek system through the Revythoussa station filled the gap created by the reduction or cessation of Russian natural gas exports to the region. On the contrary, domestic demand decreased by 19%.
The data comes from the DESFA report for 2022, according to which the total demand (domestic consumption and exports) of natural gas increased by 11.11%, reaching 86.18 Terawatt hours (TWh) from 77.56 TWh in 2021 Exports increased by 288.68% (from 7.6 TWh to 29.54TWh) and were mainly directed to Bulgaria from the interconnection point in Sidirokastro, while smaller quantities of natural gas were also exported to Italy via the TAP pipeline from Nea Midday.
Accordingly, natural gas imports amounted to 86.16 TWh, recording an increase of 10.84% compared to 77.73 TWh in 2021. The largest quantities entered the country from the Revythoussa LNG Terminal, which covered 44.2 percent % of imports, recording a significant increase compared to last year. In second place was the entry point of Sidirokastro, which covered 34.34% of imports (29.59 TWh), followed by the entry point in Nea Mesimvria, which, through the TAP pipeline, covered 18.64% of imports ( 16.06 TWh). Finally, Evros Gardens covered 2.82% of imports (2.43 TWh).
According to DESFA, the role of Revythoussa, which for the first time since its opening, welcomed 78 tankers from 10 countries, which unloaded a total amount of 39.19 TWh of LNG, compared to about 24.51 TWh from 35 tankers from 5 countries in 2021.
The increase was mainly driven by US LNG cargoes, which rose 63.55% over 2021 to 20.10 TWh, up from 12.29 TWh the previous year, with the US remaining the largest importer LNG in our country with a percentage of 51.29%. In second place was Algeria (5.43 TWh), followed by Egypt (4.93 TWh), Nigeria (2.93 TWh), Norway (2.13 TWh), Russia (2.03 TWh) and Oman (1.03 TWh). Loads below 1 TWh were also imported from Spain (0.43 TWh), Indonesia (0.11 TWh) and Cameroon (0.07 TWh).
Regarding the categories of natural gas consumers, the largest part of domestic consumption (73.55%) corresponds to the consumption of electricity production units, followed by household consumers and companies connected to the distribution networks, with a percentage of 21.50%, as well as domestic industries, which are directly connected to the high pressure system of DESFA, with a rate of 4.95%.
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