In the first quarter of 2025, Norway emerged as the leading supplier of gas imports to the European Union, delivering a total of 23.593 billion cubic meters via pipeline.
The United States followed closely behind, with liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports amounting to 18.393 billion cubic meters. Russian gas supplies ranked third, reaching 10.015 billion cubic meters, according to a report from the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, as cited by the Euractiv portal.
This marks the lowest volume of Russian gas deliveries to the EU since the onset of the war in Ukraine. Russian gas exports to Europe have been on a steady decline since the fourth quarter of 2021, continuing through to the second quarter of 2023, with a staggering drop of 3.5 times over this period. The current supply level of 10.5 billion cubic meters per quarter represents the lowest figures recorded since at least 1980.
At this stage, Russia is only able to deliver pipeline gas to the EU via a single route — the TurkStream pipeline. These supplies are limited to a handful of countries, including Hungary and Slovakia. Meanwhile, while Russian LNG shipments to Europe had increased in 2024, they have started to decline once more in early 2025.
