The institute has indicated this in its May report “Poland is one of the European countries most affected by disruptions in the supply of liquefied natural gas from Qatar.“The reason is the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has been in place since March – the route through which Qatari liquefied gas is transported.
IEEFA has estimated that In 2025, Poland to spend more than 2 billion euros For US LNG. The think tank emphasizes that All of Europe is deepening its dependence on the United StatesWhen it comes to buying liquefied gas. The authors of the analysis clearly prove that Europeans do not diversify supply directions, but mainly focus on one direction. they estimate By 2028, the US will be responsible for 80 percent of deliveries to Europe.
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Last year, as part of the US trade deal with the EU, the EU committed to buying US$750 billion of US energy over the next three years. According to IEEFA, purchasing on this scale would mean a new reliance on a single seller, as had previously been the case on gas supplies from Russia via pipelines. – The same amount invested in renewable energy sources would allow the installation of about 546 GW of wind and solar capacity on the old continent – the think tank noted.
IEEFA also reported that the level of Russian liquefied gas imports into the EU in the first quarter of this year was the highest since 2022, that is, since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. LNG gas imports from Russia reached 6.9 billion cubic meters in the first quarter of 2026, up 16% year on year. The largest importers were France, Spain and Belgium.
According to the report, in the first quarter The United States’ share was 59 percent. LNG import into EU countries, Russia For 18%, and the next places were: qatar in nigeria (6% each) and norway (4%), Algeria (3%), and Trinidad and Tobago (1%).
