Germany’s Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal
Europe’s LNG buildout slows
The EU is still weaning itself off Russian gas, but the expansion of its import infrastructure has slowed while Russia and Kazakhstan push ahead with expanding production
The EU has been trying to wean itself off Russian gas supplies, both piped and LNG, over the past three years. The initiative is a direct response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Russian gas exports to the EU fell dramatically from 45% of European imports in 2022 to 12% in 2025, and the EU is working at cutting off Russian oil and gas supplies permanently. In October 2025, EU energy ministers agreed a proposal to phase out Russian energy imports by January 2028. Russia supplied more than 15% of the EU’s LNG imports and 13% of its total gas imports (LNG and pipeline) in H1 2025. This includes phasing out Russian gas import contracts from January 2026, existing short-term contra
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