Europe lowered purchases of liquefied natural gas for a third month in August as buyers boosted purchases of oil-linked fuel through pipelines from Russia.
LNG imports by 10 nations in the region that receive the tanker-delivered fuel dropped 3.4 percent from a year earlier in August, after reaching a two-year high in March, according to data from Genscape Inc. Russian pipeline supplies soared about 20 percent from a year earlier in August, remaining at the highest level this year, tracking declining crude prices, according to data from Gazprom PJSC, the world’s biggest gas producer.
