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Gas Demand in Baltic Countries Fell 6% in 2023

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Gas consumption in Baltic countries fell 6% last year due to warm weather, high gas prices at the start of the year and reduced gas consumption in the fertiliser industry according to Lithuanian TSO Amber Grid via Montel.

  • Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia gas consumption fell from 28.2TWh in 2022 to 26.5TWh in 2023 according to TSO data.
  • Estonia’s consumption saw the largest decline by 9% to 3.4TWh while Lithuania's fell by 4% to 14.9TWh and Latvia declined by 7% to 8.2TWh.
  • The decline followed a near 40% drop in Finnish-Baltic gas demand in 2022 amid the surging gas market prices.

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