Our system of operative terminals (six, after the last one came into full commercial operation in Mugardos in the Galician estuary of Ferrol) has the highest capacity in Europe, with 2.2 million m³ of LNG in storage and a production of 1,908 GW/day. This is joined by the flexibility provided by the two connections with Portugal, which, together with the unloading and regasification plant at Sines, strengthened the safety of the gas systems of both countries.

With regard to the connections with France, the two currently in existence (Irun and Larrau) are to be joined in the near future by a third connection that is currently under study and is at an advanced stage. It is to connect with France via Figueres (Catalonia) with a 36" gas pipeline. In addition, the Iberian peninsular is located in the middle of the LNG traffic route between the southern Mediterranean and the Middle East with the USA, a country that has become a world reference in gas prices and which is the destination of increasing quantities of LNG.

The progress currently being made in the process for creating the Iberian gas market on the peninsula is also worthy of special mention. In short, owing to the increase in the number of terminals and storage tanks, the gas emission capacity, activities in progress (such as the Medgaz project) and those planned for the short and mid-term, such as the development of connections with France, the situation of the Spanish gas system is on the road to increasing its supply capacity and safety.