Germany natural gas and petroleum gas exports
Germany natural gas and petroleum gas exports stood at 956.62 PJ in 2025. It is one of the indicators in the Energy balance table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1990 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Energy balance table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,463.46 | 1,981.01 | 2,127.12 | 3,444.32 | 3,995.44 | 4,030.13 | 3,741.39 | 4,192.22 | 2,536.87 | 2,178.2 | |
| Gases | 956.62 | 371.25 | 710.13 | 1,837.31 | 2,497.7 | 2,683.27 | 2,393.91 | 2,799.75 | 1,129.24 | 811.37 | |
| Natural gas and petroleum gas | 956.62 | 371.25 | 710.13 | 1,837.31 | 2,497.7 | 2,683.27 | 2,393.91 | 2,799.75 | 1,129.24 | 811.37 |
Understanding germany natural gas and petroleum gas exports
Contractual and physical dispatches of natural gas alongside liquefied petroleum gases across national borders constitute this specific sub-item. Included are pipeline methane, refrigerated liquefied natural gas re-exported via coastal or inland infrastructure, and pressurized petroleum fractions including propane and butane. It excludes manufactured industrial gases such as coke oven gas, town gas, and blast furnace gas, which appear elsewhere within the broader gases category, as well as gaseous biofuels classified under renewable energy. By focusing strictly on naturally occurring hydrocarbons and associated petroleum fractions, this line isolates marketable hydrocarbon gas exports from broader secondary industrial by-product streams.
Because annual aggregation merges winter heating demand with summer replenishment cycles, year-on-year analysis provides the only consistent framework for tracking structural changes in border outflows. Converting physical volumes to petajoules standardizes fluctuations caused by shifting blends of high-calorific and low-calorific natural gas supplies. Preliminary balance releases rely on estimated border transmission data that are subsequently revised when audited transport accounts and pipeline logs are finalized. Users should take care when comparing these figures with foreign trade goods ledgers, as customs declarations may classify transit gas differently from physical border exit points.
Frequently asked questions
- What distinguishes petroleum gas from natural gas in this trade series?
- Natural gas consists predominantly of methane transported via pipeline or cryogenically, whereas petroleum gas covers liquefied gases such as propane and butane.
- Does this series include compressed biogas shipped across borders?
- Biogas exports are accounted for under the renewable energy category rather than this fossil gas line.
- Are pipeline deliveries intended for transit to other countries captured here?
- Cross-border outflows include physical transit flows leaving the transmission grid, regardless of their ultimate destination.