Total Insecurity: How TotalEnergies’ LNG Trade Puts France and Europe at Risk
French oil giant TotalEnergies’ LNG into Europe risks European security, affordability, and climate goals. Total has imported three times as much LNG to Europe than any other company in recent years, and most of that LNG comes from the US and Russia. Europe’s best path to achieving security, affordability, and climate goals is to equitably phase out fossil fuels, accelerate energy efficiency, and transition to renewable energy.
Last updated: September 23, 2026
Key findings
Using public shipping data, the report, Total Insecurity: How TotalEnergies’ LNG trade puts France and Europe at risk, finds that:
- TotalEnergies is Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer. Over the past five years, TotalEnergies is responsible for importing three times as much LNG to the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) as its nearest rival, Shell;
- In 2025, 71% of TotalEnergies’ LNG imports to the EU and UK came from the United States (42%) and Russia (29%) – while Putin and Trump attack and threaten Europe. ;
- Europe’s dependence on LNG imports risks European security, energy affordability, and climate goals.
Europe’s best path to achieving security, affordability, and climate goals is to equitably phase out fossil fuels, accelerate energy efficiency, and transition to renewable energy.