List of LNG terminals

Liquefied natural gas is used to transport natural gas over long distances, often by sea. In most cases, LNG terminals are purpose built ports used exclusively to export or import LNG.

Existing liquefaction terminals

Africa

• Sonatrach plant, Skikda, Algeria
• Bethioua, Algeria, see on a map
• EG LNG, Malabo, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
• SEGAS Damietta LNG EGYPT
• ELNG IDCO LNG EGYPT
• Nigeria LNG, Bonny Nigeria
• Angola LNG

Asia

• Malaysia LNG, Tanjung Kidurong, Bintulu, Malaysia
• Brunei LNG, Lumut, Brunei
• Arun, Indonesia
• Badak NGL, Indonesia
• Tangguh, Indonesia
• Sakhalin LNG, Sakhalin, Russia - (Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. )

Middle East

• ADGAS
• Oman LNG
• Qalhat LNG, Oman
• Qatargas, Qatar
• Ras Laffan, Qatar, see on a map
• ADGAS Plant, Das Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Rasgas, Qatar
• Yemen LNG(Total),Balhaf, Yemen

Americas

• Atlantic LNG, Trinidad and Tobago
• Peru LNG, Pampa Melchorita, Peru
• Costa Azul LNG near Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico

Australia

• Queensland Curtis LNG - BG Group - Curtis Island, Queensland.
• Karratha Gas Plant - North West Shelf Venture operated by Woodside Petroleum in Karratha, Western Australia
• Pluto LNG, operated by Woodside Petroleum in Karratha, Western Australia
• Darwin LNG, operated by ConocoPhillips

Europe

• Hammerfest LNG, Snøhvit, Norway

United States

• Freeport LNG Terminal
• Kenai LNG, Nikiski, Alaska
• Cheniere's Sabine Pass terminal
• Dominion's Cove Point, Maryland terminal (under construction)
• Cheniere's Corpus Christi terminal (under construction)
• Cameron LNG, Hackberry, Louisiana (under construction)

Existing regasification terminals

Argentina

• Bahia Blanca Gasport
• GNL Escobar

Belgium

• Zeebrugge, Fluxys

Brazil

• Pecém, State of Ceará
• Bahia LNG Regasification Terminal, Bay of All Saints, State of Bahia
• Guanabara Bay, State of Rio de Janeiro

Canada

• Canaport LNG, Saint John, NB

Chile

• Chile, Quintero
• Chile, Mejillones

China

• Dapeng LNG Terminal, Shenzhen, Guangdong province
• Fujian LNG Terminal, Putian, Fujian province
• Shanghai LNG Terminal, Yangshan Port, Shanghai
• Dalian LNG Terminal, Dalian, Liaoning province
• Ningbo LNG Terminal, Ningbo, Zhejiang province
• Rudong LNG Terminal, Nantong, Jiangsu province
• Tangshan LNG Terminal, Caofeidian, Hebei province
• Tianjin LNG Terminal, Tianjin
• Zhuhai LNG Terminal, Zhuhai, Guangdong province
• Qingdao LNG Terminal, Jiaonan, Shandong province
• Shenzhen LNG Terminal, Shenzhen, Guangdong province
• Hainan LNG Terminal, Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Hainan
• Guangxi LNG Terminal, Beihai, Guangxi

France

• Fos-sur-Mer, Elengy
• Montoir de Bretagne, Elengy
• Fos Cavaou, Fosmax LNG
• Le Verdon

Greece

• Revithoussa LNG Terminal, DEPA
• Crete LNG Terminal, planned
• Kavala LNG Terminal, planned

India

• RGPPL LNG Terminal, Maharashtra,5 MMTPA (Integrated with its own Power Plant)
• Dahej Terminal, Petronet LNG Ltd, Gujarat - 10 MMTPA
• Hazira Terminal, Shell Ltd, Gujarat - 3.6 MMTPA
• Petronet LNG, Kochi - 5 MMTPA

Italy

• North Adriatic / Rovigo LNG Terminal, ExxonMobil, Qatar Petroleum, Edison SpA (offshore of Porto Viro, Porto Levante (area), Rovigo)
• La Spezia / Panigaglia LNG Terminal, Gnl Italia, Snam, località Portovenere

Japan

• Tōhoku region and Hokkaido region
  • Shin Minato LNG terminal, Sendai Gas, 0.08M m³, opened 1997
  • Hachinohe LNG terminal (Re-shipment), Nippon Oil, 0.04M m³, open 2006
  • Hakodate LNG terminal (Re-shipment), open 2006
• Chūbu region
  • Higashi Niigata LNG terminal, Tohoku Electric, 0.72M m³, open 1984
  • Sodeshi LNG terminal, Shimizu LNG and Shizuoka Gas, 0.177M m³, open 1996
  • Chita Kyodo LNG terminal, Chubu Electric and Toho Gas, 0.3M m³, open 1977
  • Chita LNG terminal, Chita LNG, Chubu Electric and Toho Gas, 0.64M m³, open 1983
  • Yokkaichi LNG Centre, Toho Gas, 0.32M m³, open 1987
  • Yokkaichi Works LNG terminal, Chubu Electric, 0.16M m³, open 1991
  • Kawagoe LNG terminal, Chubu Electric, 0.48M m³, open 1997
  • Chita Midorihama LNG terminal, Toho Gas, 0.2M m³, open 2001
  • Joetsu LNG terminal, Inpex, 0.36M m³, due to open 2014
• Kantō region
  • Futtsu LNG terminal, Tokyo Electric, 0.86M m³, open 1985
  • Sodegaura LNG terminal, Tokyo Electric and Tokyo Gas, 2.66M m³, open 1973
  • Higashi Ohgishima LNG terminal, Tokyo Electric, 0.54M m³, open 1984
  • Ohgishima LNG terminal, Tokyo Gas, 0.6M m³, open 1998
  • Negishi LNG terminal, Tokyo Electric and Tokyo Gas, 1.25M m³, open 1969
• Kansai region
  • Senboku 1 LNG terminal, Osaka Gas, 0.18M m³, open 1972
  • Senboku 2 LNG terminal, Osaka Gas, 1.51M m³, open 1972
  • Himeji LNG terminl, Osaka Gas, 0.52M m³, open 1977
  • Himeji Joint LNG terminal, Osaka Gas and Kansai Electric, 1.44M m³, open 1984
  • Sakai LNG terminal, Sakai LNG and Kansai Electric and Iwatani Corporation and Cosmo Oil, set to open 2010
• Shikoku region
  • Sakaide LNG terminal, Shikoku Electric Power, 0.4M m³, due to open 2010
• Chūgoku region
  • Hatsukaichi LNG terminal, Hiroshima Gas, 0.17M m³, 1996
  • Yanai LNG terminal, Chugoku Electric Power, 0.48M m³, 1990
  • Mizushima LNG terminal, Mizushima LNG and Chugoku Electric Power and Nippon Oil, 0.16M m³, 2006
• Kyūshū region and Okinawa
  • Ōita LNG terminal, Oita LNG and Kyushu Electric Power and Kyushu Oil and Oita Gas, 0.46M m³, 1990
  • Tobata LNG terminal, Kitakyushu LNG and Kyushu Electric Power and Nippon Steel, 0.48M m³, 1997
  • Fukuoka LNG terminal, Seibu Gas, 0.07M m³, 1993
  • Kagoshima LNG terminal, Kagoshima Gas, 0.036M m³, 1996
  • Nagasaki LNG terminal, Seibu Gas, 0.035M m³, 2003
  • Nakagusuku LNG terminal, Okinawa Electric Power, 0.7M m³, due to open 2010

Lithuania

• Klaipėda LNG FSRU

Mexico

• Costa Azul LNG 14 miles (23 km) north of Ensenada, Mexico, Sempra Energy, opened May 2008, first one on West Coast of North America.
• Altamira LNG near Tampico, Mexico, Shell, opened August 2006
• Manzanillo LNG in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, Mitsui + Korea Gas + Samsung, opened 2011

Netherlands

• Gate terminal, Rotterdam, opened September 2011

Pakistan

• Engro Elengy Terminal Private Limited (EETPL), Port Qasim, Karachi

Poland

• Świnoujście LNG terminal, Świnoujście (Wolin Island)

Portugal

• Sines LNG Terminal, REN

Singapore

• Singapore LNG Terminal. Commenced commercial operation on Q2 2013

South Korea

• Pyeongtaek, KOGAS
• Incheon, KOGAS
• Tongyeong, KOGAS
• Samcheok, KOGAS
• Gwangyang, POSCO
• Boryeong, GS Energy and SK E&S

Spain

• Barcelona (Enagás)
• Bilbao (consortium including Enagás, Ente Vasco de la Energia and RREEF), see on a map
• Huelva (Enagás), see on a map
• Sagunto, Valencia (consortium including Iberdrola, Unión Fenosa and Endesa)
• Cartagena (Enagás), see on a map
• Mugardos Ferrol Harbour (Reganosa, starting in 2007)
• Gijón (Enagás, starting in 2012)

Taiwan

• Taichung LNG Terminal, Taichung, Taiwan
• Yong'an LNG Terminal, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Thailand

• Map Ta Phut LNG Terminal Phase#1: 2 x 160,000 m³ for Tanks Capacity, PTT and EGAT Phase#2: extra tanks (same size). Phase#1 Completed & Commenced Commercial Operation Date in 2011.(First commissioning by LNG vessel on May 2011.)

Turkey

• Marmara Ereğlisi, BOTAŞ
• Aliağa, EGEGAZ

United States and Puerto Rico

The following LNG off-loading and regasification terminals are located in the United States and Gulf of Mexico:

• Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, Lusby, Maryland - (Dominion Resources)
• Southern LNG, Elba Island, Georgia - (Kinder Morgan)
• Trunkline LNG, Lake Charles, Louisiana - (Trunkline LNG Company, LLC)
• EcoEléctrica, Punta Guyanilla, Puerto Rico
• Golden Pass LNG, rural Jefferson County, Texas - (Golden Pass LNG)
• Sabine Pass LNG, rural Cameron Parish, Louisiana - (Cheniere Energy, Inc.)
• Cameron LNG, rural Cameron Parish, Louisiana - (Sempra Energy)
• Freeport LNG, Freeport, Texas - (Freeport LNG Development, LP)
• Everett Marine Terminal, Everett, Massachusetts - (Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC)
• Gulf LNG, Pascagoula, Mississippi - (Kinder Morgan)
• Gulf Gateway Deepwater Port, Gulf of Mexico - (Excelerate Energy LP) (decommissioned)
• Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port, offshore from Gloucester, Massachusetts,(Excelerate Energy LP)
• Neptune LNG, offshore from Gloucester, Massachusetts,(GDf Suez)

UK

• South Hook LNG, Milford Haven, South Wales
• Dragon LNG terminal, Milford Haven, South Wales
• Grain LNG, Isle of Grain, Kent
• Canvey LNG, Thames Road, Essex
• Teesside GasPort, Middlesbrough

Proposed liquefaction terminals

Asia Pacific

• PNG LNG, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea - (estimated 2013) - (ExxonMobil 41.6%, Oil Search 34.1%, Santos 17.7%, AGL 3.6%, Nippon Oil 1.8% and Mineral Resource Development Corporation 1.2%)
• Jingbian Terminal, Yulin, Shaanxi Province - (China Natural Gas 100%) - to be completed December 2009
• Vladivostok LNG - Gazprom - Vladivostok, Russia
• Sabetta, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia.

North America

Canada

• Kitimat LNG, Kitimat, British Columbia,
• Pacific NorthWest LNG - Progress Energy Resources - Lelu Island, British Columbia,
• Energie Saguenay - [22]
• Goldboro LNG, Pieridae Energy - Goldboro, NS

United States

• Sabine Pass Liquefaction at Sabine Pass LNG, Louisiana
• Freeport LNG Dev in Freeport, TX
• Cheniere Energy in Corpus Christi, TX
• Jordan Cove in Coos Bay, OR (Federal environmental review (EIS) from FERC expected on 30 September 2015.)
• Southern Union in Lake Charles, LA
• Sempra in Hackberry, LA
• Dominion in Cove Point, MD
• Oregon LNG in Astoria, OR
• Jacksonville’s, FLA
• Rio Grande LNG in Brownsville, TX

The United States has had a massive shift in LNG terminal planning and construction starting in 2010-2011 due to rapid increase in domestic supply with the widespread adoption of hydraulic fracking. Many brand-new LNG import terminals are planning or have begun addition of liquefaction facilities to operate as export terminals.

South America

Peru

• Peru LNG, Pampa Melchorita, Cañete, Peru

Australia

• Barrow Island - Chevron Corporation proposes to build an LNG facility and loading terminal on Barrow Island, Western Australia, as part of its Gorgon Project.
• Australia Pacific LNG - Origin Energy, ConocoPhillips and Sinopec - Curtis Island, Queensland.
• Arrow LNG - Arrow Energy - Curtis Island, Queensland.
• Gladstone LNG - Santos, Petronas, Total and KOGAS - Curtis Island, Queensland.

Europe

• Shtokmann LNG, Murmansk, Russia
• Yamal LNG, Yamal, Russia
• Vassiliko LNG , Limassol, Cyprus

Proposed regasification terminals

Bangladesh

• Bay of Bengal FSRU, Maheshkhali
• Matarbari LNG Terminal, Maheshkhali

Croatia

• Adria LNG

Chile

GNL Penco

France

• Dunkerque LNG (building), planned start of commercial operation 2015
• Fos-Faster LNG terminal, planned start of commercial operation 2019

Germany

• Brunsbüttel LNG Terminal LNG Info
• Wilhelmshaven LNG Terminal

Hong Kong

• An FSRU (floating storage regasification unit) in the waters to the east of the Soko Islands

India

• Pipavav LNG Terminal(APM Terminals)
• Mundra LNG Terminal(GSPC/Adani) - 5mt/year
• Ennore LNG Terminal Ltd(IOCL/TIDCO)
• Mangalore LNG Terminal Ltd
• Paradip LNG Terminal(GAIL)-4.8 mt/year
• Kochi LNG Terminal(Puthuvype)

Indonesia

• East Java by 2011, Pertamina
• West Java by 2011, PGN and Pertamina
• North Sumatra by 2011 by PGN ( PT Perusahaan Gas Negara )

The country also has liquefaction terminals in more remote areas for export, and imports from the Middle East in areas with dense population.

Ireland

• Shannon LNG Terminal. Shannon LNG

Italy

• Porto Empedocle LNG Terminal

Japan

• Hitachi LNG Terminal, Tokyo Gas, 2017 possible start date.

Latvia

• A terminal in Riga

Mexico

• TGNL - Manzanillo, Colima scheduled to open 2011

Netherlands

• Eemshaven LNG Terminal, Eemsmond. Cancelled in 2010.
• LionGas Terminal, Europoort, Rotterdam. Canceled.

Philippines

First Gen LNG Terminal, Batangas City, Philippines

Thailand

• Map Ta Phut LNG Terminal/ Project expansion for Phase 2.

Ukraine

• Proposed terminal near Odessa, on 26 November 2012 the Ukrainian government and Unión Fenosa (where believed to have) signed an agreement on its building but Unión Fenosa denies this and it claimed on 28 November 2012 "nor are we leading any consortium to develop such a terminal ... nor are we studying anything along these lines". The terminal was due to start working at a capacity of 5 billion cubic meters a year by 2016.

United States and Gulf of Mexico

Proposed LNG Terminals:

• Broadwater Energy, proposed floating terminal in Long Island Sound between New York State and Connecticut
• BlueOcean Energy, 20 miles off-shore from New Jersey
• Bradwood Landing, east of Astoria, Oregon, on the Columbia River
• Oregon LNG, proposed for a site in Warrenton, just west of Astoria, Oregon on the Columbia River
• AES Sparrows Point LNG near Baltimore, Maryland
• Downeast LNG on Passamaquoddy Bay, Robbinston, Maine As of 6 January 2010, Downeast LNG will be one-and-one-half years late in supplying answers to FERC's technical questions arising from the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. FERC's deadline was 6 July 2009.
• Aguirre GasPort LNG Terminal in Salinas, Puerto Rico
• Jordan Cove Energy Project, Coos Bay, Oregon

See also

• CNOOC#LNG terminals
• List of natural gas pipelines