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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 ^[1]

• 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
• Bontang, Indonesia
• Tangguh, Indonesia
• Oman LNG
• 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
• Sakhalin LNG, Sakhalin, Russia - (Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. )^[2]

Americas

• Atlantic LNG, Trinidad and Tobago ^[3]

Australia

• Karratha Gas Plant - North West Shelf Venture operated by Woodside Petroleum in Karratha, Western Australia^[4]
• Darwin LNG, operated by ConocoPhillips. ^[5]

Europe

• Hammerfest LNG, Snøhvit, Norway

Existing regasification terminals

Brazil

• Pecém, Guanabara Bay

Chile

• Chile, Quintero

Belgium

• Zeebrugge, Fluxys

China

• Dapeng LNG Terminal, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province
• Fujian Terminal, Putian, Fujian province
• Yangshan Terminal

Japan

• Tohoku 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
• Chubu 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
• Kanto 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 terminl, 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
• Chugoku 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
• Kyushu region and Okinawa
  • Oita 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

India

• Dahej Terminal, Petronet LNG Ltd, Gujrat
• Hazira Terminal, Hazira LNG Pvt Ltd, Gujarat
• Dabhol Terminal, Ratnagiri Power (NTPC) LTD, Maharashtra from Nov 2009
• Kochi Terminal, Petronet LNG Ltd, Kerala

France

• Fos-sur-Mer, Gaz de France
• Montoir, Gaz de France

Italy

• Panigaglia, Eni
• Porto Viro, ExxonMobil, Qatar Petroleum, Edison S.p.A. (offshore - start-up 2009)

Greece

• Revithoussa LNG Terminal, DEPA

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.^[6]
• Altamira LNG near Tampico, Mexico, Shell, opened August 2006

South Korea

• Pyeongtaek, KOGAS
• Incheon, KOGAS
• Tongyeong, KOGAS
• Gwangyang, POSCO

Spain

• Barcelona (Enagás)
• Bilbao (consortium including Repsol YPF, BP, Iberdrola and Ente Vasco de la Energia), 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
• Ferrol (consortium including Unión Fenosa and Endesa)

United States and Puerto Rico

The following LNG off-loading and regasification terminals are located in the United States and Gulf of Mexico:^[7]

• Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, Lusby, Maryland - (Dominion Resources)^[8]
• Gulf Gateway Deepwater Port, Gulf of Mexico - (Excelerate Energy LLC)
• Southern LNG, Elba Island, Georgia - (El Paso Energy)^[9][10]
• Trunkline LNG, Lake Charles, Louisiana - (Trunkline LNG Company, LLC)^[11][12]
• EcoEléctrica, Punta Guayanilla, Puerto Rico^[13][14]
• Sabine Pass LNG, rural Cameron Parish, Louisiana - (Cheniere Energy, Inc.)^[15][16]
• Cameron LNG, rural Cameron Parish, Louisiana - (Sempra Energy)^[17][18]
• Freeport LNG, Freeport, Texas - (Freeport LNG Development, LP)^[19][20]
• Everett Marine Terminal, Everett, Massachusetts - (Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC)^[21][22]

UK

• South Hook LNG, Milford Haven, South Wales
• Dragon LNG, Milford Haven, South Wales
• Grain LNG, Isle of Grain, Kent

Proposed liquefaction terminals

Africa

• Angola LNG, Soyo, Angola ^[23]

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%)^[24]

• Jingbian Terminal, Yulin, Shaanxi Province - (China Natural Gas 100%) - to be completed December 2009 ^[25]

• Vladivostok LNG, Vladivostok, Russia

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.^[26]
• Gladstone LNG
• Pluto - Woodside Petroleum has made the final investment decision and is currently in the process of building an LNG facility and loading terminal in Karratha, Western Australia.^[27]

Europe

• Shtokmann LNG, Murmansk, Russia
• Yamal LNG, Yamal, Russia

Proposed regasification terminals

Japan

• Hitachi LNG Terminal, Tokyo Gas, 2017 possible start date.^[28]

Thailand

• Map Ta Phut LNG Terminal Phase 1: 2 160,000 m3 tanks, PTT and EGAT Phase 2: extra tank (same size). Due for completion in 2011.

United States and Gulf of Mexico

Proposed LNG Terminals:^[29]

• Broadwater Energy, proposed floating terminal in Long Island Sound between New York State and Connecticut
• Crown Landing LNG Terminal, Gloucester County, New Jersey - A proposed LNG terminal to be located along the Delaware River. BP is working for regulatory approval and the LNG terminal is expected to be online by the end of 2008.^[30]
• BlueOcean Energy, 20 miles off-shore from New Jersey^[31]
• Bradwood Landing, east of Astoria, Oregon, on the Columbia River ^[32]
• Oregon LNG, proposed for a site in Warrenton, just west of Astoria, Oregon on the Columbia River ^[33]
• Jordan Cove, near Coos Bay, Oregon on the south coast ^[34]
• AES Sparrows Point LNG near Baltimore, Maryland ^[35]
• Weaver's Cove Energy, ^[36] an offshore LNG berth in Mount Hope Bay plus an onshore facility in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Mexico

• TGNL - Manzanillo,Colima scheduled to open 2011

Perú

• PERUGNL - [[Camisea] scheduled to open 2010

Poland

• Świnoujście (Wolin Island)

Croatia

• Adria LNG

Singapore

• Jurong Island
• PowerGas JV with Gaz de France, construction: 2009-2012

Oceania

• Gasbridge, Port Taranaki - (Contact Energy & Genesis Energy)^[37]

India

• Kochi LNG Terminal Ltd.)
• Pipavav LNG Terminal(APM Terminals)
• Mundra LNG Terminal(GSPC/Adani)
• Ennore LNG Terminal Ltd
• Mangalore LNG Terminal Ltd

the Netherlands

• GATE terminal Maasvlakte Rotterdam. visit website www.gate.nl
• Eemshaven LNG Terminal. visit website www.eemshaven-lng.nl
• LionGas terminal Europoort Rotterdam. visit website www.liongas.nl

See also

• CNOOC#LNG terminals
• List of natural gas pipelines

References