The LNG value chain, catalogued
Every LNG terminal, gas pipeline and LNG carrier — and who builds them.
LNG Atlas is a reference directory built from Global Energy Monitor's Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker. Each asset gets one page with a plain-language summary generated from the structured data, a status history, capacity in both Mtpa and bcm/y, and links to its owners, operators and country. This release covers LNG terminals, gas transmission pipelines and the LNG carrier fleet; the supplier short-list and chokepoint exposure follow.
807 terminals and 3921 pipeline routes, drawn from a self-hosted country outline file. Nothing is requested from a third-party tile service.
Loads about 250 kB of map code and the country outline file.
Headline numbers
Largest operating terminals
- Sabine Pass LNG TerminalUnited States · Export59.9 Mtpa
- Incheon LNG TerminalSouth Korea · Import54.5 Mtpa
- Pyeongtaek LNG TerminalSouth Korea · Import41 Mtpa
- QatarEnergy LNG (N)Qatar · Export40.8 Mtpa
- QatarEnergy LNG (S)Qatar · Export36.3 Mtpa
- Sodegaura LNG TerminalJapan · Import31.4 Mtpa
- Freeport LNG TerminalUnited States · Export29.7 Mtpa
- Tongyoung LNG TerminalSouth Korea · Import26.5 Mtpa
Biggest projects under construction
- Qatar North Field LNG TerminalQatar · Export48 Mtpa
- Rio Grande LNG TerminalUnited States · Export23.6 Mtpa
- Woodside Louisiana LNG TerminalUnited States · Export16.5 Mtpa
- Golden Pass LNG TerminalUnited States · Export15.6 Mtpa
- Ust Luga LNG TerminalRussia · Export13.1 Mtpa
- Port Arthur LNG TerminalUnited States · Export13 Mtpa
- Iran NIOC LNG TerminalIran · Export12.3 Mtpa
- CP2 LNG TerminalUnited States · Export10 Mtpa
Longest tracked pipelines
- 29,574 km
- 24,500 km
- Northern Natural Gas PipelineUnited States23,014 km
- Columbia Gas TransmissionUnited States19,312 km
- Tennessee Gas PipelineUnited States18,926 km
- El Paso Gas PipelineUnited States16,319 km
See them drawn on the world map, or browse all 4246 pipelines.
Largest vessels in the fleet
- Hull H1912AHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding · 2031271,000 m³
- Hull H1913AHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding · 2029271,000 m³
- Hull H1914AHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding · 2029271,000 m³
- Hull H1915AHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding · 2031271,000 m³
- Hull H1916AHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding · 2029271,000 m³
- Hull H1917AHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding · 2028271,000 m³
Browse the full fleet and order book. Vessel positions are not tracked here.
By country
By status
- Operating376 units
- Cancelled301 units
- Proposed282 units
- Shelved105 units
- Under construction89 units
- Retired26 units
- Mothballed17 units
- Idle10 units
Site index
About the data
Coming next
- Suppliers: liquefaction, containment, carriers
- Chokepoint exposure per terminal
- Explainers and the release change log
Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2025 · CC BY 4.0. See data sources.