Country
South Korea: LNG infrastructure
South Korea has 12 LNG terminals, 1 tracked gas pipeline and 5 vessels owned or flagged here in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It is an importer, with 155 Mtpa of operating regasification capacity and no operating liquefaction.
Export capacity
—
no export terminal tracked
Import capacity
155 Mtpa
15.9 Mtpa under construction
Pipelines
1
1,202 km tracked
Fleet
5
5 owned from here (flag not reported this release)
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 0 | — | — |
| Import (regasification) | 12 | 155 | 15.9 |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in South Korea
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boryeong LNG TerminalSouth Chungcheong | Import | Not reported | Operating | 10.8 Mtpa | 1 | 2016 |
| Gwangyang 2 LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Under construction | 2.1 Mtpaunder construction | 1 | — |
| Gwangyang LNG TerminalSouth Jeolla | Import | Not reported | Operating | 7.1 Mtpa | 1 | 2005 |
| Incheon LNG TerminalSeoul Capital Area | Import | Not reported | Operating | 54.5 Mtpa | 1 | 1996 |
| Jeju Aewol LNG TerminalJeju Island | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1.1 Mtpa | 1 | 2019 |
| KOGAS Dangjin LNG TerminalSouth Chungcheong | Import | Not reported | Under construction | 6 Mtpaunder construction | 2 | — |
| Northeast Asia LNG Hub Terminal | Import | Not reported | Under construction | 3 Mtpaunder construction | 1 | — |
| POSCO Dangjin LNG TerminalChungcheongnam-do | Import | Not reported | Shelved | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Pyeongtaek LNG TerminalGyeonggi | Import | Not reported | Operating | 41 Mtpa | 1 | 1986 |
| Samcheok LNG TerminalGangwon-do | Import | Not reported | Operating | 11.6 Mtpa | 2 | 2014 |
| Tongyoung LNG TerminalSouth Gyeongsang | Import | Not reported | Operating | 26.5 Mtpa | 1 | 2002 |
| Ulsan LNG TerminalSouth Chungcheong | Import | Not reported | Operating | 2.4 Mtpa | 3 | 2024 |
Gas pipelines crossing South Korea
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trans-Korea Gas Pipeline | Russia, North Korea, South Korea | Shelved | 1,202 km | 10.9 bcm/y | 1 | — |
Fleet
Vessels flagged in South Korea or owned by a company headquartered here. Ownership country comes from the hand-maintained company file, so it is only as complete as that file.
| IMO | Containment | Propulsion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull 2606 (Hanwha) | 1115072 | Under construction | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Hanwha Ocean | 2027 |
| Hull 2607 (Hanwha) | 1115084 | Under construction | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Hanwha Ocean | 2027 |
| Lev Landau | 9918016 | Operating | 172,600 m³ | Not reported | DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric) | Hanwha Ocean | 2025 |
| Pyotr Kapitsa | 9918004 | Operating | 172,600 m³ | Not reported | DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric) | Hanwha Ocean | 2025 |
| Zhores Alferov | 9918028 | Operating | 172,600 m³ | Not reported | DFDE (dual-fuel diesel electric) | Hanwha Ocean | 2025 |
Companies headquartered in South Korea
Chokepoint exposure
Chokepoint exposure is shown on each terminal page, taken from a hand-maintained trade-lane table. It is an editorial routing model of typical laden voyages, not vessel tracking. The exposure feed aggregates it by chokepoint.
Neighbouring countries
Countries that share a land border with this one and have tracked LNG infrastructure.
More countries in Asia
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In our rankings
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