Country
Kuwait: LNG infrastructure
Kuwait has 2 LNG terminals and 11 tracked gas pipelines in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It is an importer, with 22 Mtpa of operating regasification capacity and no operating liquefaction.
Export capacity
—
no export terminal tracked
Import capacity
22 Mtpa
operating regasification
Pipelines
11
595 km tracked
Fleet
0
0 owned from here (flag not reported this release)
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 0 | — | — |
| Import (regasification) | 2 | 22 | — |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in Kuwait
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Zour LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Operating | 22 Mtpa | 1 | 2022 |
| Mina Al-Ahmadi LNG TerminalAl Ahmadi | Import | Floating | Idle | 9.6 Mtpa | 2 | 2009 |
Gas pipelines crossing Kuwait
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq-Kuwait Gas Pipeline | Iraq, Kuwait | Cancelled | 97 km | 2.06 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| KOC Strategic Gas Pipeline | Kuwait | Operating | 114 km | 9.2 bcm/y | 1 | 2023 |
| KOC Strategic Gas Pipeline | Kuwait | Operating | 15 km | 9.2 bcm/y | 1 | 2023 |
| KOC Strategic Gas PipelineAl Ahmadi → Al Ahmadi | Kuwait | Operating | 15 km | 9.2 bcm/y | 1 | 2023 |
| Khafji Gas PipelineKhafji → Khafji | Kuwait | Operating | 10 km | 0.41 bcm/y | 1 | 2021 |
| Khafji Gas Pipeline | Kuwait | Operating | 4 km | 0.41 bcm/y | 1 | 2023 |
| Khafji Gas Pipeline | Kuwait | Operating | 47 km | 0.41 bcm/y | 1 | 2023 |
| Khafji Gas Pipeline | Kuwait | Operating | 58 km | 0.41 bcm/y | 1 | 2023 |
| Khafji Offshore-Khafji Onshore Gas Pipeline | Kuwait | Operating | 109 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Wafra-KOC Station GAS Pipeline | Kuwait | Operating | 61 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Wafra-Station 171 Gas PipelineKuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone → Al Jahra Governorate | Kuwait, Saudi Arabia | Proposed | 65 km | Not reported | 1 | 2028 |
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
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In our rankings
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