Data files and developer guide

• Static files. Each address below returns a file built at the last release, not a live query. There is no rate limit of our own and no key; please fetch once and keep a copy instead of requesting on every page view.
• Open to browsers. The files are served with access-control-allow-origin: *, so a page on another site can fetch them.
• Attribution is required and travels with the data. The underlying data is Global Energy Monitor's, under CC BY 4.0. Every CSV row has a data_source column, each table's JSON file has an attribution field, and the GeoJSON files carry it as members. Please keep it wherever you reuse the data, and cite as Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2025.
• Empty means not reported. An empty cell or null is a field the tracker does not give. It is never zero, and nothing is estimated.
• Capacity is never totalled. Operating, construction and proposed capacity are separate columns, export and import are never combined, and there is no total column.
• Addresses are stable. A slug persists across releases, and a deliberate rename leaves a permanent redirect. Columns may be added over time; existing ones keep their names.
• One tracker release at a time. Each file names the release it is built from (release in the JSON, and on the downloads page).

Command line

curl -O https://lngatlas.org/data/terminals.csv

JavaScript in a browser or Node

const res = await fetch('https://lngatlas.org/data/terminals.json');
const { release, attribution, rows } = await res.json();
const operating = rows.filter((r) => r.status === 'operating');
console.log(release, operating.length, attribution);

Python with pandas

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv("https://lngatlas.org/data/terminals.csv")
print(df.groupby("status")["capacity_operating_mtpa"].count())
# Keep the data_source column, or cite it beside any chart you publish.

Do not sum capacity across the operating, construction and proposed columns, and read an empty cell as not reported. Terminal capacity is in million tonnes per year (Mtpa) and bcm/y as separate columns; the conversion used is on the converter.

You may reuse the files, including commercially, with the attribution above. The terms of use cover the rest. If a field you need is missing, or a value looks wrong, write to [email protected] with the page address and the field. A figure that is wrong in the source belongs in Global Energy Monitor's tracker; we can say what the release reports.