Import terminal · Louisiana, United States
Lake Charles LNG Terminal
Lake Charles LNG Terminal is a mothballed LNG import terminal in Louisiana, United States. The tracker lists 2 tracked units; capacity is not reported, with the earliest start year 1982. Ownership is not reported.
Operating
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no units operating
Under construction
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no units under construction
Proposed
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no units proposed
At a glance
- Country
- United States
- State / province
- Louisiana
- Region
- Not reported
- Import / export
- Import
- Onshore / floating
- Not reported
- Status (rolled up)
- Mothballed
- Trains / phases tracked
- 2
- Earliest start year
- 1982
- Latest start year
- 1982
- Coordinates
- 30.1204° N, 93.2878° W
- GEM terminal ID
- T100000130232
- GEM wiki page
- gem.wiki
Trains and phases
Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.
| Unit | Status | Capacity (Mtpa) | Capacity (bcm/y) | Start | Proposed | FID | Owner (as reported) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Import Terminal | Mothballed | 17.9 | 24.3 | 1982 | — | Not reported | Not reported |
| Unit Export Terminal (T1-T3) | Shelved | 17.8 | 24.2 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
Capacity by status
| Status | Units | Mtpa | bcm/y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothballed | 1 | 17.9 | 24.3 |
| Shelved | 1 | 17.8 | 24.2 |
Owners and operators
Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.
Operators
Location
Lake Charles LNG Terminal at 30.1204° N, 93.2878° W, with 18 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.
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- Coordinates
- 30.1204° N, 93.2878° W
- Coordinate accuracy (GEM)
- exact
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Connected gas pipelines
Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.
| Pipeline | Status | Length | Capacity | Distance | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf South Gas Pipeline | Operating | 12,070 km | 27.59 bcm/y | 0.5 km | route proximity |
| Trunkline Gas Pipeline | Operating | 3,932 km | 15.33 bcm/y | 0.5 km | route proximity |
| Driftwood LNG Pipeline | Under construction | 59 km | 24.53 bcm/y | 4.6 km | route proximity |
| Driftwood LNG Pipeline | Proposed | 52 km | 47.01 bcm/y | 4.6 km | route proximity |
| Driftwood LNG Pipeline | Proposed | 160 km | 40.88 bcm/y | 4.8 km | route proximity |
| Columbia Gulf Transmission Pipeline | Operating | 5,360 km | — | 5.9 km | route proximity |
| CP Express Pipeline | Under construction | 147 km | 40.88 bcm/y | 6.1 km | route proximity |
| Creole Trail Pipeline | Operating | 151 km | 15.33 bcm/y | 6.3 km | route proximity |
| Gulf Coast Southbound Pipeline | Operating | 2,227 km | 4.7 bcm/y | 9.4 km | route proximity |
| ANR Gas Pipeline | Operating | 2,897 km | 61.32 bcm/y | 9.8 km | route proximity |
| Sabine Natural Gas Pipeline System | Operating | 211 km | 2.4 bcm/y | 10.5 km | route proximity |
| Port Arthur Gas Pipeline | Proposed | 116 km | 20.44 bcm/y | 10.8 km | route proximity |
| Florida Gas Transmission Pipeline | Operating | 0 km | 0.77 bcm/y | 15 km | route proximity |
| Creole Trail Pipeline | Cancelled | 168 km | 15.33 bcm/y | 15.5 km | route proximity |
| Florida Gas Transmission Pipeline | Operating | 8,530 km | 10.83 bcm/y | 20.7 km | route proximity |
| Kinetica Energy Express | Operating | 1,139 km | — | 20.8 km | route proximity |
| Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO) Gas Pipeline | Operating | 0 km | 7.67 bcm/y | 21.6 km | route proximity |
| Tennessee Gas Pipeline | Operating | 18,926 km | 10.22 bcm/y | 24.9 km | route proximity |
Supplied via
Chokepoints that cargoes arriving at this terminal typically cross, based on where its region is supplied from.
- Panama Canal
Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.
Common questions
Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.
- Where is Lake Charles LNG Terminal?
- Lake Charles LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Louisiana, United States. It is made up of 2 tracked trains and phases.
- Is Lake Charles LNG Terminal operating?
- Lake Charles LNG Terminal is mothballed, with a first tracked start year of 1982. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.
- How much LNG can Lake Charles LNG Terminal handle?
- Global Energy Monitor reports no capacity for Lake Charles LNG Terminal, so none is shown. That is an absent figure, not a zero.
- Who owns Lake Charles LNG Terminal?
- Ownership of Lake Charles LNG Terminal is not reported in the current tracker release. It is operated by Lake Charles LNG Export Company, which is a different thing: the operator runs the facility and need not hold any share of it.
- Which maritime chokepoints do cargoes from Lake Charles LNG Terminal pass?
- Cargoes from Lake Charles LNG Terminal would normally pass Panama Canal. This is an editorial model of typical laden voyages by destination market, not vessel tracking, and any individual cargo may go another way.
- What pipelines connect to Lake Charles LNG Terminal?
- 18 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Lake Charles LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.