Where is Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal?

Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Santa Elena, Ecuador. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.

Is Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal operating?

Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal is proposed. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.

How much LNG can Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal handle?

Global Energy Monitor reports no capacity for Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal, so none is shown. That is an absent figure, not a zero.

Who owns Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal?

Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal is owned by Pacificterminal SA, and operated by Pacificterminal SA. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.

What pipelines connect to Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal?

3 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal

At a glance

Country: Ecuador
State / province: Santa Elena
Region: Americas
Import / export: Import
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Proposed
Trains / phases tracked: 1
Earliest start year: Not reported
Latest start year: Not reported
Coordinates: 2.0300° S, 80.7350° W
GEM terminal ID: T100001048451
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)
Not reported	Proposed	Not reported	Not reported	—	2024	Not reported	Pacificterminal SA

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Location

Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal at 2.0300° S, 80.7350° W, with 3 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 2.0300° S, 80.7350° W
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): approximate
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Nearest tracked terminals

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
Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline	Cancelled	369 km	20.69 bcm/y	—	name match
Pacific Gas & Electric Pipeline	Operating	11,265 km	—	—	name match
Pacific Trail Gas Pipelines	Shelved	471 km	13.9 bcm/y	—	name match

In the news

Recent headlines that name Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal. Matched by name, so it is approximate. Titles and links only; we store no article text.

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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 Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal?: Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal is an LNG import terminal in Santa Elena, Ecuador. It is made up of 1 tracked train or phase.
Is Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal operating?: Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal is proposed. Nothing here should be read as a forecast that it will be built.
How much LNG can Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal handle?: Global Energy Monitor reports no capacity for Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal, so none is shown. That is an absent figure, not a zero.
Who owns Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal?: Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal is owned by Pacificterminal SA, and operated by Pacificterminal SA. Shares are as recorded in the current tracker release.
What pipelines connect to Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal?: 3 tracked gas pipelines pass within 25 km of Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

FSRU versus onshore regasification
An FSRU is a ship that stores LNG and turns it back into gas while moored, doing the job of an onshore import terminal without the onshore construction.
What an import terminal actually does
An LNG import terminal receives cargo from a ship, stores it as a cryogenic liquid, pumps it to pipeline pressure and warms it back into gas for delivery into a grid.
Send-out, peak shaving and the grid connection
Send-out is the rate at which an import terminal delivers regasified LNG into a pipeline network, and it is the capacity figure that governs what the terminal can actually do.
Storage tanks, 9% nickel and high-manganese steel
An LNG storage tank holds liquid at close to atmospheric pressure in an inner shell of cryogenic alloy, surrounded by insulation and, in the full containment design, an outer concrete wall capable of containing the entire contents.

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Reference

LNG Atlas. (2026). Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal — import terminal. https://lngatlas.org/terminal/monteverde-pacific-lng-terminal-ec/ Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2025, CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX

BibTeX entry

@misc{lngatlasterminalmonteverdepacificlngterminalec2026,
  author = {{LNG Atlas}},
  title = {Monteverde Pacific LNG Terminal — import terminal},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://lngatlas.org/terminal/monteverde-pacific-lng-terminal-ec/},
  note = {Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, September 2025, CC BY 4.0},
}