US LNG Export
Summary
The United States is currently the leading exporter of LNG to the global market. The LNG industry in the United States began with the development of regasification terminals for LNG imports to the United States, however, thanks to the shale revolution and the conflict in Ukraine, the United States has rapidly become the number one LNG exporter and will only strengthen its leadership in the coming years.
The current top three countries importing LNG from the United States are the United Kingdom, South Korea, and the Netherlands.
The top three LNG carriers from the USA are Maran Gas Maritime, Shell, TMS Cardiff Gas.
LNG Plants
US has 7 operating LNG plants:
Sabine Pass
Freeport
Corpus Christi
Cameron
Calcasieu Pass
Cove Point
Elba Island
LNG Loadings
The table “Monthly LNG loadings volumes at US ports“ provides statistics on the loading of gas carriers in US ports with aggregation for calendar months. The data is available from October 2022. 01.MM.YYYY means shipments for the entire calendar month starting on that day. Shipments for the current month are indicated by cumulative total from the first day of the month to the current date. The delay in receiving data is up to one day. The data is updated automatically.
The table “Details of LNG loadings in USA during last 30 days“ provides the data on loading of gas carriers at gas-liquefying plants in USA during last 30 days and is updated automatically.
Shippers
The graph “Carriers of US LNG" shows statistics on the volume of LNG shipments from US ports grouped by shipping management companies. The data is given for last 365 days and is updated automatically.
Leaders of LNG transportation from Australia:
Maran Gas Maritime Inc (the world's leading LNG shipper).
Shell International Trade and Supply Company (a Shell division)
TMS Cardiff Gas.
Export destinations
The table “Destination countries of US LNG Export" provides statistics on importing countries of US LNG with aggregation by calendar months. The date of gas carrier loading is used, the data on importing country is available upon discharge. The data has been provided since 01.09.2022 and is updated automatically. Data for the current month is shown as a cumulative total.
The export directions are very diversified. Among the world's leading LNG importers from the United States, the following countries can be distinguished:
Great Britain. The UK is the closest major market for LNG from the USA. However, the possibility of importing in some summer months is limited by the extremely low volume of UGS in the UK - in such cases, the import of any LNG to the UK stops.
The Netherlands is the thunder gate of Northwestern Europe. In the third quarter of 2023, the decrease in imports of all LNG to continental Europe was influenced by the occupancy of European UGS.
Japan. Gas exports to Japan in winter are strongly affected by traffic jams in the Panama Canal, through which US LNG carriers must pass on their way to Japan. This forces the United States not to export through the Panama Canal, and Japan, in turn, to look for a replacement for LNG from the United States in the spot market.
Notes:
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