| Energy Information Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Table Posted: June 1, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Next Update: June 29, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World LNG Imports by Origin, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Billion Cubic Feet) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ORIGIN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | Trinidad and Tobago | Belgium | Norway | Russia | Algeria | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Libya | Nigeria | Oman | Qatar | United Arab Emirates | Yemen | Australia | Brunei | Indonesia | Malaysia | Other | Total Imports | |||||
| IMPORTERS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North America | 0.08 | 266.57 | 0.00 | 32.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 178.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 105.94 | 0.00 | 21.48 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 611.03 | ||||
| United States | -- | 236.20 | 0.00 | 29.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 160.44 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.31 | 0.00 | 12.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 451.96 | ||||
| Mexico1 | 0.08 | 2.97 | 0.00 | 3.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 92.63 | 0.00 | 4.56 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 124.60 | ||||
| Canada | 0.00 | 27.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.47 | ||||
| Central & South America | 0.00 | 91.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.65 | 11.65 | 0.00 | 2.61 | 0.00 | 5.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 117.03 | ||||
| Argentina | 0.00 | 28.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.90 | ||||
| Puerto Rico | 0.00 | 26.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.56 | ||||
| Dominican Republic | 0.00 | 20.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.24 | ||||
| Brazil | 0.00 | 10.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.21 | ||||
| Chile | 0.00 | 5.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.93 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.13 | ||||
| Europe | 0.00 | 266.20 | -8.48 | 79.46 | 0.00 | 756.02 | 242.08 | 6.00 | 25.39 | 338.92 | 50.39 | 639.63 | 2.90 | 3.18 | 2.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2,404.32 | ||||
| Belgium | 0.00 | 5.65 | -11.30 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 212.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 219.31 | ||||
| France | 0.00 | 25.43 | 0.00 | 15.54 | 0.00 | 271.22 | 57.56 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 82.99 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 461.57 | ||||
| Greece | 0.00 | 1.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.55 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.17 | ||||
| Italy | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 47.32 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 54.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 104.89 | ||||
| Luexmbourg | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.54 | ||||
| Portugal | 0.00 | 14.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.88 | 0.00 | 3.18 | 0.00 | 74.55 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 98.99 | ||||
| Spain | 0.00 | 149.03 | 2.83 | 48.73 | 0.00 | 184.87 | 150.90 | 0.00 | 25.39 | 146.66 | 47.57 | 151.32 | 0.00 | 3.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 910.49 | ||||
| Turkey | 0.00 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 158.46 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.89 | 2.83 | 11.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 210.12 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 0.00 | 67.17 | 0.00 | 9.18 | 0.00 | 62.72 | 18.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 197.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 358.24 | ||||
| Middle East | 0.00 | 8.37 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 14.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 34.68 | ||||
| Kuwait | 0.00 | 8.37 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 14.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 34.68 | ||||
| Asia & Oceania | 33.27 | 58.20 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 218.95 | 11.30 | 91.18 | 148.78 | 0.00 | 69.43 | 340.05 | 1,063.65 | 257.52 | 8.83 | 899.68 | 317.98 | 935.49 | 1,064.22 | 0.00 | 5,521.36 | ||||
| China | 0.00 | 2.83 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 8.83 | 0.00 | 2.90 | 28.96 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.18 | 19.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 168.45 | 0.00 | 25.96 | 31.43 | 0.00 | 297.78 | ||||
| India | 0.00 | 24.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.66 | 5.58 | 11.65 | 8.83 | 0.00 | 11.19 | 12.18 | 280.82 | 5.76 | 0.00 | 39.13 | 0.00 | 2.83 | 8.97 | 0.00 | 434.62 | ||||
| Japan | 30.54 | 8.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 130.31 | 2.97 | 8.48 | 66.53 | 0.00 | 11.55 | 137.69 | 396.09 | 251.76 | 0.00 | 615.86 | 296.08 | 630.16 | 621.51 | 0.00 | 3,207.58 | ||||
| South Korea | 2.74 | 20.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 47.68 | 2.75 | 65.58 | 20.38 | 0.00 | 10.91 | 181.17 | 309.25 | 0.00 | 8.83 | 55.48 | 21.90 | 141.86 | 271.78 | 0.00 | 1,160.50 | ||||
| Taiwan | 0.00 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.48 | 0.00 | 2.58 | 24.08 | 0.00 | 32.77 | 5.83 | 58.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.77 | 0.00 | 134.69 | 130.52 | 0.00 | 420.88 | ||||
| Apparent Exports | 33.36 | 690.53 | -2.83 | 111.96 | 233.43 | 767.32 | 517.72 | 166.44 | 25.39 | 516.90 | 393.44 | 1,730.69 | 260.41 | 14.83 | 905.30 | 317.98 | 938.32 | 1,067.22 | 0.00 | 8,688.42 | ||||
| 1 Imports to Mexico from the United States are delivered by truck. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - - = Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: For CEDIGAZ data, trade flows are on a contractual basis and may not correspond to actual physical gas flows in all cases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources: Imports to the United States and imports to Japan and Mexico from the United States: Energy Information Administration, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Natural Gas Navigator (March 2011). All Imports to Beligum and France; imports to Turkey from Trinidad and Tobago; imports to Spain and China from Belgium; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| imports to Mexico, Greece, Spain and United Kingdom from Norway; imports to China, India, Japan, S. Korea, and Taiwan from Russia; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| imports to Portugal from Algeria; imports to Greece, Italy, Turkey and Japan from Egypt; imports to Chile and Portugal from Equatorial Guinea; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| imports to Turkey from Oman, imports to Turkey from Qatar; imports to Mexico, Spain, and S. Korea from Yemen; imports to Mexico from Indonesia: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CEDIGAZ (Centre d'Information sur le Gaz Naturel et tous Hydrocarbures Gazeux) Natural Gas In the World 2010 Edition, December 2010. All Other Data: International Energy Agency, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Natural Gas Information, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact: Karen. Griffin @eia.doe.gov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||