November 3, 2021
In 2020, twenty countries were exporters of LNG, the top five have 71% of total market share:
- Australia 77.8 MTPA, 10.1 Bcf/d
- Qatar 77.1 MTPA , 10.0 Bcf/d
- USA 44.8 MTPA, 5.8 Bcf/d
- Russia 29.6 MTPA, 3.8 Bcf/d
- Malaysia 23.9 MTPA, 3.1 Bcf/d
In 2020, the largest global LNG trade flow route continues to be intra-Asia Pacific trade (84.3 MTPA, 11 Bcf/d), which includes exports from Australia to Japan, and South Korea.
Export from the Middle East to Asia Pacific was 33.9 MTPA (4.4 Bcf/d). It includes exports from Qatar.
The US is poised to become the largest LNG exporter in 2022.