IGU 2022 World LNG Report Now Available

The International Gas Union (IGU) released today the 13th annual World LNG Report. The IGU World LNG Report is a comprehensive public source of information on key developments and trends in LNG.

Some key findings from The IGU 2022 World LNG Report:

• Global LNG trade increased to 372.3 MT in 2021, an increase of 16.2 MT.
• Global liquefaction capacity reached 459.9 MTPA in 2021.
• About 6.9 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquefaction capacity was brought online in 2021.
• China became the largest importer with a total of 79.3 MT of import (+10.4 MT vs. 2020)
• Japan imported 74.3 MT (-0.1 MT vs. 2020)
• Global regasification capacity has reached 901.9 MTPA as of April 2022.
• 142.6 MTPA Global floating and offshore regasification capacity as of April 2022
• There were 641 active LNG vessels as of end-April 2022, including 45 FSRUs and five floating storage units (FSUs).
• The growth in exports from 2020 to 2021 was mainly driven by the United States (+22.3 MT), Egypt (+5.2 MT) and Algeria (+1.2 MT).
• Australia retained its position as the largest LNG exporter in the world in 2021, exporting 78.5 MT last year versus 77.8 MT in 2020.
  
  

The IGU 2022 World LNG Report is available for download here.