The first U.S. LNG cargo loaded at Sabine Pass in February 2016. A decade later
the U.S. is the largest LNG exporter on earth — — bcf/d of feed gas
flowing through eight operating terminals on the Gulf and East Coasts. Three more
(Plaquemines Phase 2, Rio Grande, Port Arthur) are ramping or under
construction. Europe took most of the cargoes after 2022; Asia is the long-run growth.
SOURCE · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Natural Gas Monthly (Table 13, LNG exports
by terminal); EIA Liquefaction Capacity report for nameplate. Terminal-level monthly data
lags 1–2 months. Plaquemines is shown with a dashed outline because it's ramping through
commissioning of additional trains and its current export rate is well below nameplate.
Rio Grande LNG (Brownsville, TX) and Port Arthur LNG (Sempra, TX) are under construction
and not represented here — they'll appear once they start commissioning. Destination shares
are EIA monthly country-of-destination data aggregated to region.