UAE LNG market
Summary
ADNOC is leading LNG company in the country.
As of now UAE has the only LNG plant - Das Island with annual capacity 7.6 mtpa. The second LNG plants - Al Ruwais is under construction. It will have 9.6 mtpa of production capacity and is scheduled to start operations in 2028.
LNG Plants
LNG plants of UAE:
Operational Das Island (7.6 MTPA).
Al Ruwais (9.6 mtps) is under construction.
LNG Loadings
The table “Monthly LNG loadings volumes “ provides statistics on the loading of gas carriers at Ras Lafan, the only LNG loading port in UAE. 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 UAE during last 30 days“ provides the data on loading of gas carriers at gas-liquefying plants ar Ras Laffan during last 30 days and is updated automatically.
Export destinations
The table “Destination countries of UAE LNG Export" provides statistics on importing countries of UAE 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.
India consumes more than half of UAE LNG export. This choice is logical: UAE is located very closely to Indian market and its vessels do not need have to cross problematic channels (Suez, Panama).
Another key importers of UAE LNG are Japan, China, Taiwan South Korea.
Regas terminals
UAE has two operational regas terminals:
Dubai Jebel Ali 6.0 mtpa
Abu Dhabi FSRU 3.8 mtpa
Bunkering
UAE develops LNG bunkering operations. As of May 2025 there is one LNG bunkering vessel Green Zeebrugge wirjh 2250 MT cargo holds.
UAE Fujairah bunkering hub is top 5 bunkering hub in the world.
Notes:
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