7.6.2.1Vertical
LNG Export Terminals
Facilities liquefying and loading natural gas onto LNG tankers.
Market snapshot
These figures describe LNG Facilities & Export Terminals (7.6.2), the segment that LNG Export Terminals sits within. They are not figures for LNG Export Terminals on its own.
FragmentationConsolidatedEstimate
LNG liquefaction and export terminals span pipeline, natural-gas, and construction classifications and are an emerging large-scale category not separately disclosed by the Census Bureau, so the segment is not separately sized here.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Long-term liquefaction/offtake (take-or-pay) contracts
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Strong
- Capex intensity
- High
long-term take-or-pay contracts
contracted infrastructure economics
Characteristics
- U.S. is now the world's largest LNG exporter.
- Underpinned by long-term take-or-pay offtake contracts.
- Gulf Coast build-out the transformational growth story.
M&A deal context
Deal activityHigh
Who’s acquiring
- LNG developers (Cheniere, Sempra, Venture Global)
- Infrastructure funds & investors
- Global energy & offtake partners
What’s driving deals
- Global gas demand and energy-security needs.
- Long-term offtake-contract economics.
- Gulf Coast terminal build-out and expansion.
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