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

long-term take-or-pay contracts

EBITDA margin
Strong

contracted infrastructure economics

Capex intensity
High

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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