Demand for Natural Gas in 2019

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EIA: U.S. LNG export capacity to more than double by the end of 2019 . World Oil .

EIA projects that U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity will reach 8.9 Bcfd by the end of 2019, making it the third-largest in the world behind Australia and Qatar.

Currently, U.S. LNG export capacity stands at 3.6 Bcfd.

The United States began exporting LNG from the Lower 48 states in February 2016, when the Sabine Pass liquefaction terminal in Louisiana shipped its first cargo. Since then, Sabine Pass expanded from one to four operating liquefaction trains, and the Cove Point LNG export facility began operation in Maryland. Two more trains—Sabine Pass Train 5 and Corpus Christi LNG Train 1—began LNG production late in 2018, several months ahead of schedule, and are expected to ship their first cargos within the next few weeks.