Import and export balance

Direction	Terminals	Operating	Under construction
Export (liquefaction)	0	—	—
Import (regasification)	1	12.8	—

Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.

LNG terminals in Belgium

	Import / export	Type			Units
Zeebrugge LNG TerminalWest Flanders	Import	Not reported	Operating	12.8 Mtpa	5	1987

Gas pipelines crossing Belgium

Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.

	Countries				Segments
Glabbeek-Halen Gas PipelineGlabbeek → Halen	Belgium	Proposed	19 km	Not reported	1	2024
Main Network	Belgium	Operating	4,000 km	Not reported	1	—
WEDAL Gas PipelineBad Salzuflen → Raeren	Germany, Belgium	Operating	236 km	10 bcm/y	1	1998
Zeebrugge-Bacton Gas PipelineBacton Gas Terminal → Port of Zeebrugge, Bruges	United Kingdom, Belgium	Operating	235 km	25.5 bcm/y	1	1998
Zeebrugge-Opwijk Gas PipelineDesteldonk → Opwijk	Belgium	Operating	44 km	Not reported	1	2024
Zeebrugge-Opwijk Gas PipelineZeebrugge → Desteldonk	Belgium	Under construction	53 km	Not reported	1	2026
Zelzate-Kallo Gas PipelineZelzate → Kallo	Belgium	Proposed	33 km	Not reported	1	—

Chokepoint exposure

Chokepoint exposure is shown on each terminal page, taken from a hand-maintained trade-lane table. It is an editorial routing model of typical laden voyages, not vessel tracking. The exposure feed aggregates it by chokepoint.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

FSRU versus onshore regasification
An FSRU is a ship that stores LNG and turns it back into gas while moored, doing the job of an onshore import terminal without the onshore construction.
LNG and maritime chokepoints
A maritime chokepoint is a narrow strait or canal that a large share of seaborne trade must pass through, and LNG exposure to them depends entirely on which exporting region supplies which importing market.
How LNG works
Liquefied natural gas is natural gas chilled to about minus 162 degrees Celsius, at which point it becomes a liquid roughly 600 times smaller than the gas, so it can be shipped where no pipeline runs.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.

Belgium: LNG infrastructure

Import and export balance

LNG terminals in Belgium

Gas pipelines crossing Belgium

Chokepoint exposure

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