Country
Chile: LNG infrastructure
Chile has 6 LNG terminals and 7 tracked gas pipelines in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It is an importer, with 5.5 Mtpa of operating regasification capacity and no operating liquefaction.
Export capacity
—
no export terminal tracked
Import capacity
5.5 Mtpa
operating regasification
Pipelines
7
3,697 km tracked
Fleet
0
0 flagged, 0 owned from here
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 0 | — | — |
| Import (regasification) | 6 | 5.5 | — |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in Chile
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colbun FLNG TerminalValparaíso | Import | FLNG | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Gas Atacama FLNG TerminalAntofagasta | Import | FLNG | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Mejillones LNG TerminalAntofagasta | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1.5 Mtpa | 1 | 2010 |
| Penco Lirquén FSRUBiobío region (VIII) | Import | FSRU | Proposed | 3 Mtpaproposed | 1 | — |
| Quintero LNG TerminalValparaíso | Import | Not reported | Operating | 4 Mtpa | 2 | 2009 |
| Talcahuano FSRU | Import | FSRU | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
Gas pipelines crossing Chile
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atacama Gas PipelineSalta → Mejiones | Argentina, Chile | Operating | 1,167 km | 1.97 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| Chasco Bay-Vallenar Gas PipelineChasco Bay → Vallenar | Chile | Cancelled | 92 km | 3.61 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| GasAndes PipelineLa Mora → San Bernardo | Argentina, Chile | Operating | 533 km | 3.94 bcm/y | 1 | 1997 |
| Gasoducto Magallanes Gas PipelineBandurria → Cabo Negro | Chile | Operating | 105 km | 3.07 bcm/y | 1 | 1996 |
| Gasoducto del PacificoLoma La Lata gasfield → Talcahuano | Argentina, Chile | Operating | 670 km | 2.74 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| NorAndino Gas PipelinePichanal compressor station → Tocopilla and Mejillones | Argentina, Chile | Operating | 1,070 km | 2.92 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| Sara-Clarencia Gas PipelineSara compressor station → Clarencia measuring center | Chile | Proposed | 60 km | 0.16 bcm/y | 1 | 2027 |
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.