At a glance

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Unit T1	Operating	4.8	6.53	2009	—	Not reported	Sakhalin Energy LLC [100%]
Unit T2	Operating	4.8	6.53	2009	—	Not reported	Sakhalin Energy LLC [100%]
Unit T3	Proposed	5.4	7.34	—	—	Not reported	Sakhalin Energy LLC [100%]

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Operating	2	9.6	13.1
Proposed	1	5.4	7.34

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Sakhalin II LNG Terminal at 46.6288° N, 142.9112° E, with 5 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Pipeline	Status	Length	Capacity	Distance	Matched by
TransSakhalin Gas Pipeline System	Operating	472 km	25.3 bcm/y	0.7 km	route proximity
Sakhalin-Hokkaido Gas Pipeline	Cancelled	1,500 km	25 bcm/y	1.6 km	route proximity
Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok Gas Pipeline	Operating	1,822 km	20 bcm/y	—	name match
Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok Gas Pipeline	Operating	391 km	15 bcm/y	—	name match
Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok Gas Pipeline	Proposed	25 km	10 bcm/y	—	name match

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

Liquefaction trains explained
A liquefaction train is one complete, self-contained refrigeration line that chills treated natural gas until it condenses, and a large modern train produces roughly 5 to 8 million tonnes of LNG a year.
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.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.
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.