Country
United Arab Emirates: LNG infrastructure
United Arab Emirates has 5 LNG terminals and 28 tracked gas pipelines in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It is an importer, with 9.8 Mtpa of operating regasification capacity and no operating liquefaction.
Export capacity
—
9.6 Mtpa under construction
Import capacity
9.8 Mtpa
operating regasification
Pipelines
28
3,350 km tracked
Fleet
0
0 flagged, 0 owned from here
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 2 | — | 9.6 |
| Import (regasification) | 3 | 9.8 | — |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in United Arab Emirates
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fujairah LNG TerminalFujairah | Export | Not reported | Cancelled | Not reported | 3 | — |
| Jebel Ali FLNG TerminalDubai | Import | FLNG | Operating | 6 Mtpa | 1 | 2010 |
| Ruwais FSRUAbu Dhabi | Import | FSRU | Operating | 3.8 Mtpa | 1 | 2016 |
| Ruwais LNG TerminalAbu Dhabi | Export | Not reported | Under construction | 9.6 Mtpaunder construction | 2 | — |
| Sharjah FSRUSharjah | Import | FSRU | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
Gas pipelines crossing United Arab Emirates
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ain-Fujairah Gas Pipeline | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 182 km | Not reported | 1 | 2004 |
| Al Maqta'a-Al Ain Gas PipelineAbu Dhabi → Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 149 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Asab–Bab-Habshan gas PipelineAsab gas field → Bab-Habshan oil & gas field | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 88 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Bab-Habshan–Ruwais gas PipelineBab-Habshan oil & gas field → Ruwais | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 100 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Bab-Habshan–Umm al-Nar gas PipelineBab-Habshan oil & gas field → Umm al-Nar power & desalination plant | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 130 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Bu Hasa–Bab-Habshan gas PipelineBu Hasa gas field → Bab-Habshan oil & gas field | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 45 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Das Island–Habshan Gas PipelinePersian Gulf → Abu Dhabi Coast | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 117 km | 4.09 bcm/y | 1 | 2018 |
| Das Island–Habshan Gas PipelineDas Island → Habshan | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 114 km | 4.09 bcm/y | 1 | 2018 |
| Dolphin Qatar–UAE Natural Gas PipelineRas Laffan Industrial City → Taweelah | Qatar, United Arab Emirates | Operating | 364 km | 32.7 bcm/y | 1 | 2006 |
| ESTIDAMA Gas PipelineHabshan → Sweihan | United Arab Emirates | Under construction | 197 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| ESTIDAMA Gas PipelineSweihan → Al Shuwaib | United Arab Emirates | Under construction | 76 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| ESTIDAMA Gas PipelineAl Shinayin → Al Sajaa | United Arab Emirates | Under construction | 460 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| ESTIDAMA Gas PipelineHabshan → Al Ruwais Industrial City | United Arab Emirates | Under construction | 181 km | Not reported | 1 | 2028 |
| Fateh–Jebel Ali gas PipelineFateh offshore oil & gas field → Jebel Ali | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 90 km | Not reported | 1 | 1986 |
| Habshan-Maqta-Taweelah Gas PipelineAbu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 43 km | 0.1 bcm/y | 1 | 2013 |
| Habshan-Maqta-Taweelah Gas PipelineTaweelah → Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 10 km | 0.1 bcm/y | 1 | 2014 |
| Habshan-Maqta-Taweelah Gas PipelineAbu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 122 km | 0.1 bcm/y | 1 | 2014 |
| Habshan-Maqta-Taweelah Gas PipelineAbu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 122 km | 0.1 bcm/y | 1 | 2014 |
| Lower Zakum–Das Island Gas PipelineZakum West Super Complex → Das Island | United Arab Emirates | Under construction | 85 km | 2.76 bcm/y | 1 | 2025 |
| Margham–Jebel Ali gas PipelineMargham gas field → Jebel Ali | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 75 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Rabdan-Taweelah Gas PipelineAbu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 43 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Sajaa–Hamriya Gas PipelineSajaa Gas Plant → Hamriya Industrial Area | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 32 km | 10.3 bcm/y | 1 | 2008 |
| Sajaa–Hamriya Gas PipelineSharjah → Hamriya | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 36 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Saleh–Ras al-Khaimah gas PipelineSaleh offshore gas field → Ras al-Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | Retired | 39 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Taweelah-Fujairah Pipeline | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 244 km | 1.6 bcm/y | 1 | 2010 |
| Taweelah-Jebel Ali Gas PipelineAbu Dhabi → Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 112 km | 9.2 bcm/y | 1 | 2001 |
| Umm Shaif–Das Island Gas PipelineAbu Dhabi → Persian Gulf | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 35 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Zakum-Umm Shaif Gas PipelineZakum offshore oil & gas field → Umm Shaif offshore oil & gas field | United Arab Emirates | Operating | 59 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.