Export terminal · Texas, United States
Rio Grande LNG Terminal
Rio Grande LNG Terminal is an under construction LNG export terminal in Texas, United States. The tracker lists 8 tracked units with 29.6 Mtpa under construction, 18 Mtpa proposed. Ownership is not reported.
Operating
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no units operating
Under construction
29.6 Mtpa
40.3 bcm/y · 5 units
Proposed
18 Mtpa
24.5 bcm/y · 3 units
At a glance
- Country
- United States
- State / province
- Texas
- Region
- Not reported
- Import / export
- Export
- Onshore / floating
- Not reported
- Status (rolled up)
- Under construction
- Trains / phases tracked
- 8
- Earliest start year
- Not reported
- Latest start year
- Not reported
- Coordinates
- 26.0236° N, 97.2542° W
- GEM terminal ID
- T100000130239
- GEM wiki page
- gem.wiki
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 (Phase 1) | Under construction | 5.87 | 7.98 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
| Unit T2 (Phase 1) | Under construction | 5.87 | 7.98 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
| Unit T3 (Phase 1) | Under construction | 5.87 | 7.98 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
| Unit T4 (Phase 2) | Under construction | 6 | 8.16 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
| Unit T5 (Phase 2) | Under construction | 6 | 8.16 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
| Unit T6 (Phase 3) | Proposed | 6 | 8.16 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
| Unit T7 (Phase 3) | Proposed | 6 | 8.16 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
| Unit T8 (Phase 3) | Proposed | 6 | 8.16 | — | — | Not reported | Not reported |
Capacity by status
| Status | Units | Mtpa | bcm/y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under construction | 5 | 29.6 | 40.3 |
| Proposed | 3 | 18 | 24.5 |
Owners and operators
Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.
Ownership is not reported for this terminal.
Location
Rio Grande LNG Terminal at 26.0236° N, 97.2542° W, with 5 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.
Loads about 250 kB of map code and the country outline file.
- Coordinates
- 26.0236° N, 97.2542° W
- Coordinate accuracy (GEM)
- exact
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Connected gas pipelines
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Crossing Pipeline | Operating | 275 km | 26.57 bcm/y | 1.1 km | route proximity |
| Rio Bravo Pipeline Project | Proposed | 222 km | 45.99 bcm/y | 2.3 km | route proximity |
| Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Gas Pipeline | Operating | 770 km | 26.57 bcm/y | 16 km | route proximity |
| Colpa-Rio Grande Gas Pipeline | Operating | 88 km | 2.5 bcm/y | — | name match |
| Yacuíba-Río Grande Gas Pipeline | Operating | 432 km | 7.3 bcm/y | — | name match |
Technology and contractors
Firms named on this terminal in our curated supplier list, each backed by a public source on that firm's page.
Licenses the AP-C3MR, AP-X, AP-DMR and AP-SMR liquefaction processes and manufactures the coil-wound heat exchangers at the cold heart of most large LNG trains.
Engineers and builds liquefaction trains, having delivered six trains at Sabine Pass and worked on Corpus Christi, Port Arthur and Rio Grande.
Exposed to chokepoints
Where cargoes from this terminal would normally pass a maritime chokepoint, by destination market.
| Destination | Chokepoints on the usual route | Alternative route |
|---|---|---|
| East Asia | Panama CanalPanama slot availability and draught decide between these; the Cape is the fallback. | Suez CanalStrait of Malacca |
| South Asia | Suez CanalBab el-Mandeb | Cape of Good Hope |
Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.