Country
South Africa: LNG infrastructure
South Africa has 7 LNG terminals and 14 tracked gas pipelines in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It operates no LNG terminal capacity, and none is under construction.
Export capacity
—
no export terminal tracked
Import capacity
—
operating regasification
Pipelines
14
10,590 km tracked
Fleet
0
0 flagged, 0 owned from here
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 0 | — | — |
| Import (regasification) | 7 | — | — |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in South Africa
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coega FSRUEastern Cape | Import | FSRU | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Durban LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Proposed | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Mossel Bay FSRUWestern Cape | Import | FSRU | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Ngqura LNG TerminalEastern Cape | Import | Not reported | Proposed | 2.8 Mtpaproposed | 1 | — |
| Richards Bay FSRUKwaZulu-Natal | Import | FSRU | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Richards Bay Transnet FSRUKwaZulu-Natal | Import | FSRU | Proposed | 4.56 Mtpaproposed | 2 | — |
| Saldanha Bay FSRUWestern Cape | Import | FSRU | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
Gas pipelines crossing South Africa
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Renaissance Gas PipelineBacia do Rovuma → Gauteng | Mozambique, South Africa | Proposed | 2,600 km | 22.5 bcm/y | 1 | 2026 |
| GasNosu North–South Gas PipelinePalma → Richards Bay | Mozambique, South Africa | Shelved | 2,600 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Mozambique-South Africa Gas Pipeline | Mozambique, South Africa | Operating | 865 km | 5.52 bcm/y | 1 | 2004 |
| Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkOranjemund → Alexander Villiersbaai | South Africa, Namibia | Proposed | 411 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkCoega port → KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Proposed | 700 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkMossel Bay → Eastern Cape | South Africa | Proposed | 353 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkRichards Bay → Mpumalanga/Free State | South Africa | Proposed | 515 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkSaldanha Bay LNG Terminal → Western Cape | South Africa | Proposed | 85 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkSaldanha Bay LNG Terminal → Western Cape | South Africa | Proposed | 425 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline NetworkAlexander Villiersbaai → Western Cape | South Africa | Proposed | 153 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline Network | South Africa | Proposed | 210 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline Network | South Africa | Proposed | 388 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Phased Gas Pipeline Network | South Africa | Proposed | 686 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Secunda–Durban Lilly Gas PipelineSecunda → KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Operating | 600 km | 0.61 bcm/y | 1 | 1995 |
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.