Liquefied natural gas exports
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17.3billion cubic feet per day
United States · Q3 2026
EIA projects liquefied natural gas exports in United States at 17.3 billion cubic feet per day in Q3 2026.
- Publisher
- EIA
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- U.S. LNG exports rose 23% in the first half of 2026 because of higher capacity
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we estimate U.S. LNG exports will average 17.3 Bcf/d in the second half of 2026 (2H26) before rising to 18.7 Bcf/d in 1H27.
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- U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). U.S. LNG exports rose 23% in the first half of 2026 because of higher capacity. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68064. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPKF
- MLA
- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. LNG exports rose 23% in the first half of 2026 because of higher capacity." 2026, https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68064. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPKF.
- Chicago
- U.S. Energy Information Administration. "U.S. LNG exports rose 23% in the first half of 2026 because of higher capacity." 2026. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68064. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPKF.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eia2026liquefiedmbjpkf, author = {{U.S. Energy Information Administration}}, title = {U.S. LNG exports rose 23\% in the first half of 2026 because of higher capacity}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPKF}, note = {Original source: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=68064. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- U.S. Energy Information Administration · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- U.S. LNG exports rose 23% in the first half of 2026 because of higher capacity
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- U.S. LNG exports rose 23% in the first half of 2026 because of higher capacity
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
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Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPKF