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The DOE LNG monthly report shows that US terminals shipped 70.3 Bcf to France (15.3 percent), 56.8 Bcf to the Netherlands (12.4 percent), 51.9 Bcf to Spain (11.3 percent), 38.5 Bcf to the UK (8.4 percent), and 31.3 Bcf to Italy (6.8 percent) in March.
These five countries took 54.3 percent of total US LNG exports in March.
LNG import terminals in Turkiye and the UK were the top destinations for US LNG cargoes in January and February 2025, December and November 2024, while France was the top destination for US LNG supplies in October, and the Netherlands was the top destination for US LNG cargoes in September last year.
DOE’s data previously showed that the Netherlands was the top destination for US LNG supplies in 2024 with 463.8 Bcf or 139 cargoes, down by 21 percent year-on-year, while France took 354.8 Bcf or 108 cargoes, down by 28 percent year-on-year.
March LNG exports rise
The DOE report shows that the US exported 458 Bcf of LNG to 29 countries in March, up 23.8 percent from the same month in 2024 and a rise of 11.9 percent compared to the prior month.
In September 2024, Europe again became the preferred destination for US LNG cargoes over Asia, and this remained the case in the following months.
Europe received 338.9 Bcf (74 percent), Asia 82.3 Bcf (18 percent), Latin America/Caribbean 22.6 Bcf (4.9 percent), and Africa 14.2 Bcf (3.1 percent), in March.
DOE said that 90.2 percent of total LNG exports went to non-free trade agreement countries, while the remaining 9.8 percent went to free trade agreement countries.
Moreover, US terminals shipped 135 LNG cargoes in March, up from 116 cargoes in February.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass plant sent 39 cargoes, and its Corpus Christi terminal shipped 19 cargoes, while the Freeport LNG terminal shipped 21 cargoes.
Sempra’s Cameron LNG terminal sent 18 cargoes, Venture Global’s Plaquemines plant shipped 14 cargoes and its Calcasieu plant sent 12 cargoes, while the Cove Point LNG terminal dispatched eight shipments.
The Elba Island plant also shipped one cargo during the month under review.
In addition, DOE noted that NFE’s Altamira LNG terminal in Mexico shipped one cargo in March. This project receives feed gas from the US and Mexico.
Average price at 8.55/MMBtu
According to DOE’s report, the average price by export terminal reached 8.55/MMBtu in March.
This compares to 5.47/MMBtu in March 2024 and 8.11/MMBtu in February 2025.
The most expensive average price in March came from Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass terminal, and it reached $13.28/MMBtu, followed by Plaquemines LNG with $11.73/MMBtu.
Prices at other facilities ranged between $4.60/MMBtu (Elba Island) to $8.27/MMBtu (Freeport LNG), the data shows.
7459 cargoes
The report said that from February 2016 through March 2025, the US exported 7459 cargoes or 23,583.9 Bcf to 42 countries if Mauritania and Senegal are counted as one country (the GTA LNG project).
The DOE data shows that South Korea remains the top destination for US LNG, with 677 cargoes, followed by France with 619 cargoes, Japan with 566 cargoes, the Netherlands with 563 cargoes, and the UK with 561 cargoes.
In addition to these five countries, Spain, China, Turkiye, India, and Italy are in the top ten.