CNG, LPG and biogas distribution: Overview

Gas in a bottle: how CNG, LPG and biomethane reach users

What this tile covers Compressed and liquefied gases delivered in cylinders, trailers and tankers. Share of use 2.9% share of world energy carried (2024)

Share of world total energy supply (592 EJ in 2024, Energy Institute Statistical Review 2025, physical energy content) carried at least once by this mode; overlaps allowed, so shares do not add to 100 (calculated) World LPG supply was over 370 Mt in 2024 (Argus, WLGA data); at about 46 GJ per tonne that is about 17 EJ. CNG and bottled biomethane add little. LPG is partly counted within oil and gas supply, so it overlaps with those tiles. Source: Q&A: Global LPG growth defies 2024 headwinds, Argus Media.

Key facts

Form

Gaseous fuel

Included from the reference tables

CNG cylinders, tube trailers and cascades
LPG cylinders, bullet tankers, ships and pipelines
Biogas pipelines and bottled biomethane

Also in Liquid and gaseous fuels

OP Oil and product pipelines Tk Tankers, barges and fuel trucks GP Gas pipelines and city gas LNG LNG chain H2T Hydrogen and hydrogen carriers

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