# LNG chain: Overview

How gas is frozen, shipped and warmed back into gas

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/overview/

What this tile covers Gas chilled to minus 162 C to ship by sea, then warmed back into gas. Share of use 3.4% 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) LNG trade was 437 Mt in 2025 after 6.3% growth, so about 411 Mt in 2024 (IGU); at about 1.36 bcm per Mt and 0.036 EJ per bcm (Energy Institute gas totals) that is about 20.1 EJ. Overlaps with gas pipelines. Source: [World LNG Report 2026 (press release)](https://igu.org/press-releases/world-lng-report-2026), International Gas Union.

#### Key facts

| **Form** | Gaseous fuel |
|---|---|
| **Chain** | Gas → refrigeration → liquid → ship → regasification → gas |

#### Included from the reference tables

- Liquefaction
- LNG carriers
- Regasification terminals
- LNG trucks and rail

#### Linked to the material world
[Gas Natural gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/natural_gas/)

#### Also in Liquid and gaseous fuels
[OP Oil and product pipelines](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_oil_pipelines/)[Tk Tankers, barges and fuel trucks](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_tankers/)[GP Gas pipelines and city gas](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_gas_pipelines/)[LPG CNG, LPG and biogas distribution](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_cng_lpg/)[H2T Hydrogen and hydrogen carriers](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_h2_transport/)

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## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/correlation/index.md)
- [How it works](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/explain/index.md)
- [Efficiency and losses](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/efficiency/index.md)
- [Technology advances](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/advances/index.md)
- [Value chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/valuechain/index.md)
- [Geopolitics and regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/geopolitics/index.md)
- [Unit economics](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/economics/index.md)
- [Impact on the biosphere](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/biosphere/index.md)
- [Relationships](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_lng/links/index.md)