1. Summary of the 48 LNG Export Facilities Included in Our Analysis Grouped by Country, with Average Flaring Data Provided for 2012–2022 .
| number
of facilities |
number
of facilities |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| country | onshore | offshore | start year | operational | inactive | total capacity (mtpa) | average number of annual flaring days | average volume of gas flared per capacity (%bcm/bcm) |
| Algeria | 2 | 0 | 1981–2013 | 2 | 0 | 16.1–25.3 | 299 (290–307) | 2.82 (2.39–3.33) |
| Angola | 1 | 0 | 2012–2012 | 1 | 0 | 5.2–5.2 | 119 (99–145) | 1.90 (1.08–3.19) |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 2019–2019 | 0 | 1 | 0.0–0.45 | 112 (106–117) | 4.58 (3.40–6.10) |
| Australia | 7 | 2 | 2006–2019 | 9 | 0 | 24.9–80.5 | 121 (105–135) | 0.97 (0.60–1.45) |
| Brunei Darussalam | 1 | 0 | 1973–1973 | 1 | 0 | 7.2–7.2 | 119 (106–134) | 0.80 (0.54–1.04) |
| Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 2018–2018 | 1 | 0 | 0.0–2.4 | 25 (12–48) | 0.41 (0.08–1.05) |
| Egypt | 2 | 0 | 2005–2005 | 2 | 0 | 8.2–12.2 | 170 (131–214) | 1.22 (0.91–1.58) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 0 | 2007–2007 | 1 | 0 | 3.7–3.7 | 72 (56–91) | 0.68 (0.56–0.81) |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 1998–2015 | 3 | 0 | 21.1–30.6 | 107 (97–116) | 0.63 (0.43–0.81) |
| Libya | 1 | 0 | 1970–1970 | 0 | 1 | 3.2–3.2 | 321 (308–330) | 7.54 (6.54–8.64) |
| Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 1983–1983 | 4 | 0 | 43.2–43.2 | 137 (122–154) | 0.25 (0.17–0.34) |
| Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 2022–2022 | 1 | 0 | 0.0–3.4 | 167 (167–167) | 12.8 (12.8–12.8) |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 2008–2019 | 2 | 0 | 22.0–22.8 | 132 (114–151) | 0.57 (0.47–0.66) |
| Oman | 1 | 0 | 2006–2006 | 1 | 0 | 10.4–10.4 | 126 (107–146) | 0.25 (0.22–0.28) |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0 | 2013–2013 | 1 | 0 | 0.0–8.3 | 58 (32–86) | 0.42 (0.14–1.15) |
| Peru | 1 | 0 | 2010–2010 | 1 | 0 | 4.45–4.45 | 21 (12–35) | 0.08 (0.05–0.13) |
| Qatar | 2 | 0 | 2010–2011 | 2 | 0 | 77.4–77.4 | 305 (289–319) | 0.33 (0.27–0.40) |
| Russia | 4 | 0 | 2009–2019 | 4 | 0 | 10.0–31.1 | 94 (71–118) | 0.61 (0.37–0.99) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0 | 2007–2007 | 1 | 0 | 12.0–12.0 | 220 (197–244) | 0.76 (0.66–0.86) |
| U.S. | 7 | 0 | 1969–2022 | 6 | 1 | 1.5–102 | 53 (33–70) | 0.16 (0.09–0.27) |
| UAE | 1 | 0 | 1994–1994 | 1 | 0 | 7.6–7.6 | 319 (307–329) | 2.03 (1.86–2.20) |
| Yemen | 1 | 0 | 2010–2010 | 0 | 1 | 6.7–7.2 | 223 (179–259) | 0.73 (0.44–1.10) |
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mtpa and bcm stand for million tonnes per annum and billion cubic meters, respectively. Numbers in brackets correspond to the 95% confidence interval (2.5–97.5%).