Liquefied Natural Gas – Exports

The Canada Energy Regulator regulates the export of natural gas. Orders or licenses are required to export natural gas, including liquefied natural gas, from Canada. Holders of these authorizations report monthly on their activities to CER. LNG import and export activities are available by terminal from 2009 to August 2024. Data is delayed by approximately 2 months. Disclaimer: 1.) The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) stopped authorizing natural gas import activities in August 2022 as it is not a requirement under the Canadian Energy Regulator Act (see the CER’s 3 February 2023 letter - https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/about/how-we-regulate/guidance/cera/gas-import-authorization-regulatory-change-no-new-import-authorizations-required.html). This impacted the natural gas (including liquefied natural gas) import data collected and published by the CER. Natural gas import data from 1985 to 2024 are published in the CER’s Open Government reports. Gas import data after 2022 did not reflect total import activities. Another set of natural gas import data is available through Statistics Canada’s Canadian International Merchandise Trade web application. (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021004-eng.html) 2.) The published reports do not include export data about value or price and purchaser of LNG submitted by LNG Canada Development Inc. as holder of Licence GL-330 in accordance with the Commission’s 31 July 2025 decision that this data is to receive confidential treatment for a period of five years (https://docs2.cer-rec.gc.ca/ll-eng/llisapi.dll/fetch/2000/90466/94153/552726/834773/4480637/4590556/C35803-1_LNG_Canada_Development_Inc.-_Application_for_Confidential_Treatment_of_Export_Licence_Reporting_Information-Decision_on_Confidentiality-_A9K4W9.pdf?nodeid=4590439&vernum=-2).

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