The DOE LNG monthly report shows that US terminals shipped 68.5 Bcf to the Netherlands (15.2 percent), 53.6 Bcf to Egypt (11.9 percent), 47.4 Bcf to France (10.5 percent), 28.3 Bcf to Spain (6.3 percent), and 28.3 Bcf to Germany (6.3 percent) in September.
These five countries took 50.1 percent of total US LNG exports in September.
Before this, the Netherlands was the top destination for US LNG cargoes in August, and Egypt was the top destination in July for the first time in DOE’s LNG monthly reports.
The Netherlands was the top destination for US LNG supplies in June and May, Spain was the top destination in April, France was the top destination in March, while LNG import terminals in Turkiye and the UK were the top destinations for US LNG cargoes in January and February 2025.
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.
September LNG exports up
The DOE report shows that the US exported 451.7 Bcf of LNG to 28 countries in September, up 24.4 percent from the same month in 2024 and a rise of 0.1 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 to date.
Europe received 282.4 Bcf (62.5 percent), Asia 87.8 Bcf (19.4 percent), Africa 53.6 Bcf (11.9 percent), and Latin America/Caribbean 27.8 Bcf (6.2 percent) in September.
DOE said that 93 percent of total LNG exports went to non-free trade agreement countries, while the remaining 7 percent went to free trade agreement countries.
Moreover, US terminals shipped 135 LNG cargoes in September, a drop compared to 136 LNG cargoes in August.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass plant sent 34 cargoes, and its Corpus Christi terminal shipped 21 cargoes, while Venture Global’s Plaquemines plant shipped 22 cargoes and Sempra’s Cameron LNG terminal shipped 19 cargoes.
The Freeport LNG terminal sent 18 cargoes, while Venture Global’s Calcasieu plant sent 12 cargoes.
In addition, the Cove Point LNG terminal and the Elba Island plant each shipped four cargoes during the month under review.
DOE noted that NFE’s Altamira LNG terminal in Mexico shipped one cargo in September. This project receives feed gas from the US and Mexico.
Average price at 6.83/MMBtu
According to DOE’s report, the average price by export terminal reached 6.83/MMBtu in September.
This compares to 5.86/MMBtu in September 2024 and 7.23/MMBtu in August 2025.
The highest average price in September was recorded at Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG terminal, which reached $9.96/MMBtu.
Prices at other facilities ranged between $8.29/MMBtu (Altamira) to $3.52/MMBtu (Elba Island), the data shows.
8,272 cargoes
The report said that from February 2016 through September 2025, the US exported 8,272 cargoes or 26,219.1 Bcf to 44 countries.
The DOE data shows that South Korea remains the top destination for US LNG, with 720 cargoes, followed by the Netherlands with 675 cargoes, France with 685 cargoes, Japan with 601 cargoes, and the UK with 573 cargoes.
France took more cargoes but fewer volumes than the Netherlands.
In addition to these five countries, Spain, China, India, Turkiye, and Italy are in the top ten.
