Enbridge’s natural gas ‘super-system footprint’ is connected to every U.S. Gulf Coast LNG export facility
There are few clearer examples of North America’s energy abundance than liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.
And few companies are as equipped and ready to fuel the expected surge in exports as Enbridge.
“Our export strategy is . . . set up to satisfy the growing need,” noted Enbridge President and CEO Greg Ebel during our Enbridge Day investor community conference in New York on March 4.
“Our gas transmission infrastructure is connected to every operating LNG export facility on the Gulf Coast . . . (and) that means that we’re actually connected to approximately 7% of the LNG supply setup throughout the entire globe.”
America’s LNG exports hit a record 88.4 million metric tonnes (MT) in 2024, ensuring the U.S. remained the world’s largest LNG exporter while also reducing domestic industry emissions. Meanwhile, feedgas demand for LNG exports is expected to grow by more than 20.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) by the year 2040.
On any given day, Enbridge moves 20% of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. And thanks to our natural gas transmission pipeline network, Enbridge is connected to all six operating LNG export facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast:
- The Freeport LNG facility (15.3 MT/year capacity) near Freeport, TX, which connects to our Texas Eastern Pipeline via a third-party line.
- Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG facility (30.6 MT/year capacity) near Cameron, LA, which connects to Texas Eastern via a third-party line.
- The Cameron LNG facility (13.5 MT/year capacity) near Hackberry, LA, which connects to Texas Eastern via a third-party line.
- Cheniere’s Corpus Christi LNG facility (15.3 MT/year nameplate export capacity) near Corpus Christi, TX, which connects to the ADCC Pipeline in which Enbridge has an effective 13.3% ownership interest.
- Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG facility (10.0 MT/year capacity) in Cameron Parish, LA, which connects directly to Texas Eastern via our Cameron Extension Project, which entered service in 2021.
- Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG facility (20.0 MT/year capacity) in Plaquemines Parish, LA, which connects to Texas Eastern via our Gator Express and Venice Extension projects, which entered service in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
LNG is created by cooling natural gas to a liquid state, allowing for it to be transported globally by sea using specialized LNG vessels. Natural gas is essential to a clean, reliable and affordable global energy future by displacing coal in power generation, and backstopping the intermittency of renewables.
A study conducted in March 2025 found that American LNG export capacity additions would significantly lower GHG emissions in comparison with alternatives.
Enbridge has capacity to serve 25% of LNG export capacity in the Gulf Coast, where we are involved in two other export facilities currently either under construction or in development:
- NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project (expected 16.2 MT/year capacity) near Brownsville, TX, whose gas will be wholly supplied by the Rio Bravo Pipeline Project, 39% of which is owned by Enbridge.
- Glenfarne’s Texas LNG project (expected 4.0 MT/year capacity) near Brownsville, TX, which will connect to our Valley Crossing Pipeline via a third-party line.
“Our footprint and incumbency are really driving some incredible opportunities here,” said Cynthia Hansen, Enbridge Executive Vice President and President of our Gas Transmission and Midstream business, on March 4.
“We are connected to all the LNG facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast, (we are) the largest offshore pipeline operator on the gas side, and we have a really large storage position,” she added. “So, this super-system footprint that we have is really going to continue to allow us to do those capital-efficient expansions and extensions that are going to be tied to that increasing supply in the area, and serving that new industrial demand.”
