Rakhine LNG Terminal

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Rakhine LNG Terminal is a cancelled (confirmed) LNG import terminal in Myanmar.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rakhine LNG Terminal	Kyaukpyu, Rakhine, Myanmar	19.4281, 93.5543 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Rakhine LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (confirmed)	–	–	False	Kyaukphu (PowerChina) power station

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Rakhine LNG Terminal	import	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Rakhine LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (confirmed)	–	–	–	–	2025 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Rakhine LNG Terminal	import	cancelled (confirmed)	CNTIC VPower [100%]	CNTIC; VPower Group	–

Background

In June 2020, Offshore Energy reported that an LNG import facility was under construction in Rakhine. It will supply the Kyaukpyu natural gas-fired power plant (150 MW capacity), which is expected to come online by the end of 2020.

In March 2022, it was reported that the 150-MW power plant had come online. It is unclear whether the LNG terminal's construction is complete.

It appears that the power plant may source natural gas from offshore projects and onshore gas fields in Myanmar.

In August 2023, NarinJara News said that VPower had stopped four of five of its power projects in Myanmar, including one in Rakhine. The project is considered shelved.

As of August 2025, there have been no project updates in 2 more years, and the terminal is considered to be cancelled.

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Additional data

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