Category 01
Supply & feedgas
Gas supply, upstream or pipeline interfaces, feed composition, volumes and delivery conditions.
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LNG Project & Value-Chain Taxonomy
A neutral organizing vocabulary for discussing where an LNG company, project, technology, service or professional capability fits. It is a reference taxonomy, not an industry standard or claim of market coverage.
Category 02
Liquefaction
Gas treatment, liquefaction trains or modular systems, storage and loading interfaces.
Category 03
Marine transport
LNG carriers, chartering, shipping interfaces, navigation constraints and voyage logistics.
Category 04
Receiving & regasification
Jetty or berth, unloading, storage, send-out, regasification and downstream gas interfaces.
Category 05
Small-scale & distribution
Truck loading, satellite storage, distributed regasification and smaller-volume logistics.
Category 06
LNG bunkering
Marine-fuel supply, transfer configurations, storage, port interfaces and operational coordination.
Category 07
Commercial & transaction structure
Supply, offtake, capacity rights, counterparties, ownership, financing and contracting interfaces.
Category 08
Enabling systems
Permitting, environmental, HSE, engineering, commissioning, operations, workforce, digital systems and assurance.
How to use the taxonomy
Use it to classify resources, build comparison sets, organize university assignments, define partner categories or describe project interfaces. When a named company or project is later added to a public map or directory, inclusion should be based on documented criteria and cited public evidence—not commercial preference.
See the project readiness framework