LNG Import Demand -- 2010 - 2013 -- Shell -- February 20, 2017

Source: Shell.

The most interesting data point at the source: EGYPT will overtake India in demand growth.

Economic growth:

• Area A: fairly stagnant compared to rest of world
• Area B: economic growth driven by China
• Area C: economic growth driven by India
• Area D: this entire segment is "northwest Europe" -- economic stagnation (maybe even "decline") relative to rest of world
• Area E: driven by mandate for ships to switch to "clean fuel"

Area B: a most interesting grouping of regions -- US, Mexico, Canada, China, eastern Europe, Mediterranean (north Africa, southern Europe)

Miscellaneous:

• look at the x-axis: from 100 to 450 -- that's huge -- only 30 years on the y-axis
• LNG imports doubled in the most recent decade, 2000 - 2010, from 100 to 200, majority in western world, and China
• Area C will be the big driver for the next two decades (think India, Indonesia, Malaysia)
• it looks like the world, based on LNG, is being divided into three regions:
• the west + China: Area B
• the Far East (excluding China): Area A
• the Near East and the Indian subcontinent: Area C

Note: The most interesting data point at the linked source: EGYPT will overtake India in demand growth.

Other sites:

Turkey: it seems that Turkey is completed dependent on foreign LNG, mostly Russian:

Turkey: from Reuters, February 22, 2017:

Turkey must increase its energy production from domestic sources to above 50 percent this year and above two thirds within a decade, Energy Minister Berat Albayrak said on Wednesday at an industry event.

Turkey is largely dependent on imports for its energy needs.