Africa's LNG industry is the oldest in the world, with the continent having hosted the world's first liquefaction plant to come online at the Algerian port of Arzew in 1964 - built to supply gas to the UK and then France before the first major North Sea discoveries were made. Now, in addition to Algerian national Sonatrach's various facilities, Africa has producing LNG plants in Libya, Egypt and Nigeria. These have a total capacity of nearly 51 million tons per year (51mtpa), most of which goes to Europe, with an increasing amount going to the U.S. By the end of 2010, according to Infrastructure Journal research, Africa could have more than doubled its capacity to nearly 130 mtpa - which will be a impressive achievement if fulfilled.
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