France has tried to position itself as a European hub for liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports. France is one of Europe's largest consumers of LNG, and the country receives some 25% of its natural gas imports in the form of LNG.
 
Most French LNG imports come from Algeria, with smaller quantities from Nigeria. France currently has two LNG receiving terminals: the 440-Mmcf/d Fos-sur-Mer, located at the Fos Cavaou gas terminal on France's Mediterranean coast, and a 970-Mmcf/d terminal at Montoir-de-Bretagne, on the Atlantic coast.
 
GdF is constructing a new, offshore LNG receiving terminal at Fos Cavaou, and ExxonMobil has also proposed building an LNG import terminal near Fos Cavaou by 2009.

Source: Energy Information Administration