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Tržište ukapljenog prirodnog plina predstavlja mogućnost diversifikacije vlastite opskrbe plinom za mnoge europske države. Najveći izvoznici UPP-a za europsko tržište su Katar, Alžir, Nigerija, Trinidad i Tobago, Egipat i Oman. Španjolska, Velika Britanija i Francuska su najveći europski uvoznici UPP-a. Španjolska ima najviše terminala za uplinjavanje, čak šest, a slijede ju Velika Britanija s četiri terminala, Francuska s tri, Italija i Turska s dva te Grčka i Portugal s po jednim terminalom. Novi terminali trenutno su u izgradnji u Italiji, Španjolskoj, Švedskoj i Nizozemskoj. U planu je izgradnja preko 30 novih prihvatnih UPP terminala. Uslijed snažne orijentacije energetske politike na UPP Italija planira izgradnju čak 10 novih terminala. Na tržište UPP-a po prvi se puta namjeravaju uključiti Albanija, Cipar, Irska, Litva, Njemačka, Poljska, Rumunjska, Ukrajina i Hrvatska. Kako bi se sagledali određeni aspekti sigurnosti opskrbe prirodnim plinom u Europi, u radu su analizirani kapaciteti UPP terminala u odnosu na potrošnju prirodnog plina u pojedinoj europskoj državi., Increasing natural gas consumption, declining North Sea gas reserves, increased production costs and the deregulation of European gas and electricity markets have all combined to create new opportunities for LNG in Europe. In these circumstances, LNG represents an opportunity for many European countries to diversify their natural gas supply, while decreasing their dependence on Russian natural gas import at the same time. The largest exporters of LNG to Europe are Qatar, Algeria, Nigeria, Trinidad & Tobago, Egypt and Oman. Spain, Great Britain and France are the largest European importers of LNG. Spain has six LNG regasification terminals, followed by four in Great Britain, three in France, two in Italy and Turkey and finally Greece and Portugal with one terminal each. New LNG regasification terminals are currently under construction in Italy, Spain, Sweden and Netherlands. In addition, more than 30 new LNG terminal projects have been proposed around Europe. Italy plans to construct as many as 10 new regasification terminals, due to the strong orientation of its national energy policy towards LNG. Many European countries are strongly considering participating in the LNG chain for the first time, namely Albania, Cyprus, Ireland, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and Croatia. This paper focuses on a specific aspect of the LNG supply chain: the import facility