Million Tonnes a year/per Annum (MTPA) – Definition and Pronunciation
What is MTPA?
MTPA is the million tonnes a year/per annum.
Examples of MTPA
Qatar emerged as the largest buyer of newbuilds in 2024, ordering 40 vessels. All are destined for the country’s flagship LNG expansion project, which aims to boost liquefied natural gas production from 77 million tons per year (mtpa) to 126 mtpa by 2027.
From “Global Shipbuilding — 2024 Results and 2025 Trends”.
There are over 60 such small-scale liquefaction plants in China, producing approximately 20 MTPA of LNG in total, which is the equivalent of more than one large LNG liquefaction facility. In this way, although development has been gradual, incremental small scale modular development could eventually create sufficient gas demand to underpin one or more of the major gas discoveries currently under evaluation.
From “New and Emerging LNG/CNG Markets”.
FSRUs could help fuel more than 15 GW of new power generation capacity expected to start up globally over the next five years. If all of these projects go forward, FSRUs could handle up to 27 MTPA of new LNG demand.
From “Strategic Approaches to LNG Import Project Commercial Agreements”.
Pronunciation of MTPA
