[Qatar becomes the world's largest liquefied natural gas exporter in 2022] the Natural Gas Market report 2023 was released on April 15 by the Natural Gas Exporting countries Forum headquartered in Doha, Qatar, local time. Qatar became the world's largest LNG exporter with 80 million tons of LNG exports in 2022, while Australia, the largest exporter, retreated to second place in 2021, while the United States and Russia ranked third and fourth, respectively, according to the report.