Teekay LNG Partners L.P. Announces Public Offering
of 4,600,000 Common Units

Hamilton, Bermuda, 09/04/2012

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG or the Partnership) (NYSE:TGP) announced today that it plans to offer 4,600,000 common units, which represent limited partner interests, in a public offering. Teekay LNG expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 690,000 common units. The Partnership intends to use the net offering proceeds for general Partnership purposes, which may include funding potential future newbuilding deliveries or vessel acquisitions. Pending the use of the proceeds, the Partnership intends to repay a portion of its outstanding debt under two of its revolving credit facilities.

Teekay LNG is a publicly-traded master limited partnership formed by Teekay Corporation (NYSE:TK) as part of its strategy to expand its operations in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) shipping sectors. Teekay LNG provides LNG, LPG and crude oil marine transportation services under long-term, fixed-rate charter contracts with major energy and utility companies through its fleet of 27 LNG carriers, five LPG carriers, ten Suezmax-class crude oil tankers and one Handymax product tanker. The Partnership's interests in these vessels range from 33 to 100 percent.

Teekay LNG's common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TGP".

The joint book running managers for this offering are UBS Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank Securities. The senior co-managers for this offering are Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan. The junior co-managers for this offering are ABN AMRO, Credit Agricole CIB, and DNB Markets.

When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus related to this offering may be obtained from UBS Investment Bank, Attn: Prospectus Dept., 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171, Tel: 888-827-7275; Morgan Stanley, Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014-4606, email: prospectus@morganstanley.com; or Deutsche Bank Securities, Attn: Prospectus Department, 100 Plaza One, Floor 2, Jersey City, NJ 07311-3901, Tel: 800-503-4611, email: prospectus.cpdg@db.com.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus.

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements, which include statements regarding the proposed offering of common units and the use of proceeds from the proposed offering, involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcomes or results to be materially different.

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. press release