Lithuania and other European countries will not be able to reach as low prices of shale gas as the United States, Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, has said while on a visit to Vilnius. Gas extraction in Europe would not be as efficient …
BNS The Lithuania government on Monday postponed discussion of its decision on a tender for shale gas exploration. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that the Cabinet will return to this issue after the legislation tightening the supervision of exploration is passed. “The issue was removed …
BNS The government will on Monday consider two options for shale gas exploration in Lithuania – either to terminate the tender or to declare the winner and tighten supervision simultaneously. If the second option is chosen, the US energy company Chevron will be declared the …
BNS Shale gas exploration tender will not be suspended and the US energy company Chevron, the winner of the tender, will also be given a possibility to extract gas in Western Lithuania in future, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said. The Prime Minister added also …
BNS Environmental effects of shale gas extraction sparked discussions in the US as well, the US Ambassador to Lithuania, Deborah McCarthy, said. “I understand that these resources bring up environmental questions. The same discussions took place the US. We want to share our experience,” she …
BNS Lithuania’s Seimas on Tuesday decided to postpone debates of committees’ proposals pertaining to the investments planned by US energy giant Chevron in the western part of the country. The parliament decided to postpone the first hearing of draft resolutions initiated by the chairs of …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on Thursday is to meet with Pawel Olechnowicz, the CEO of Lotos, Poland’s second-largest oil group. Lotos said that Butkevicius and Olechnowicz would discuss prospects for oil and gas extraction in Lithuania. Minijos Nafta, a local oil production company that is …
Parliamentary Committees on Environmental Protection and Economics have proposed to put on hold the tender for licenses to explore for shale gas in Western Lithuania until the adoption of legislation that will govern the exploration and use of these natural resources. The panels adopted this …
Environment Minister Valentinas Mazuronis, who is visiting the United States this week, says that Lithuania intends to create a favorable environment for foreign investors planning to explore for and extract shale gas in the country. “We expect to create a favorable investment environment for foreign …
Nerijus Udrenas, chief economic adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, is surprised at protests against the exploration of shale gas in Lithuania and believes that part of people are being deliberately misled. “We might come to a conclusion that part of ordinary people are misled …
Chevron, the only bidder for a license to explore for shale gas in western Lithuania, will invest if there is a favorable business environment in Lithuania, the chief executive officer of the US energy giant’s Lithuanian subsidiary said on Thursday. “If there’s a favorable environment, …
A decision on the winner of Lithuania’s tender for shale gas exploration in the western part of the country should be announced in the second half of March. “Now this issue has been postponed until Mar. 19 since the Academy of Sciences has obliged to …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said on Tuesday that there will be no shale gas exploration or extraction in Lithuania unless there is consent from the population. Butkevicius told reporters after meeting with opponents of shale gas exploration plans that they did not speak about suspending …
The protesters chanted slogans demanding to preserve the nature and “not to sell Lithuania”. They also voiced their opposition to genetically modified crops and the sale of land to foreigners. Romualdas Ozolas, a signatory to the Lithuanian Act of Independence of Mar. 11, 1990, said …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius has called criticism of shale gas exploration in Lithuania “a vicious tradition” to thoughtlessly oppose novelties. “In Lithuania, unfortunately, there’s a vicious tradition to thoughtlessly oppose everything that’s new, including waste burning, dump construction or exploration of shale gas,” the prime …
Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovič met with Gilbert Ankenbauer, country manager for Lithuania of the international energy corporation Chevron. G. Ankenbauer presented the company’s plans of work in Lithuania and its experience in shale gas exploration, writes enmin.lt. The representative of Chevron stressed that the …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius says that extraction of shale gas in Lithuania would in the long run pull down prices for natural gas, which the country is now buying from the sole supplier – Russia’s gas concern Gazprom, paying the highest price in Europe. “If …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius says he feels no resistance from Russian gas company Gazprom, the sole gas supplier to Lithuania, to the exploration and production of shale gas in Lithuania. “I really don’t feel any pressure from representatives working for Gazprom. I did not have …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said on Wednesday that he will look at what a parliamentary committee’s recommendation to suspend Lithuania’s shale gas extraction project is based on. “We will wait to see the committee’s conclusions. I think we need a broader discussion. It is difficult …
The parliament’s Committee on Environment Protection on Wednesday recommended that the government suspend a project on the extraction of shale resources in the country in a resolution supported by seven out of its ten members. Lawmakers from the ruling coalition parties voted in favor of …
