BNS The Lithuanian government has not yet made its final decision on scrapping a requirement for large gas consumers to buy at least 25 percent of their gas from the planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday. The government …
On 6 March in Brussels, on the initiative of the Minister of Economy of Latvia Daniels Pavļuts, a meeting took place between the European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger and ministers from the Baltic states, Poland and Finland. Latvia was represented at the meeting by …
The LNG terminal remains a strategic project for Lithuania, and a gas link with Poland would also be beneficial but the construction of it would take a bit longer, Nerijus Udrenas, chief adviser of the Economic And Social Policy Group at the Office of Lithuanian …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on Tuesday called a proposal by Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski to choose between the LNG terminal in Klaipeda and a gas link with Poland strange recommendations by the foreign minister of another state on state administration. “It’s very …
Lithuania hopes for closer economic cooperation with the United States, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Vydas Gedvilas said on Monday following a meeting with US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah Ann McCarthy. “Being glad about successful cooperation between the United States and Lithuania in the areas …
Lithuania should choose between a liquefied natural gas(LNG) terminal and a gas link to Poland, as both projects would not pay off, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said. “We think building the line and the liquefied natural gas(LNG) terminal in Lithuania would not be …
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski says he thinks that now that the parliamentary election in Lithuania is over, it is a very favorable time to reboot bilateral relations with Lithuania, reports ELTA cited by The Baltic Times. “Lithuania had a parliamentary election during which the ethnic …
Klaipedos Nafta of Lithuania said it has reopened bidding for a contract to link an LNG terminal to Lithuania ’s grid after complaints about a previous change of the tender terms, writes LNG World News. “AB Klaipedos Nafta, executing the obligations, indicated in the letter …
Lithuania and Poland will together turn to the European Commission (EC) and ask for the European Union’s (EU) financial support to the projected gas pipeline, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said after meeting with his Polish counterpart. “We had a superb conversation about linking the …
The price of natural gas for Lithuania may go down if Russia’s gas concern Gazprom sought to maintain good economic relations with the Baltic country, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius has said. Otherwise, the price of gas would only decline after the construction of a liquefied …
Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovic held a working meeting with Alexander Medvedev, vice-president of Russia’s gas concern Gazprom, in Vilnius last week and no specific decisions had been taken, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said. “It was a working meeting and I think there will be more …
On the 23d of January, the Klaipeda Port Authority and the company „Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV“ signed the contract on the purchase of the object “The capital dredging works of the object „Improvement of Smelte vessel turning circle to accommodate gross – …
Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovic and Latvia’s Economy Minister Daniels Pavluts have agreed to cooperate in considering the energy matters relevant for all three Baltic countries, in particular the joint strategic projects. “It is very important to cooperate at this stage, when the national energy strategy …
Lithuania should build a nuclear power plant because the country is not rich enough to allow itself to produce sufficient energy from renewable energy sources. However, if the decision is made to build the nuclear power plant, we will need to hold one more referendum, …
By Ed Dolan Commentators often portray the Baltic countries as laboratories for testing the effects of austerity under fixed exchange rates. Although they share many common traits, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have each followed distinctive paths during the global economic crisis. Estonia maintained tighter fiscal discipline going …
Lithuania mulls possible expansion of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal planned to be built in the country, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said while on a visit to Latvia on Thursday. The schedule of the LNG terminal’s project was tight, he said adding that the …
The Kaunas Pipeline Construction and Siauliai Pipeline Construction companies have formed a consortium and won a contract from Klaipeda Oil for a liquefied natural gas terminal project, delfi.lt reports. To be awarded the contract must still be approved by shareholders. A meeting on January 25 …
The implementation process of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipeda must be monitored all the time, said Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius who Thursday paid a visit to Klaipeda State Seaport Authority to discuss the issues of the projected LNG terminal, baltictimes.com reports. …
Jorge Marcano | The Lithuania Tribune Lithuania’s southern neighbour wants to see the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal realised with European Union (EU) support. A Polish official today manifested his hopes for EU support for gas and power links with Lithuania, whilst praising the recent …
The building of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship–terminal began this autumn in South Korea, according to Norwegian company Höegh LNG, which is selling a terminal to Klaipėda Oil. A seminar titled “Liquefied natural gas business opportunities” run by the Norwegian Embassy, Agency Innovation Norway, …
