Gas

Lithuania could ship natural gas from Klaipėda to Belarus only by rail as volumes would be too low to make investing in infrastructure worthwhile, Arvydas Sekmokas, a former Lithuanian energy minister, said on Tuesday.

The Lithuania Tribune / DELFI.LT TV spoke to Andrius Kubilius, former Prime Minister and leader of the Seimas' Opposition. Some Lithuanian economists, one of them Mr Raimundas Kuodis, say that by building the LNG terminal Lithuania became less dependent on the Russian gas, but more dependent on foss...

“Thank you for ‘Independence’, Lithuania”, said Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma at the welcome ceremony of the very first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of the Baltic states, called “Independence”, on 27 October 2014 in the Lithuanian seacoast city Klaipėda.

Atrodo, kad Vladimiras Putinas greitai gali likti be kelnių, nes dėl daugybės veiksnių pagrindinių jo režimo maitintojų – naftos ir dujų – kainos krinta. Tam įtakos turi tai, kad Europos ekonomikos problemos tęsiasi, o Kinijos ekonomikos augimas lėtėja – dėl to prastėja energijos išteklių suvartojim...

The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Pof. Dr. Mindaugas Jurkynas, head of Public Administration Department of Vytautas Magnus University. The interview was conducted a few days before the Independence, the floating LNG facility reached the Klaipėda LNG terminal. Was asked Professor if the Klaipėda LNG ter...

120s: Green Bridge sculptures to be removed for renovation, LNG terminal receives first shipment, Famour Russian actor in trouble in Ukraine, Ukraine reaches gas settlement.

The first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) was pumped into Lithuania's new floating LNG terminal, the Independence, which docked at the port of Klaipėda on Monday. Part of the shipment was intended to test the terminal - according to specialists, its systems work flawlessly.

The United States should find a possibility to secure the supply of natural gas to Lithuania and other small countries, US Senator James Inhofe has said in a letter to President Barack Obama.

120s: First shipment of LNG, Author Granauskas dies, More security on Lithuanian-Belarusian border, Teachers to strike, Awards to Constitution exam winners, Poor parking skills.

On Tuesday morning, the LNG tanker Golar Seal is bringing a test cargo of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) - around 107,000 cubic metres of gas - to Klaipėda LNG terminal.

Compensation to non-household users for the overpayment for natural gas may qualify as state aid, the Competition Council told the Cabinet on Monday in comments about a decision drafted by the Energy Ministry.

The European Commission recommends Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland to start preparing for an emergency situation immediately since if Russian gas taps were turned off, Estonia, for example, would run out of gas in 4-5 days, Eesti Paevaleht writes.

Natural gas trading company Litgas has distributed gas volumes, that are to be mandatorily purchased from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, to heating producers and Elektrėnai Power Plant.

If gas supplies from Russia to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were to be disrupted, the soon-to-be-commissioned liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Klaipėda would ensure the supply for customers in all three Baltic countries, the European Commission (EC) has said.

Nuo 2008-ųjų rengiamo gamtinėmis dujomis varomų automobilių žygio „Blue Corridor“ dalyviai šįkart užsuko į Vilnių. Ta proga surengta apvalaus stalo diskusija, kalbėta apie gamtinių dujų naudojimą transporto priemonėse Baltijos regione.

Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says that the price of gas supplied through the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal will be determined by the international market as it will be calculated based on the United Kingdom's National Balancing Point (UK NBP) gas prices.

Once Japan restarts its nuclear capabilities, it will reduce its reliance on LNG. As a result, global LNG prices should drop, benefiting European states that are eyeing LNG as an alternative to Russian gas. This is particularly crucial for such Eastern European states as Lithuania and Poland that ha...

Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak has told a German newspaper that European countries cannot re-export Russian gas to Ukraine due to contract reasons, and hinted those that do could face gas cuts, Reuters reports.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius does not give prominence to the environment minister's concerns that if a three-year tax exemption on shale gas extraction is applied, a deposit would be depleted in that time and the state would not receive income.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is planning a visit to the United States where he will meet with representatives of the US energy company Chevron to inform them about changes in the regulatory environment regarding shale gas exploration in Lithuania.