Lithuanian Geological Survey

The Seimas of Lithuania will vote one whether to bury carbon dioxide, the key gas causing climate change, mainly emitted by industry and energy companies.

Oil production in Lithuania plunged to the lowest level since 1992 last year, and the production peak was recorded in 2001, a representative for the Lithuanian Geological Survey said, adding that dropping oil production is a natural process.

Lithuania's mineral resources, mostly used for construction of roads and buildings, are nearing exhaustion, while environmental rules and property rights make it difficult to prospect for new deposits. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.

A sudden thaw and heavy rainfall has undermined the integrity of the historic Gediminas Hill in central Vilnius, producing a landslip on its northern slope.

According to the data of the Lithuanian Geological Survey (LGT) under the Ministry of Environment, the Šilutė-Tauragė area (in Western Lithuania) sows promise for extracting hydrocarbons, especially oil. It is therefore planned to announce a tender for exploration and extraction of these resources.

The terms and conditions for a new tender for shale hydrocarbon exploration rights in Lithuania are to be drawn up by the end of January, taking into account changes in legal regulations and in the country's geopolitical situation, Deputy Environment Minister Daiva Matonienė said on Friday.

The Lithuanian Geological Survey (LGT) has launched a strategic environmental impact assessment (EIA); its findings will determine whether oil could be extracted in the so-called Kaltinėnai field stretching across the counties of Telšiai, Šiauliai and Tauragė.

Studies by Lithuanian geologists suggest that underground waters in Western Lithuania contain sufficient amounts of bromine and potassium in order to start industrial extraction of brine and further chemical enrichment.

The Lithuanian Geological Survey under the Ministry of Environment (LGT) tested samples of rock with shale and found that the heavy metal levels in them presented no hazard to the environment. The samples were taken from rock at different depths of at least 1.2km, Lithuania's Ministry of Environment...

One year ago, on 8 October 2013, US energy giant Chevron, which had won the competition for exploring and digging into Lithuania’s shale gas deposits, announced it was leaving the country. To this Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius responded: if you want to leave, then leave. The market is big, oth...

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has played down Chevron's statement that the US energy giant is no longer interested in exploring for shale gas in Lithuania, saying that he expects other investors to come to the country.

Evaluation criteria, which will be applied to bidders in Lithuania's new shale gas exploration tender, will include both the size of contribution and investment plans.

Lithuania, often nicknamed the Land of Amber, might launch industrial mining of amber for the first time in the last decade due to disrupted amber import from the Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia).

A meeting with petroleum geology research institutes from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Sinopec Exploration and Production Research Institute and Wuxi Research Institute of Petroleum Geology, was held in the Lithuanian Geological Survey.

The Lithuanian Geological Survey is about to announce a tender for detailed amber exploration in the country, the country's Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday.