LNG terminal

Under the new scheme, proposed by the Lithuanian government to finance the maintenance of the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, heating prices might inch up a little in several municipalities, but would drop in most others, the parliament was told on Tuesday.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is making an official visit to Israel on 19-21 October. She will be accompanied by the ministers of foreign affairs and economy as well as by Chair of the Jewish Community of Lithuania, Faina Kukliansky, the presidential press service said.

As natural gas consumption has dropped drastically in the energy sector, the minimum quantity of natural gas required for the operation of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal will twice surpass the projected demand by energy producers. The designated supplier, company Litgas, forecasts that due...

The Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, on Tuesday returned the amendments to the Law on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal for improvement.

Lithuania is preparing to establish a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) centre of excellence in Klaipėda. Within a month, the heads of ministries will be presented a letter of intent signed with social partners and an activity plan for an LNG cluster.

A new gas pipeline between Klaipėda and Kuršėnai is launching on Friday. The new route will allow supplying gas from Lithuania's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to Latvia and Estonia.

With Israel set to launch massive liquefied natural gas production in 2016, Lithuania could begin talks on gas imports "at specialists' level" as soon as next year, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said.

Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipėda Oil), Lithuania's state-run company managing oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, has issued a call for tenders to secure a loan of up to EUR 300 million. The money would be partly used to pay for the rent of the LNG storage vessel.

Energy company Klaipėdos Nafta, which manages Liuthuania's Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, has installed buoys in the Curonian Lagoon near floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Independence. The buoys mark a 125-metre water security zone around FSRU Independence.

We meet with Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis on a quiet Sunday morning in the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, D.C., for the last interview before he leaves the USA and returns to Lithuania.

Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipėda can help Estonia ensure the security of energy supply, the country’s minister of economic affairs and infrastructure has said.

Lithuania plans to purchase the Klaipėda LNG terminal’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in ten years, and not now, since the vessel’s owner, Norway’s Hoegh LNG, refuses to sell the ship before the term established in the contract.

JAV bendrovės galėtų tiekti suskystintas gamtines dujas (SGD) Lietuvai bei dalyvauti naujos atominės elektrinės projekte, sako JAV verslo tarybos prezidentas. Anot Erico Stewarto, Lietuvoje jau dirbanti viena JAV bendrovė per kelerius metus ketina padvigubinti darbuotojų skaičių.

The Lithuanian government is considering several options to reduce the costs of maintenance of the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Friday.

Natural gas supply and trading company Litgas, part of Lithuania's state owned energy holding Lietuvos Energija, and Norway's Statoil, a leading global energy company in oil and gas production, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday in Vilnius regarding establishment of a joint ventu...

Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says that Sunday's visit by John Boehner, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, to the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal shows that Lithuania's efforts to ensure energy security are recognized and valued.

Lithuania supports efforts to reach, as soon as possible, an EU-US free trade agreement that will boost bilateral trade and will further strengthen transatlantic relations, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with John Boehner, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, i...

Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has not denied that Lithuania is in talks with Norway's Statoil on a more flexible schedule of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, saying that various operating modes at Klaipėda LNG terminal and its possibilities are currently being tried out and that the ministry ha...

Klaipėdos Nafta AB, an operator of the Klaipėda Oil Terminal, has signed an agreement under which the Lithuanian company will help to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Colombia. This is the very first this kind of agreement in the Lithuanian energy sector.

Speaking at the fourth annual Traditional and Renewable Energy Forum on 13 May in Vilnius, Vice-Minister of Energy Aleksandras Spruogis said that the future of Lithuanian energy system integration to the West depends on Poland.