Shale gas

  • Energy

Lithuania’s Constitutional Court rules fracking is OK

The Constitutional Court of Lithuania ruled on Wednesday that hydraulic fracturing waste can be buried underground. [...]

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania may put off shale gas exploration tender again

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas is sceptical about the prospects for a new shale gas exploration tender and does not…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuanian PM wants new shale gas bid

A new tender for shale gas exploration should be announced, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius believes. [...]

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania’s environment minister sceptical about shale gas exploration tender

Lithuania’s minister of environment admits being increasingly sceptical about a new tender for exploration of shale resources, saying that no…

9 years ago
  • European Union

German MEP in Lithuania: Shale gas extraction is unnecessary

Rebecca Harms, Co-Chair of the Group of the Greens at the European Parliament, says that shale gas extraction will not…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Postponing new shale gas tender makes sense, Lithuania’s former energy minister says

Lithuanian authorities’ decision to postpone a new shale gas exploration and production tender makes sense, says Jaroslav Neverovič, former energy…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania will not launch new shale gas tender for now

A new tender for exploration and extraction of shale resources in the west of Lithuania will not be launched at…

9 years ago
  • Energy

US values Lithuania’s strive for energy security, energy minister says

Lithuania's Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis, who returned from his visit to the United States, says the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Shale gas is not very topical for Lithuania now, environment minister says

Lithuania's Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas says the country should not speed up the international shale gas exploration tender. [...]

10 years ago
  • Energy

PM Butkevičius: American companies show interest in Lithuanian shale gas

A possibility to explore and extract shale gas interests several energy companies from the United States, says Prime Minister Algirdas…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania may launch new shale gas tender in spring

The terms and conditions for a new tender for shale hydrocarbon exploration rights in Lithuania are to be drawn up…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania to launch new shale gas tender early next year

Lithuania's authorities are planning to launch a new shale gas exploration tender early next year after parliament last week approved…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Public interest and shale gas in Lithuania: Is reconciliation possible?

Just prior to his mid-October 2014 visit to the United States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius revealed that his talks…

10 years ago
  • Energy

American companies interested in Lithuanian shale gas, PM Butkevičius says

Several companies from the United States are interested in possibilities to explore and extract shale gas in Lithuania, confirmed Lithuanian…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania tests its shale for toxic heavy metals

The Lithuanian Geological Survey under the Ministry of Environment (LGT) tested samples of rock with shale and found that the…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Shale gas revolution. Will Lithuania be like US or Zambia?

Less than a decade ago many people were talking about how we will be running out of oil soon. Many…

10 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: American investors and Lithuanian communities in shale gas drama

One year ago, on 8 October 2013, US energy giant Chevron, which had won the competition for exploring and digging…

10 years ago
  • Energy

PM Butkevičius in US: Lithuania looking for investments in shale gas

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has stressed during his visit in the United States of America that Lithuania wants to…

10 years ago
  • Energy

PM not distressed about Chevron’s disinterest in Lithuanian shale gas

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has played down Chevron's statement that the US energy giant is no longer interested in exploring…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Chevron says it is not interested in Lithuanian shale gas

US energy giant Chevron is no longer interested in exploring for shale gas in Lithuania, saying that opportunities in the…

10 years ago