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Pipeline to boost gas supplies to Lithuania
By Liudas Dapkus |
September 10, 2009, Thursday
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GAZPROM yesterday opened a new pipeline across Lithuania that will allow the Russian gas company to increase supplies to Kaliningrad.
It will also allow Gazprom to boost natural gas supplies to Lithuania, which is braced for an energy deficit after it closes a Soviet-era nuclear plant in December.
The opening of the pipeline - dubbed Red Junction - took place amid much fanfare near the Susepe River, located on the border between Lithuania and the Kaliningrad region.
The pipeline stretches 139 kilometers and will have a total annual capacity of 2.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas. Valery Golubev, Gazprom's deputy CEO, said the pipeline would allow the company to double gas supplies to the Kaliningrad region.
Viktoras Valentukevicius, head of Lithuania's gas company Lietuvos Dujos, said the pipeline was essential for the Baltic state.
"Natural gas will become a key energy resource for our country for decades. This line is very important for Lithuania as a guarantee of stable energy supplies from Russia," he said.
Lietuvos Dujos is 38.9 percent owned by Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer.
Many Lithuanians are apprehensive about the increasing reliance on Russian gas that the new pipeline signifies. In December Lithuania will shut down its Soviet-era reactor in Ignalina.
It will also allow Gazprom to boost natural gas supplies to Lithuania, which is braced for an energy deficit after it closes a Soviet-era nuclear plant in December.
The opening of the pipeline - dubbed Red Junction - took place amid much fanfare near the Susepe River, located on the border between Lithuania and the Kaliningrad region.
The pipeline stretches 139 kilometers and will have a total annual capacity of 2.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas. Valery Golubev, Gazprom's deputy CEO, said the pipeline would allow the company to double gas supplies to the Kaliningrad region.
Viktoras Valentukevicius, head of Lithuania's gas company Lietuvos Dujos, said the pipeline was essential for the Baltic state.
"Natural gas will become a key energy resource for our country for decades. This line is very important for Lithuania as a guarantee of stable energy supplies from Russia," he said.
Lietuvos Dujos is 38.9 percent owned by Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer.
Many Lithuanians are apprehensive about the increasing reliance on Russian gas that the new pipeline signifies. In December Lithuania will shut down its Soviet-era reactor in Ignalina.
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