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Lithuanian companies established in 2013 Natural gas companies of Lithuania Natural gas pipeline companies Companies based in Vilnius Companies listed on Nasdaq Vilnius Energy companies established in 2013 {{Lithuania-company-stub
AB Amber Grid is the main natural gas
Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbon ...
transmission operator in Lithuania. It was established in 2013 by spin-off of gas transmission operations from the gas company Lietuvos Dujos
AB Lietuvos Dujos was a natural gas company in Lithuania. It was established in 1961 as an integrated gas company for import, transmission, distribution and sale of natural gas. After privatization in the 1990s, its major shareholders became Gazp ...
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Amber Grid owns all main pipelines in Lithuania, including natural gas compressor stations and natural gas metering and distribution stations.
Amber Grid is a member of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG).
In April 2022, President of Lithuania
The President of the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentas) is the head of state of Lithuania. The officeholder has been Gitanas Nausėda since 12 July 2019.
Powers
The president has somewhat more executive authority t ...
Gitanas Nausėda announced that Lithuanian national gas transmission operator Amber Grid and Lithuania has completely stopped purchasing the Russian gas and the transmission system has been operating without Russian gas imports since the beginning of April with no intention to receive the Russian gas in the future via Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection
Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection is a natural gas pipeline interconnection between Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, Lithuania and Belarus. Currently it is the only pipeline supplying natural gas to Kaliningrad Oblast.
Lithuania has a contract wit ...
. Lithuania became the first EU country to end imports of Russian gas following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
See also
*Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania
Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania (GIPL) is a gas pipeline between Poland and Lithuania. The pipeline was commissioned and started commercial operation on 1 May 2022. The length of the pipeline is and the natural gas can flow both directio ...
* Lithuania–Latvia Interconnection
Lithuania–Latvia Interconnection ( lt, Lietuvos-Latvijos dujotiekis, lv, Lietuvas–Latvijas gāzes vada starpsavienojums) is a natural gas pipeline which connects Lithuania and Latvia.
History
Gas pipeline from Lithuanian border to Iecava wi ...
References
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Official website
Lithuanian companies established in 2013 Natural gas companies of Lithuania Natural gas pipeline companies Companies based in Vilnius Companies listed on Nasdaq Vilnius Energy companies established in 2013 {{Lithuania-company-stub