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In a recent report, The Lavtian based ThinkFoundation examined the opportunity that shale gas development provides for Baltic Energy Security. The following summarizes key elements of the report - Global Developments in Shale Gas:A Game Changer for the European and Baltic and Energy Security Lithuania...
Latvia is to begin the liberalisation of its gas market, in compliance with EU regulations, with discussions to begin between the government and the stakeholders in Latvijas Gaze. Latvijas Gaze, which currently has a monopoly on the Latvian gas market with control of sales, imports, transmission...
Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis has said that Estonia and Lithuania are refusing to admit the "obvious" -- that Riga is the best location for the construction of an LNG terminal. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal which is planned to diversify gas supply to the three countries away from...
Prime ministers from Latvia, Poland and Estonia have turned to the EU for guidance after once again failing to reach an agreement on the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. The ministers met at the end of last week to discuss the terminal, with no agreement met on which country...
Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis said that Latvia plans to diversify its energy sources by building a liquefied natural gas port in Riga and by exploring the development of shale gas resources.Dombrovskis said he spoke about exploring for shale gas in Latvia with officials in on a recent trip to the U.
During a press conference discussing his recent visit to the United States today, Latvian Foreign Minister Girts Valdis Kristovskis told members of the press that he discussed the possibility of extracting shale gas in Latvia with the support of U.S. companies.Kristovskis said that geological indicators...