Xinhua News Agency: Lithuania speeds up construction of LNG terminal

Construction of Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal is being accelerated in order to finish the project by the year-end as planned, the developer and future operator Klaipedos Nafta (Klaipeda Oil) announced on Thursday.

The announcement came as Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius was attending a monthly meeting of the commission on the LNG terminal project implementation in the port city Klaipeda.

"I have been informed that Klaipedos Nafta, responsible of implementation of the project, seeks to enhance the capacity of construction works," local news agency ELTA quoted Butkevicius as saying.
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