Delfi: 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 by the end of January, taking into account changes in legal regulations and in the country's geopolitical situation, Deputy Environment Minister Daiva Matonienė said on Friday.
Jonas Satkūnas, director of the Lithuanian Geological Survey, said that a new tender might be launched next spring.
Matonienė, who is the head of a shale gas exploration and production tender commission, said that the panel had discussed the changed legislative and geopolitical situation earlier this week and decided to prepare the terms and conditions of a new tender by its next meeting scheduled for 26 January.
"It was decided during the meeting to proceed according to plan. The terms of the tender will be prepared based on the previous tender, but taking into account the changes in the legal regulation," she told BNS.
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