The LNG terminal in Lithuania brought the largest enterprise to a destruction side

the Main shareholder Achemos grupė Lida Lubene and general director Achema Linas Sabalyauskas today, on June 8, met the Minister of Energy Zhigimantas Vaychyunas, the correspondent information agency "REGNUM" reports.

At a meeting considered position of the enterprise and opportunity to reduce costs of the maintenance of the LNG terminal. production plant fertilizers — the largest in Eastern Europe — under specially adopted law has to buy almost completely expensive gas from the LNG terminal in Klaipeda, instead of cheap Russian. Thereby plant as the largest consumer of gas, actually contains all terminal.

Lubene's

after a meeting did not communicate with journalists. Sabalyauskas assured that is glad to the beginning of discussion with the Ministry of Energy — according to him, it had to occur earlier.

"We told

about how the largest industrial facility Lithuania" is used, — were commented by Sabalyauskas. However, he noticed that it was no discussion or negotiations — representatives of companies listened to ministry offers.

It assured

that company meets difficulties and had to convince workers not to picket at Diet, but about a stop of activity did not speak.

"I would characterize situation the enterprise as heavy — the prices of fertilizers low, gas price high", on — shortly commented chapter of companies.

the Lithuanian business publication Verslo žinios wrote earlier that the cold fall and late spring this year were negatively reflected in production fertilizers and a chain of deliveries in only Europe, including on Achema Group.

"In public space everything is represented to

so as if the terminal bears responsibility for situation in companies — it exactly not so", — were told after a meeting by the Minister of Energy.

Vaychyunas claimed that costs of the maintenance of the LNG terminal if it is decided to contain the terminal after 2024, could be lowered half in a year — to the middle of 2019. It could be made if to redeem the terminal, having offered companies a privilege for services, corresponding to public interests.

"If we heard about any obligations from outside companies, we could consider additional measures", — were told by the minister.

And nevertheless the ministry assures that cannot throw costs of the maintenance of the LNG terminal for shoulders of other consumers, not only gas.

"We cannot take and throw a terminal burden from one consumers on others", — were told by the minister.

of Achema possess 10,24% of actions of the Klaipėdos nafta enterprise which operates the Independence LNG terminal.

In discussion the day before, on June 7 which was directly broadcast on Internet on a Lietuvos edition site žinios, Lubene assured that does not hope to hear at a meeting something useful.

"Well, what you can offer me, mister Minister of Energy Vaychyunas and mister vice-minister Purlis, having invited me tomorrow to a meeting in the 9th mornings? Anything. You told already today about it. Yes, I am the responsible person, the responsible citizen Lithuania: if I am invited by the minister, I surely descend on a meeting, but I do not hope to hear anything good, anything useful", — are approved by Lubene.

the Most delicate questions — costs of the maintenance of the LNG terminal and the law on fertilizers concerning which as Lubene assures, nobody consulted to Achema.

Lubene's

assured that position of companies very difficult, it hardly will hold on till 2024 when contract about vessel storage LNG rent will end. According to her, Achema already wholly paid for this "good" — in a year company pays for the terminal of about 20 million euros, and in 10 years will pay 239 million euros. General director Achema Ramunas Milyauskas during the same discussion claimed that company works "in a minus", and tax on the terminal only strengthens this minus.

the Vice-Minister of Energy Egidijus Purlis during discussion promised

that in 2019 of costs of the maintenance of the terminal can be lowered by 40%.

to Lubene's

also expressed concern in connection with brought of Russian Federation fertilizers which compete with Achema production.

"Once again I will tell

to you: our law on fertilizers, present which will be considered during discussion. Remarks to whom who wrote? JSC Achema? No. Is those who brings the same Russian fertilizers, the Scandinavian fertilizers, the Polish fertilizers, understanding that our domestic market full of holes as a sieve. If you Swedish, Norwegian, and now and the Polish investor, are laid to you a red path and if you are the Lithuanian if you here live, grew here, all life gave to the country, taxes pay, I'm sorry, but I will very roughly be expressed — you will receive a fico", — reasoned Lubene.