The head in a loop: Lithuania decided to redeem the LNG terminal at Norway

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long did not know the Government how to arrive with rented at Norway the LNG terminal in Klaipeda

Government of Lithuania today, on August 20, officially declared that the LNG terminal in Klaipeda which at the moment Lithuania rents at Norway, will be redeemed after 2024, the correspondent information agency "REGNUM" reports. In the Ministry of Energy emphasize that this decision allegedly will help to cut maintenance costs of the terminal and including to bring out of a crisis state of the largest consumer of gas in Lithuania — production plant nitric Achema fertilizers.

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to redeem the LNG terminal, Lithuania intends to take credits in commercial banks. The sum of repayment of a vessel storage of the LNG terminal is not disclosed under the pretext of secret of commercial arrangements from the Norwegian Hoegh LNG. Lithuania calls mass media the sum of 120−160 million euros.

"Gas consumption in the country is reduced by

by LNG which the enterprises consuming gas pay, grew almost by 19 million euros — from 70 million euros in 2015 to nearly 89 million euros in 2017. About a quarter of these means is made by trade losses of companies Litgas trading in gas. The biggest tax on LNG pays the largest consumer of gas in Lithuania — yonavsky plant of nitric Achema fertilizers", — wrote the edition.

B to 2018 of Achema will pay for infrastructure of LNG of 24 million euros, and this year 86,7 million euros are planned to bring together all. In 2017 the maintenance of the LNG terminal managed Achema Group honor in 20 million euros from collected 88 million euros. In 2013 — 2014 from 30,7 million euros collected by the state for the LNG terminal, the contribution of Achema made 13,1 million euros, or 46,5% of all collected sredstv.