Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the third largest city in Lithuania,the fifth largest city in the Baltic States and the capital of Klaipėda County,as well as the only major seaport in the country.
Orlen S.A.,commonly known as Orlen,is a Polish multinational oil refiner,petrol retailer and natural gas trader headquartered in Płock,Poland. The company's subsidiaries include the main oil and gas companies of the Czech Republic and Lithuania,Unipetrol and Orlen Lietuva respectively.
Artūras Zuokas is a Lithuanian journalist,businessman and politician who served as the mayor of the capital of Lithuania,Vilnius,from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2011 to 2015,and as member of Lithuania's unicameral parliament,Seimas,from 2008 to 2009. He was the leader of the Liberal and Centre Union,then YES - Homeland Revival and Perspective and the Lithuanian Freedom Union,and has been the chairman of Freedom and Justice since 3 February 2024.
The Nasdaq Vilnius is a stock exchange established in 1993 and currently operated by Nasdaq,Inc.. Shares are listed on a Nasdaq Baltic stock exchange together with stocks from Latvia and Estonia.
The Odesa–Brody pipeline is a crude oil pipeline between the Ukrainian cities Odesa at the Black Sea,and Brody near the Ukrainian-Polish border. There are plans to expand the pipeline to Płock,and furthermore to Gdańsk in Poland. The pipeline is operated by UkrTransNafta,Ukraine's state-owned oil pipeline company.
BG Group plc was a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Reading,United Kingdom. On 8 April 2015,Royal Dutch Shell announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire BG Group for $70 billion,subject to regulatory and shareholder agreement. The sale was completed on 15 February 2016. Prior to the takeover,BG Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In the 2015 Forbes Global 2000,BG Group was ranked as the 583rd largest public company in the world.
LitPol Link is an electricity link between Poland and Lithuania which connects the Baltic transmission system to the synchronous grid of Continental Europe. It has a capacity of 500 MW and since 2021 it can operate in a synchronous regime.
The Port of Klaipėda is a seaport located in Klaipėda,Lithuania. It is one of the few ice-free ports in northernmost Europe,and the second largest European Union port by tonnage in the Baltic. It serves as a port of call for cruise ships as well as freight transport. Regular passenger ferry lines connect to Kiel,Karlshamn,Copenhagen and other European cities.
Ignitis Group is a state-owned energy holding company located in Vilnius,Lithuania. The Group’s core business is focused on operating Lithuania’s electricity distribution network (Networks) and managing and developing its Green Generation Portfolio. The Group also manages strategically important reserve capacities and provides services to its customers,including the supply of electricity and natural gas,solar,e-mobility,energy efficiency and innovative energy solutions for private and business customers.
Rail transport in Lithuania consists of freight shipments and passenger services. The construction of the first railway line in Lithuania began in 1859. As of 2021,the total length of railways in Lithuania was 1,868.8 km (1,161.2 mi). Lietuvos Geležinkeliai,the national state-owned railway company,operates most of the passenger and freight services.
Dainius Kreivys is a Lithuanian businessman and politician who served as the Minister of Economy of Lithuania from 2008 to 2011 and is a member of Seimas since 2012. He is a member of the conservative political party Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats.
Vasilijus Safronovas is a Lithuanian historian. Throughout his writings he explores modern cultural and intellectual history of Lithuania and former region of East Prussia,with particular interest to former Territory of Memel/ Klaipėda.
KN Energies (KN) is an oil and LNG terminals operator based in Klaipėda,Lithuania. The company was founded in 1994. The company operates the Klaipėda Oil Terminal,Subačius oil terminal,Klaipėda LNG terminal,Açu LNG terminal (Brazil) and Klaipėda small-scale LNG reloading station.
Lithuania is a net energy importer. In 2019 Lithuania used around 11.4 TWh of electricity after producing just 3.6 TWh.
Remigijus Šimašius is a Lithuanian lawyer and politician,member of Seimas (2012–2015),Minister of Justice (2008–2012),Mayor of Vilnius from 2015 to 2023.
Litgrid AB is a Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator that operates Lithuania's electricity transmission grid. Litgrid is responsible for the integration of the Lithuanian electricity system into the European electricity infrastructure and the common electricity market.
Klaipėda LNG terminal is a liquefied natural gas import terminal in the port of Klaipėda,Lithuania. It cost US$128 million to construct. The developer and owner of the project is KN Energies.
Events in the year 2015 in Lithuania.
Gytis Masiulis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Rytas Vilnius of the LKL.
