Lithuania: Klaipedos Nafta Receives LNG Pipeline Land Complaint

Klaipėdos Nafta said it has received a notification from the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court regarding filing of a response to the complaint of a part of the owners of the land plots through which according to the construction technical projects under preparation it is intended to construct the connective main gas pipeline route of the LNG terminal.

Following the complaint the Applicants request to annul the Order of the Energy Minister of the Republic of Lithuania No 1-130, dated 13 June 2013, under which the Special Plan for Construction of the LNG Terminal, Related Infrastructure and Gas Pipeline was approved, foreseeing inter alia the opportunity to construct the aforementioned gas pipeline route through the land plots owned by the Applicants.

The Company is brought into the proceedings as the third party concerned.

In the opinion of management of the Company, the complaint is groundless, and the Company shall provide to the court response to the complaint following terms indicated by the court, the company said in a statement.

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LNG World News Staff, August 12, 2013; Image: Höegh LNG