Baltic States – CIS, Energy, Gas, Legislation, Lithuania

The representatives of the Government considered the reasons for the refusal of Zygaiciai community to attend the meeting. It turned out that the reason for it was the refusal of the Government to allow recording the meeting.

The meeting was supposed to give U.S. company Chevron and Zygaiciai community an opportunity to begin a civilized dialogue and to discuss the burning issues.

On Friday, Jonas Nairanauskas, Chair of Zygaiciai community applied to the Government asking for permission to record the meeting from beginning to end.

As reported, only one company expressed willingness to look for shale gas in Taurage-Silute region in the beginning of 2013. It was US-based company Chevron.

Local communities are strongly against the shale gas exploration and extraction plans and have organized few rallies in Vilnius.