Petroleum industry in Lithuania

[1] According to Geology Office of Lithuania, at the begging of 2021 country had 2.49 million tonnes of proven oil resources in onshore sources and 81 million tonnes offshore in the Baltic Sea.

[3] In 1964 the government funded company established to discover potential oil sources within Lithuanian territory.

[8] In 2021 Lithuanian Ministry of Environment rejected the application from Minijos nafta due concerns of damage to environment as source located near Curonian Lagoon and create disruptions to develop water sports tourism.

[10] In July 2021 Lithuanian Minister of Environment Simonas Gentvilas confirmed that Lithuanian government have no plans to encourage production in any of the new onshore wells and potentially could ban oil pumps development in the country once current wells depletes.

[1] All oil fields in Lithuania divided into 10 blocks, administered by the Geology Office of Lithuania, who issues the license for individual companies to develop the infrastructure needed in extracting oil: Currently Lithuania have 18 onshore wells, all located in western part of the country, mainly Klaipėda District Municipality and Šilutė District Municipality.