Oman Says Cannot Supply Gas to Lithuania

Oman has expressed its inability to export liquefied natural gas to Lithuania for the time being due to unavailability of supplies, media reports said citing secretary general at Omani Foreign Affairs Ministry Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi.

Hamoud Al Busaidi said Oman cannot export the commodity as the resources are totally exhausted. However, he remained optimistic about discovering new fields which will enable the gulf state to export gas to Lithuania.

Lithuania is having talks with Qatar on gas supply to the projected LNG terminal in Klaipeda, Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil is also considering a possibility to supply LNG to the Lithuanian terminal.

The LNG terminal is being built by Norway’s Hoegh LNG and the facility is likely to be operational by 2014.