Amber Grid

{{Short description|Lithuanian gas transmission company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox company

| name = AB Amber Grid

| logo = Amber Grid logo.jpg

| logo_size = 251px

| image = Ignitis (Lazdynai) by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg

| image_caption = Amber Grid headquarters in Vilnius

| type = Joint stock company

| traded_as = {{OMXBaltic|LT0000128696|AMG1L}}

| location_city = Vilnius

| location_country = Lithuania

| foundation = 2013

| industry = Energy

| products = Natural gas transmission

| revenue = €66.983 million (2022){{cite web |title=Amber Grid, AB revenue, profit |url=https://rekvizitai.vz.lt/en/company/amber_grid/turnover/|website=www.rekvizitai.vz.lt}}

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| num_employees = 349https://rekvizitai.vz.lt/en/company/amber_grid/number-of-employees/

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| key_people = Nemunas Biknius (Chairman)
Saulius Bilys (CEO)

| owner = Ministry of Energy

| homepage = [http://www.ambergrid.lt www.ambergrid.lt]

}}

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AB Amber Grid is the main natural gas transmission operator in Lithuania. It was established in 2013 by spin-off of gas transmission operations from the gas company Lietuvos Dujos.{{Cite web |title=Amber Grid {{!}} Bendrovė — Nasdaq Baltijos birža |url=https://nasdaqbaltic.com/statistics/lt/instrument/LT0000128696/company?date=2021-12-13 |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=nasdaqbaltic.com |language=lt}}

Amber Grid owns all main pipelines in Lithuania, including natural gas compressor stations and natural gas metering and distribution stations.[http://en.delfi.lt/lithuania/energy/poland-and-lithuania-apply-for-eu-support-to-connect-their-gas-transmission-systems.d?id=65626232 Poland and Lithuania apply for EU support to connect their gas transmission systems]

Amber Grid is a member of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG).[https://www.entsog.eu/members List of member organizations on ENTSOG Web site]

In April 2022, President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda announced that Lithuanian national gas transmission operator Amber Grid and Lithuania has completely stopped purchasing Russian gas and the transmission system has been operating without Russian gas imports since the beginning of April with no intention to receive Russian gas in the future via Minsk–Kaliningrad Interconnection.{{cite web |title=Lithuania completely abandons Russian gas imports |url=https://www.ambergrid.lt/en/news/pressrelease/lithuania-completely-abandons-russian-gas-imports |access-date=3 April 2022 |website=Amber Grid |language=lt |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402161251/https://www.ambergrid.lt/en/news/pressrelease/lithuania-completely-abandons-russian-gas-imports |url-status=dead }} Lithuania became the first EU country to end imports of Russian gas following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web|title=Lithuania becomes first EU country to end imports of Russian gas|url=https://www.ft.com/content/efcadd5a-b192-4567-a991-56cd6fd83dae|date=3 April 2022|access-date=3 April 2022|publisher=Financial Times}}