A senior government official voiced support Thursday for a major gas exploration project in eastern Slovenia, despite growing protests by green groups keen on stopping the project in its tracks.
Gas will remain in the energy mix and "we will not close the door to domestic gas," Danijel Levičar, the head of the Energy Directorate at the Ministry of Infrastructure, told a debate in Ljubljana organised by energetika.net
The Petišovci gas project is geared towards reducing import dependency and the ministry supports it, according to Levičar.
The exploration is led by UK-based Ascent Resources in conjunction with Geoenergo, a company indirectly controlled by the state. Ascent has a 75% interest in the joint venture and Geoenergo 25%.

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