January 2016

Hydro-energy sector EITI Report 2013-2014 The hydropower production in Albania is dominated by the public sector. A the end of 2014, the State owned and operated the Albanian Electrical Power Corporation (KESH), the Transmission System Operator (OST) and Electricity Power Distribution Operator (OSHEE). KESH is the largest producer...

Mining sector EITI Report 2013-2014 As a traditional mining country, Albania contains an increasing number of medium, small-scale mining and quarry companies, and only a couple of large-scale industrial mining companies. In November 2015, AKBN reported 600 mining licenses, whereas 112 licensees were extracting chromium ore in...

Oil and Gas EITI Report 2013-2014 In 2013 and 2014, oil and gas sector counted five companies producing oil and gas in the southern part of Albania and six companies engaged in exploration activities. The State was involved in the sector through direct ownership of Albpetrol, engaged...

Energy and resources in Albania Albania is largely self-sufficient in energy resources and in most years (up to 1989) has been a net exporter of electricity and refinery oil by-products. Albania is rich with energy resources: oil, gas, coal, wood, peat, and hydro-energy potential, etc., which contribute...

Today 20 January, EITI Albania Secretariat and the Ministry of Energy and Industry held a press conference for the publication of EITI Report 2013 and 2014.EITI report for the years 2013 and 2014 includes an analysis of the production and the contribution of the oil...

Rakip Belishaku – Faculty of Geology and Mining Is extractive industry "Gordian knot" of the Albanian economy? In the past 25 years the Albanian economy has been more a function of inertia than a concrete plan of its development on a scientific basis. I mean, all these years...