extractive industry – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Investment inflows into Albania’s extractive industry total 134 million euros https://en.ata.gov.al/2025/12/29/investment-inflows-into-albanias-extractive-industry-total-134-million-euros/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2025/12/29/investment-inflows-into-albanias-extractive-industry-total-134-million-euros/#respond Mon, 29 Dec 2025 15:24:01 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=283589 TIRANA, Dec 29 /ATA/ – The extractive industry ranked as the second-largest recipient of foreign investment in Albania, after real estate, according to data from the Bank of Albania.

Investment inflows into the sector totaled 134 million euros in the first nine months of 2025, central bank statistics showed.

The figure was down 17% from the same period a year earlier, marking a second consecutive annual slowdown in inflows into the sector.

The Bank of Albania said investment in the extractive industry was driven mainly by reinvested earnings from existing companies, largely concentrated in crude oil extraction.

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]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2025/12/29/investment-inflows-into-albanias-extractive-industry-total-134-million-euros/feed/ 0 FDI inflows in Albania’s extractive industry estimated at 270 million euros in 2023 https://en.ata.gov.al/2024/03/27/fdi-inflows-in-albanias-extractive-industry-estimated-at-270-million-euros-in-2023/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2024/03/27/fdi-inflows-in-albanias-extractive-industry-estimated-at-270-million-euros-in-2023/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:38:35 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=230815 TIRANA, March 27 /ATA/ –  Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Albania’s extractive industry amounted to over 270 million euros in 2023, ranking second in terms of the FDI value after the country’s real estate sector, according to data from the Bank of Albania.

Central bank data show a modest increase in investments in the country’s extractive industry compared to a year ago.

The FDI inflows in this sector mainly consist of reinvested profits of the companies operating in crude oil extraction activities.

A surge in oil prices in recent years seems to have attracted larger foreign investments in oil extraction in Albania.

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]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2024/03/27/fdi-inflows-in-albanias-extractive-industry-estimated-at-270-million-euros-in-2023/feed/ 0 FDI inflow in Albania’s extractive industry estimate at over 200 million euros https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/12/26/fdi-inflow-in-albanias-extractive-industry-estimate-at-over-200-million-euros/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/12/26/fdi-inflow-in-albanias-extractive-industry-estimate-at-over-200-million-euros/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:09:16 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=223328 TIRANA, Dec 26 /ATA/ – Albania’s extractive industry is the second largest recipient of the foreign direct investment (FDI) after the real estate sector, data from the Bank of Albania showed on Tuesday.

Official data show that FDI inflow in the country’s extractive industry amounted to around 200 million euros in the January-September period.

However, the FDI share in the extractive industry slightly fell by 1% compared with the same period of the previous year. The FDI inflows mainly include reinvested profits of existing companies in the activity of crude oil extraction.

Although the real estate sector and the extractive industry remain top recipients of the FDI inflow, the country’s financial sector was the main contributor to the FDI inflow this year.

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]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2023/12/26/fdi-inflow-in-albanias-extractive-industry-estimate-at-over-200-million-euros/feed/ 0 Extracting industry top recipient of FDI inflows, 51 million euros in Q3, 2021 https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/01/02/extracting-industry-top-recipient-of-fdi-inflows-51-million-euros-in-q3-2021/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/01/02/extracting-industry-top-recipient-of-fdi-inflows-51-million-euros-in-q3-2021/#respond Sun, 02 Jan 2022 14:02:35 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=169667 TIRANA, Jan 2 /ATA/ – Foreign direct investment in Albania’s extractive industry amounted to 51 million euros in the third quarter of 2021, or twice as much compared to the same period of the previous year.

Data from the Bank of Albania show that the extractive industry is the top recipient of the FDI inflow estimated at 141 million euro or around 21 % of the share of the total FDI in the first three quarters of 2021.

The investment inflows in this sector consist mainly of reinvested profits of existing companies in the crude oil extraction activity.

A surge in oil prices in recent years seems to have attracted larger foreign investments in oil extraction in Albania during second and third quarter of this year in particular.

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]]> https://en.ata.gov.al/2022/01/02/extracting-industry-top-recipient-of-fdi-inflows-51-million-euros-in-q3-2021/feed/ 0 Extracting industry top recipient of FDI inflows of 55 million euros in Q2 https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/09/24/extracting-industry-top-recipient-of-fdi-inflows-of-55-million-euros-in-q2/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/09/24/extracting-industry-top-recipient-of-fdi-inflows-of-55-million-euros-in-q2/#respond Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:23:30 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=161489 TIRANA, Sept 24 /ATA/  – Albania’s extractive industry attracted the highest inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the second quarter of 2021, according to data from the Bank of Albania.

Central bank released Friday the official data, showing that extractive industry attracted the highest FDI inflow of 55 million euros, registering a nine-fold increase compared to the same period last year.

The extractive industry is the top recipient of the FDI inflow estimated at 95 million euro or around 20 % of the share of the total FDI in the first half of 2021.

Finalization of a series of major investment projects in the country’s energy sector have taken the extractive industry to the top FDI recipients, recording the largest foreign investments share mainly in the crude oil production.

The investment inflows in this sector consist mainly of reinvested profits of existing companies in the crude oil extraction activity.

Albania is rated as one of Europe’s richest countries in onshore hydrocarbon reserves, and SHELL company is currently making a major investment in the country’s oil sector.

A surge in oil prices in recent years seems to have attracted larger foreign investments in oil extraction in Albania during second quarter of this year in particular.

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