Fluxys
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | BE0003803203 |
| founding | 2001 |
| Seat | Brussels (headquarters), Zeebrugge (operations, LNG terminal) |
| management | Walter Peeraer (CEO) |
| Number of employees | 1,090 (2010) |
| sales | € 657.7 million (2010) |
| Branch | Gas network operator |
| Website | fluxys.com |
Fluxys SA is a Belgian publicly traded gas transmission operator .
description
The company was created in 2001 through a spin-off from the former Distrigas, the most important natural gas trader in Belgium. Almost 90% of the capital is held through Fluxys Holding by Publigas, a merger of Belgian municipal utilities; the rest is in free float ; the Belgian state owns a “ golden share ”.
Fluxys operates 4,000 km of pipelines, 18 interconnector points and an LNG terminal in Zeebrugge . The operating company of the Zeebrugge Hub , Huberator SA , is a subsidiary of Fluxys. In Germany, Fluxys is the operator of the TENP network; In addition, Fluxys has a stake in the NEL project, the Trans-Adria-Pipeline and the Greek DESFA . In Switzerland, Fluxys operates the transit gas network.
In 2004 a gas explosion occurred on a Fluxys pipeline in Ghislenghien , in which 24 people died and more than 132 were injured, some seriously.
Web links
- Fluxys website (English, Dutch, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fluxys and Publigas to adapt their structures . Fluxys announcement dated June 30, 2010.
- ↑ Fluxys' transmission network (Retrieved February 28, 2012.)
- ^ Véronique Bruggeman: Compensating catastrophe victims . Kluwer Law, Alphen 2010, ISBN 978-90-411-3263-5 , pp. 269-272 .