Gasunie
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| legal form | Public limited company (state owned) |
| founding | 1963 |
| Seat | Groningen , the Netherlands |
| management | Paul C. van Gelder, CEO |
| Number of employees | 1,683 (2011) |
| sales | 1,726 million euros (2011) |
| Branch | Gas network operator |
| Website | http://www.gasunie.nl |
Nederlandse Gasunie NV ( Gasunie (Gasunion) for short ), based in Groningen, is a state-owned Dutch company in the energy sector. Gasunie operates a pipeline network for natural gas with a total length of around 15,500 kilometers, mainly in the Netherlands and Germany.
background
Gasunie was founded in 1963 as an integrated gas trading company; In addition to the Dutch state, Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil each had a 25 percent share in the establishment. With the liberalization of the Dutch gas market in 2005, the gas trading business was separated from Gasunie under the name GasTerra; as part of this split, the Dutch state also acquired the shares in Shell and ExxonMobil. Since then, Gasunie has concentrated its infrastructure on gas transport.
In November 2007 Gasunie acquired a nine percent stake in Nord Stream AG , which operates the gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea between Russia and Western Europe. In 2008 Gasunie took over the transport pipeline network of the German company BEB Erdgas und Erdöl with around 3,100 kilometers of gas pipelines in northern Germany. The German subsidiary operates as Gasunie Deutschland . The BBL Pipeline, the first gas pipeline between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, is also owned by Gasunie.
For the current situation of gas production and the resulting earthquakes in Groningen, see the article there under the section Economy.
headquarters
The company's headquarters are in an 18-story high-rise building in the south of Groningen. With a height of 89 meters, it is the second tallest building in the city after the tower of the Martini Church (97 meters). It was opened on April 22, 1994 by Queen Beatrix . The architects Alberts & van Huut were responsible for the design.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b annual report 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2012 .
