Open Grid Europe
| Open Grid Europe GmbH (OGE)
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| legal form | GmbH |
| Seat |
Essen , Germany
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| management | Jörg Bergmann (Spokesman) Thomas Hüwener (Managing Director) Frank Reiners (Managing Director) |
| Number of employees | 1,440 (2019) |
| sales | 1,095 million euros (2019) |
| Branch | Transmission system operator |
| Website | www.oge.net |
| Status: February 11, 2020 | |
The Open Grid Europe GmbH (OGE) (up to end of August 2010 , E.ON Gas Transport GmbH ), headquartered in Essen is a transmission system operator for natural gas . Open Grid Europe operates the largest long-distance gas network in Germany with a length of around 12,000 km. a. through its stakes in the pipelines MEGAL , TENP , NETRA , DEUDAN etc. Open Grid is part of the NetConnect Germany market area .
history
In 1926 the stock corporation for coal utilization (AGKV) was founded, which is later renamed Ruhrgas AG .
In 2003, Ruhrgas AG was taken over by E.ON after a controversial ministerial decision . Gas transport was founded by E.ON Ruhrgas as an independent subsidiary in 2004 and was renamed E.ON Gastransport in 2006 . In 2008 E.ON Gastransport took over ownership of the E.ON Ruhrgas networks in Germany.
The new name Open Grid Europe GmbH was entered in the commercial register on September 1, 2010. This was accompanied by full organizational unbundling from the parent company; thus the company was set up as a so-called Independent Transmission Operator (ITO).
In connection with the simplification of the group structure announced by E.ON in August 2011, the possible sale of Open Grid Europe was announced. In May 2012 the sale for a value of 3.2 billion euros to a consortium of infrastructure funds consisting of Macquarie , Infinity Investments, a fund of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority , the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and MEAG was announced. Macquarie had already taken over Thyssengas in 2011 . The transaction was completed on July 23, 2012 after the antitrust approvals had been granted.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management. Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
- ↑ a b financial information. Retrieved April 18, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c company portrait. (PDF) Retrieved November 15, 2011 .
- ↑ Open Grid Europe website: open-grid-europe.com September 11, 2010
- ↑ Press release September 6, 2010 ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ presseanzeiger.de Press Anzeiger , September 11, 2010.
- ↑ derwesten.de
- ↑ E.ON: E.ON sells Open Grid Europe to a consortium of infrastructure investors. ( Memento of August 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) May 16, 2012.
- ↑ Reuters: E.ON hits gas network for billions at Macquarie. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) May 16, 2012.