Gas companies in
There are five
main gas companies in
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Compañía Española de Petróleos
Compañía Española de Petróleos or
simply CEPSA (Spanish Company of Petroleums)
is one of the largest energy companies in
CEPSA is
also an electricity supplier having a joint-venture with Unión Fenosa that operates a natural gas-fired combined cycle
power plant of 750 MW.
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Type |
Public (BMAD: CEP) |
Founded |
1929 |
Headquarters |
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Key people |
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Industry |
Energy, Oil and Gas |
Products |
Electricity, Oil, Gas |
Revenue |
€ 21.228 billion (2007) |
Employees |
9,000 (2007) |
Website |
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Enagás
The company was founded in 1975 by
the Spanish Government with the aim of creating a nationwide network of gas
pipelines. After privatisation in 1994, Gas Natural acquired a controlling
stake in the company. However since demerging
Enagás in 2002, Gas Natural has gradually decreased
its stake in the company to 5%, which has been the maximum allowed for any
shareholder by the Government after
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Type |
Public (BMAD: ENG) |
Founded |
1975 |
Headquarters |
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Key people |
Antonio Llardén Carratalá (Chairman of
the board and CEO) |
Industry |
Energy industry |
Products |
Storage and
transportation of natural gas |
Revenue |
€860 million (2008) |
Operating income |
▲ €433 million (2008) |
Profit |
▲ €259 million (2008) |
Employees |
1,010 (2008) |
Website |
http://www.enagas.com/cs/Satellite?pagename=ENAGAS/Page/ENAG_home&language=en |
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Endesa
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Type |
Public (BMAD: ELE, NYSE: ELE) |
Founded |
1944 |
Headquarters |
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Key people |
Andrea Brentan
(CEO), Borja Prado Eulate (Chairman of the board) |
Industry |
Public utility |
Services |
Electricity generation and distribution |
Revenue |
€21.73 billion (2008) |
Operating income |
▲ €5.23 billion (2008) |
Profit |
▲ €7.17 billion (2008) |
Employees |
26,590 (2008) [1] |
Parent |
Enel |
Website |
Gas Natural SDG,
S.A., (BMAD: GAS) is an energy company which operates
primarily in
Gas Natural have approximately 10,000,000
clients and 6,700 employees, of which around 50% work in
The group's largest shareholders include the
Spanish bank La Caixa and oil major
Repsol YPF.
Gas Natural is currently in the process of acquiring utility company Unión Fenosa for around €16.8 billion. The deal is expected to close in 2009.
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Type |
Public |
Founded |
1991 |
Headquarters |
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Key people |
Salvador Gabarró
Serra (Chairman
of the board), Rafael
Villaseca (CEO) |
Industry |
Energy |
Products |
Supply, distribution and commercialisation
of natural gas |
Revenue |
€13.54 billion (2008) |
Operating income |
▲ €1.794 billion (2008) |
Profit |
▲ €1.057 billion (2008) |
Employees |
6,850 (2008) |
Website |
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Repsol YPF,
S.A., (BMAD: REP) is an integrated Spanish oil and gas
company with operations in 29 countries. The bulk of its assets are located in
In May 2006 Repsol
announced it was planning to float between 15% and 20% of YPF's
shares on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.
Repsol also partners with
Honda Racing Corporation to compete in MotoGP under Repsol Honda Team.
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Type |
Public (BMAD: REP) |
Predecessor |
Instituto Nacional de Hidrocarburos |
Founded |
1986 |
Headquarters |
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Area served |
Worldwide |
Key people |
Antonio Brufau Niubó (Chairman of the board and CEO) |
Industry |
Petroleum industry |
Products |
Oil and gas exploration and production,
natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, petrochemistry |
Services |
Fuel stations |
Revenue |
€60.98 billion (2008) |
Operating income |
▲ €5.083 billion (2008) |
Profit |
▲ €2.711 billion (2008) |
Employees |
36,300 (2008) |
Website |