On 1 January 2017, commercial operations started up at the Dunkirk regasification terminal. This commissioning draws a line under one of the largest industrial construction sites in France.
The Zeebrugge LNG Terminal has recently performed its first loadings of the Coral EnergICE. This newly built ice class vessel will be making regular calls for delivering small-scale LNG to Scandinavian ports.
The subscription window for LNG services at the Zeebrugge terminal held from 30 April to 24 May 2019 has seen a positive outcome.
The Zeebrugge LNG terminal loaded the Yenisei River vessel with LNG from the newly commissioned LNG storage tank in late December. The loading operation marked the start of the long-term contract for transshipments concluded in 2015 with Yamal Trade.
The joint, nationwide market area to be established in Germany will presumably start operations on 1 October 2021. This is the date the German gas transmission system operators (TSOs) have agreed with the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), the national regulatory authority. The TSOs believe that the planned timing, which coincides with the start of the gas year, is the most convenient solution for market participants from an operational perspective.
Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Pascal De Buck, Fluxys Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, today signed in Paris a Framework Agreement on small-scale LNG cooperation in the European market.
Regulated information - Fluxys Belgium holds its ordinary and extraordinary general meetings on 12 May 2020.
The consortium consisting of Snam (60%), Enagás (20%) and Fluxys (20%) has today completed the acquisition of a 66% stake in DESFA, the national operator in the natural gas infrastructure sector, from the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) and Hellenic Petroleum for a consideration equal to € 535 million. The consortium, which was awarded the tender for the DESFA privatization in April 2018, made the acquisition through Senfluga Energy Infrastructure Holdings. The consortium has obtained a >10-year non-recourse acquisition financing corresponding to approximately 65% of the enterprise value.
The world’s first top category ice class LNG carrier has docked at the Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for a series of scheduled operations. The vessel will be serving the Yamal LNG production terminal under construction in North Siberia.
Having embraced climate neutrality since its inception in 2017, Fluxys with the Gas for Climate consortium welcomes the increase in ambition level to fight climate change as reflected in the EU Green Deal.
The Green Gas Initiative (GGI) members saw 11 TWh of biomethane injected in gas networks of their home countries in 2016, a 50% increase over the past three years. This promising result is one of the outcomes detailed in GGI’s recent first report on the development of biomethane.
On 1 December 2017 Fluxys Belgium and GRTgaz will introduce Virtualys, a single virtual interconnection point between the Belgian ZTP and French PEG Nord gas trading places with a view to facilitate cross-border trading.
The transmission system operators GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, Fluxys Deutschland GmbH, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH and ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH have signed a fractional ownership agreement for the pipeline project European Gas Pipeline Link (EUGAL).
The European consortium consisting of Snam, the majority shareholder with an interest of 60%, together with Enagás (20%) and Fluxys (20%), confirms that it has been awarded the tender arranged by the Greek Agency for privatization (TAIPED) for the purchase of a 66% stake in DESFA, the national operator in the natural gas infrastructure sector.
- Regulated revenue in the new regulatory period down as a result of the decrease in a number of authorised costs: operating expenses, financial expenses, and the authorised return affected by the continuing very low level of interest rates
- Fluxys Belgium will propose to the Annual General Meeting to be held on 9 May 2017 paying out the same gross dividend as the previous year, namely €1.20 per share
- Investments: €139.2 million, mainly relating to the fifth tank and the second jetty at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal
- Belgian grid plays a key role in meeting flexibility needs for the Northwest European and UK markets
- Belgian gas trading place ZTP hits record highs (up 50%)
- Small-scale LNG enjoys continued success and natural gas as a transport fuel makes considerable progress
The Zeebrugge LNG terminal performed its first direct ship-to-ship transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) today. The successful completion of the operation marks the start of LNG transshipment services at the facility.
• Regulated turnover stable
• Net profit: €54.5 million
• Proposal to the Annual General Meeting on 14 May 2019: gross dividend of €1.26 per share (2017: €1.23)
• Investments: €78.1 million, mainly for the construction of the fifth tank at the Zeebrugge LNG terminal
• Cold spell and peak demand for gas-fired power generation: Fluxys Belgium grid once again proves its robustness
• Sharp increase in terminalling of large volumes of LNG at Zeebrugge facility
• Belgium takes a first step towards green gas for consumers
A change is taking place in Fluxys' management team in Germany. By cordial mutual agreement, Dr Peter Drasdo will be leaving the company on 1 July 2017 to take on new challenges outside the Fluxys Group.
A change is taking place in Fluxys' management team in Germany. By cordial mutual agreement, Dr Peter Drasdo will be leaving the company on 1 July 2017 to take on new challenges outside the Fluxys Group.
The Belgian and Spanish natural gas infrastructure companies Fluxys and Enagás announced today that they signed an agreement to jointly sell their total stake in Swedegas, the owner and operator of the high-pressure gas grid in Sweden, to FS Gas Transport AB.