Transgaz is a state-owned company, which is the technical operator of the national natural gas transmission system in Romania. The company handled in 2017 a quantity of 12.87 billion m³ of natural gas.
The company has a total transport capacity of 30 billion m³ of natural gas and a pipe network of 13,000 km.
Transgaz is a member of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas.
Connections to other countries
- Hungary through the Arad–Szeged pipeline
- Ukraine through Cernauti-Siret natural gas pipeline
- Bulgaria through Negru Voda natural gas pipeline and Giurgiu–Ruse pipeline
- Moldova through the Iași–Chișinău pipeline that was inaugurated on 27 August 2014 (then going from Iași to Ungheni).[1]
Shareholders
Although state-owned, Transgaz was partially privatised in 2007 and 2013 respectively.
The current shareholder structure, as of 2018:
- Ministry of Economy: 58,5097%
- Other shareholders: 41.4903%
Listing on the Bucharest Stock exchange
On 26 November 2007, Transgaz issued an IPO on the BSE aiming to earn around US$84 million for developing on the local market and abroad but at the end of the IPO offer the company earned a total sum of US$2.52 billion making it the largest IPO on the BSE surpassing Transelectrica which earned US$308 million in 2006.
On 15 April 2013, there was a SPO on the BSE for 15% of the company that raised US$95 million.[2]
See also
- Arad–Szeged pipeline
- Nabucco pipeline
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas
- Gazprom Transgaz Belarus
External links
- Transgaz - company website
References
- Moldova no longer 100% dependent on Russian gas amid EU pipeline inauguration 27 August 2014, retrieved 27 August 2014^
- Romania Raised $95 Million From IMF-Pledged Transgaz Sale 17 April 2013, retrieved 8 May 2013^