Which company owns British Gas?
"is a power outage it is necessary to contact the appropriate DNO rather than the energy supplier. British Gas British Gas is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom. It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica. Serving around twelve million homes in the United Kingdom, British Gas is the biggest energy supplier in the country and is considered one of the Big Six dominating the gas and electricity market in the United Kingdom. The Gas Light and Coke Company was the first public utility"
"British Gas plc British Gas plc was an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom. It was formed when the British Gas Corporation was privatized in December 1986, as a result of the privatizations instigated by the government of Margaret Thatcher. The company was formed when the Conservative Government, led by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, introduced the Gas Act 1986 in which led to the privatisation of the British Gas Corporation, and on 8 December 1986 its shares floated on the London stock market. To encourage individuals to become shareholders, the offer was intensely advertised with the ""If"
"compensation to hundreds of people, who had been advised to switch from other suppliers to British Gas by British Gas advisers using exaggerated claims. On 20 September 2015, British Gas launched an advert, including their new mascot, Wilbur the Penguin. British Gas is an energy supplier for homes across the country. The infrastructure (pipes) which delivers the gas to consumers is owned and maintained by other companies. They do not, however, manage the network of towers and cables that distributes electricity – these are maintained by distribution network operators (DNOs) which vary from region to region. If, for instance, there"
"British Gas plc. Centrica became a separate, distinct corporation on 17 February 1997, when British Gas plc split (demerged) to form three separate companies: Centrica plc, BG plc and Transco plc. Centrica took over gas sales and gas trading, services and retail businesses, together with the gas production operations in the North and South Morecambe gas fields (Rampside Gas Terminal). In 1998, Centrica's supplier monopoly for gas came to an end. Centrica maintained the British Gas retail brand but is only allowed to use this brand name in the United Kingdom. The electricity market also opened up to competition and,"
"introduced the Gas Act 1986, in which led to the privatisation of the company, and on 8 December 1986, its shares floated on the London stock market as British Gas plc. In the hope of encouraging individuals to become shareholders, the offer was advertised with the ""If you see Sid... Tell him!"" campaign. The initial public offering of 135p per share valued the company at £9 billion, the highest equity offering ever at the time. In February 1997, eleven years after it had been privatised, British Gas demerged to become the entirely separate BG Group and the Gas Sales and"
"The long term deal is a milestone for GE Oil & Gas as they will act as a single contractual supplier. GE Oil and Gas GE Oil & Gas was a subsidiary of the American multinational conglomerate corporation General Electric that is now part of Baker Hughes, a GE company. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, the company supplies equipment for the global oil and gas industry, used in applications across all segments of the oil and gas value chain, including drilling, subsea and offshore, onshore, LNG, distributed gas, pipeline and storage, refinery and petrochemical. GE Oil & Gas also designs"
"GE Oil and Gas GE Oil & Gas was a subsidiary of the American multinational conglomerate corporation General Electric that is now part of Baker Hughes, a GE company. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, the company supplies equipment for the global oil and gas industry, used in applications across all segments of the oil and gas value chain, including drilling, subsea and offshore, onshore, LNG, distributed gas, pipeline and storage, refinery and petrochemical. GE Oil & Gas also designs and manufactures surface and subsea drilling and production systems, equipment for floating production platforms, compressors, turbines, turboexpanders, high pressure reactors, industrial"
"shares are on the open market. Enagás Enagás, S.A. (, originally an initialism for Empresa Nacional del Gas) is a Spanish energy company and European TSO, which owns and operates the nation's gas grid. The firm also owns four liquefied natural gas regasification terminals in the country, at Huelva, Barcelona, Cartagena and Gijon. In addition, it owns 50% of the plant BBG (Bilbao) and 100% of Gascan. The chairman of Enagás is Antonio Llardén Carratalá and his Chief Executive Officer is Marcelino Oreja Arburúa. The firm's headquarters are located in Madrid. Apart from Spain, Enagás has presence in Mexico, Perú,"
"Gas Light and Coke Company The Gas Light and Coke Company (also known as the Westminster Gas Light and Coke Company, and the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company), was a company that made and supplied coal gas and coke. The headquarters of the company were located on Horseferry Road in Westminster, London. It is identified as the original company from which British Gas plc is descended. The company was founded by Frederick Albert Winsor, who was originally from Germany, and incorporated by Royal Charter on 30 April 1812 under the seal of King George III. It was the first"
"exploration and production has become an increasingly important part of Shell's business. Shell acquired BG Group in 2016, making it the world's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Shell has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of £185 billion at the close of trading on 30 December 2016, by far the largest of any company listed on the London Stock Exchange and among the highest of any company in the world. It has secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock"
"are First Oil (32.8%), Dana Petroleum 25%, and DEA AG (12.2%). Anglia gas field The Anglia gas field, is a natural gas field in the United Kingdom's continental shelf of the Southern North Sea. It is located in blocks 48/18 and 48/19 at a depth of approximately subsea. The field was discovered in February 1972. Detailed seismic and appraisal well work were conducted in 1984. Original partners were Ranger Oil (operator, 35.628%), Conoco (31.25%), Elf Oil and Gas (16.46%), Amerada Hess (12.83%), and Triton Resources (3.832%). In December 2010, Ithaca Energy became operator of the Anglia field by acquiring 30%"
"the British Gas name for use in the domestic market. A previous coal-fired power station in Peterborough existed on the north side of the river, on the site of what is now the Rivergate shopping centre. Demolished in the mid 1980s, all that remains is its substation on the other side of the river, directly south from the power station's former site. Peterborough is a CCGT type power station that runs on natural gas. The two General Electric Frame 9E gas turbines, each producing 118MWe which connect to a heat recovery steam generator powered by exhaust gases at 530°C (986"
"gas to the twelve area boards. Then, the Gas Act 1972 formed the British Gas Corporation as a single commercial entity, embracing all the twelve area gas boards, allowing them to acquire, distribute and market gas and gas appliances to industrial commercial and domestic customers throughout the UK. In 1986, British Gas was privatised and dismembered and the Government no longer has any direct control over it. During the era of North Sea gas, many of the original cast iron gas pipes installed in towns and cities for town gas were replaced by plastic. As reported in the DTI Energy"
"IGas Energy IGas Energy Plc is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, incorporated and operating in the United Kingdom, with headquarters in London. The company started and incorporated in 2003 to produce natural gas, primarily coalbed methane. It grew by acquiring Nexen Exploration and Star Energy in 2011, and PR Singleton Limited in 2013. Since December 2011 company shares have traded on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol IGAS. Since its inception, the company has produced from conventional oil and gas, and coalbed methane reservoirs. The company also holds licences in the Bowland Basin, which has"
"Enagás Enagás, S.A. (, originally an initialism for Empresa Nacional del Gas) is a Spanish energy company and European TSO, which owns and operates the nation's gas grid. The firm also owns four liquefied natural gas regasification terminals in the country, at Huelva, Barcelona, Cartagena and Gijon. In addition, it owns 50% of the plant BBG (Bilbao) and 100% of Gascan. The chairman of Enagás is Antonio Llardén Carratalá and his Chief Executive Officer is Marcelino Oreja Arburúa. The firm's headquarters are located in Madrid. Apart from Spain, Enagás has presence in Mexico, Perú, Chile, Sweden and in the Trans"
"British Gas (1986), Rolls-Royce (1987), Rover Group (formerly British Leyland, 1988), British Steel Corporation (1988), and the regional water authorities (mostly in 1989). After 1979, council house tenants in the UK were given the right to buy their homes (at a heavily discounted rate). One million purchased their residences by 1986. Such efforts culminated in 1993 when British Rail was privatized under Thatcher's successor, John Major. British Rail had been formed by prior nationalization of private rail companies. The privatization was controversial, and the its impact is still debated today, as doubling of passenger numbers and investment was balanced by"
"announced that British Gas had lost 100,000 customers since the start of the year. However, the parent company was still likely to hit its 2018 targets and pay dividends of 12p per share. British Gas has actively been involved in sports sponsorship, including a six year deal with the British swimming team which commenced in March 2009, and is expected to net the team £15 million and from 2006 to 2009, it sponsored the Southern Football League of England. Its extensive television advertising has featured many high profile individuals, and in the early 1990s, one advertisement included Cheryl Tweedy as"
"BP BP p.l.c. (formerly The British Petroleum Company plc and BP Amoco plc) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the world's seven oil and gas ""supermajors"", whose performance in 2012 made it the world's sixth-largest oil and gas company, the sixth-largest energy company by market capitalization and the company with the world's 12th-largest revenue (turnover). It is a vertically integrated company operating in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy interests"
"BG Group BG Group plc was a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. On 8 April 2015, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire BG Group for $70 billion, subject to regulatory and shareholder agreement. The sale was completed on 15 February 2016. Prior to the takeover, BG Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange (BG.L) and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Prior to its acquisition by Shell, BG Group had operations in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America and"
"it was originally bought. Interconnector is owned by: Interconnector (North Sea) The Interconnector is a natural gas pipeline between the United Kingdom and continental Europe. It crosses the North Sea between Bacton Gas Terminal in England and Zeebrugge in Belgium. Construction of the pipeline was completed in 1998. It provides bi-directional transport capability to facilitate energy trading in both the UK and continental European gas markets. Gas export from the UK is termed ""forward flow"" and gas import to the UK is termed ""reverse flow"". The UK export capacity of the Interconnector is 20 billion cubic metres per year. Since"
"joint venture of GAIL and British Gas. MGL has set up 140 CNG stations catering to over 200,000 vehicles spread over Mumbai, Thane, Mira-Bhayandar and Navi-Mumbai areas besides supplying PNG to over 450,000 domestic customers, more than 1,000 small industrial and commercial consumers. It has received authorisation from MoPNG for CGD in Mumbai, District Thane including Navi Mumbai and Mira Bhayander. GAIL has a 49.75% stake in the company along with British Gas as an equal partner. Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL)<BR> MNGL is a joint venture of GAIL and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for implementation of City Gas"
"January 2015. Iain was previously BP's chief executive, downstream (BP's refining and marketing division), a position he held for seven years. British Gas was accused of greenwashing in the advertising of its Zero Carbon tariff in January 2008, after the Advertising Standards Association upheld a complaint about the 'greenest domestic tariff' claim. In July 2011, British Gas was fined £2.5 million by the energy regulator Ofgem for failing to deal properly with customer complaints. After a year long investigation into the British Gas, Ofgem found it had breached regulations on how energy companies should handle disputes. Ofgem found that British"
"in 2000 the company name was changed to TotalFinaElf Gas and Power Limited. In 2003 the company name was changed to Total Gas & Power Limited as part of the global rebranding of the Total Group. Total Gas & Power Total Gas & Power is a business energy provider in the UK. A wholly owned subsidiary of French Oil Supermajor Total SA. it is the largest industrial and commercial natural gas supplier in the UK. Formed during the deregulation of the business gas market in 1987 as AGAS Limited, it is the first independent supplier of gas to the UK"
"you see Sid...Tell him!"" campaign. The initial public offering of 135p per share valued the company at £9 billion, the highest equity offering ever at the time. The government also created an industry regulator, the Office of Gas Supply (Ofgas), to protect customer needs. It later became part of the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem). In preparation for the opening of the gas supply markets to competition in 1996, British Gas plc had to go through a major restructuring which separated the company into five divisions. In June 1991, chairman Robert Evans sparked controversy by accepting a pay"
"Total Gas & Power Total Gas & Power is a business energy provider in the UK. A wholly owned subsidiary of French Oil Supermajor Total SA. it is the largest industrial and commercial natural gas supplier in the UK. Formed during the deregulation of the business gas market in 1987 as AGAS Limited, it is the first independent supplier of gas to the UK market. In 1996 the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Elf Aquitaine and changed its name to Elf Business Energy in 1999. When the parent group Elf Aquitaine merged with Total Fina to become TotalFinaElf"
"UK Oil and Gas UK Oil and Gas PLC (AIM: UKOG) is a UK-based oil and gas exploration and production company. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the Alternative Investment Market (UKOG.L). The Company changed its name to UK Oil and Gas Investments plc on 4 December 2013 the following day it changed its TIDM (ticker symbol) to UKOG. In March 2016 UKOG made national news with the flow testing of the Horse Hill 1 well (HH-1), located 3 miles north of Gatwick Airport, achieving the highest flow rates of an onshore well in the UK."
"Managing Director of British Gas Business. Between June 2005 and June 2009 he was Managing Director of British Gas Services, which provides boiler repair. He joined the Board of Centrica in 2009. He became head of Centrica's division in the USA (Direct Energy) from July 2009. He became Managing Director of British Gas. At the time, British Gas was selling gas and electricity to 12 million British households. It made a £606m profit in 2012; £50 per household it supplied to. It was announced he was leaving British Gas in early June 2014, leaving at the end of 2014. He"
"Comgas's stock, and Shell 17.12%. The remainder is publicly traded on BM&F Bovespa. Cosan acquired its stake from BG Group in November 2012 for $1.7 billion. Comgás Comgás is a Brazilian gas distributor focused on São Paulo state. It is Brazil's biggest gas distributor, with around 1,6 million residential, commercial and industrial customers, as of 2016, who receive gas through about of pipelines. Comgás was founded in 1872. The company had been wholly owned by the São Paulo state-owned power generation utility, ""Companhia Energética de São Paulo"" until April 1999, when CESP's stake was sold to the British BG Group"
"England and Scotland by SGN. The changing ownership of the NTS reflects developments and corporate changes in the UK gas and energy industries. NG is administratively based in Warwick. While NG owns the gas transmission system in England, Wales and Scotland, electrical distribution in Scotland is owned by two Scottish companies. Northern Ireland is not part of the NTS ""per se"" and gets its gas via the Scotland-Northern Ireland pipeline (SNIP) owned by Premier Transmission and built between 1994 and 1996. The gas network in Northern Ireland is split, with one area owned by Phoenix Natural Gas and the other"
"the end of 2007, JKX claimed reserves of of crude oil and of natural gas. JKX Oil & Gas JKX Oil & Gas plc () is a British-based hydrocarbon exploration and production company, listed on the London Stock Exchange. JKX operates primarily in Russia and Ukraine, but has a presence in six other countries in Europe and North America. In June 2011, VTB Capital plc, a subsidiary of Russian state bank VTB, increased its share in JKX Oil & Gas to 6.4%. The deal makes VTB bank the fourth largest shareholder in the company. Ihor Kolomoyskyi, the co-owner of Privat"
"Cadent Gas Cadent Gas Ltd. owns, operates and maintains the largest gas distribution network in the UK, transporting gas safely to 11 million homes and businesses across West Midlands, North West England, East of England and North London, providing people with the energy they need to stay safe and warm, and protecting them in an emergency. 50% of UK gas customers are served by their pipeline system. The company does not produce or own the gas that passes through their pipeline networks. In 2017/18 Cadent Gas Limited replaced and improved 1,625 km of mains pipe. Cadent Gas Ltd represents four"
"out more than 1,000 employees, cutting off healthcare and pay. On April 2, 1990, the natural gas lines serving homes in Danvers, Massachusetts were accidentally over-pressurized by a Boston Gas Co. worker. This resulted in fires and explosions along Lafayette St., Maple St., Venice St. and Beaver Park Av. Six people had to be treated for injuries. National Grid plc National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in Warwick, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom and Northeastern United States. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and"
"Centrica Centrica plc is a British multinational energy and services company with its headquarters in Windsor, Berkshire. Its principal activity is the supply of electricity and gas to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America. It is the largest supplier of gas to domestic customers in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest suppliers of electricity, operating under the trading names Scottish Gas in Scotland and British Gas in England and Wales. It owns Bord Gáis Energy in Ireland. It is also active in the provision of household services including plumbing. Centrica is listed on"