Gas Natural

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Gas Natural SDG, S.A.
Type Sociedad Anónima
Traded as BMADGAS
Industry Natural gas utility
Founded 1991
Headquarters Barcelona, Spain
Key people Salvador Gabarró Serra (Chairman), Rafael Villaseca (CEO)
Products Supply, distribution and commercialisation of natural gas, electricity generation and distribution
Revenue €19.63 billion (2010)[1]
Operating income €2.893 billion (2010)[1]
Profit €1.201 billion (2010)[1]
Total assets €45.34 billion (end 2010)[1]
Total equity €12.97 billion (end 2010)[1]
Employees 18,780 (end 2010)[1]
Website www.gasnatural.com
Gas Natural headquarters in Barcelona.

Gas Natural SDG, S.A., trading as Gas Natural Fenosa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡaz natuˈɾal feˈnosa]), is a Spanish natural gas utilities company which operates primarily in Spain but also in such countries as Italy, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Moldova and Morocco. Its main interests are the distribution of natural gas in Spain, Italy and Latin America, the generation and commercialisation of electricity in the recently liberalised Spanish market as well as in Puerto Rico, and the management of gas infrastructure.

Gas Natural have approximately 10,000,000 clients and 6,700 employees, of which around 50% work in Spain. The firm is headquartered in Barcelona.

The group's largest shareholders include the Spanish bank La Caixa and oil major Repsol.

Gas Natural acquired utility company Unión Fenosa for around €16.8 billion in 2009.[2]

Headquarters[edit]

Main article: Edifici Gas Natural

The company's new building, projected by the architects Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue, is located in La Barceloneta, a neighbourhood in the Ciutat Vella district, near Barcelona's seafront. It was officially inaugurated in 2008.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010" (in Spanish). Gas Natural. Retrieved 25 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Ruano, Carlos; MacInnes, Judy (31 July 2008). "Gas Natural sees Fenosa deal closing in 2009". Reuters (Forbes). Retrieved 2009-01-11. 

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