of groningen type naamloze vennootschap ; state owned company industry energy founded 1963 headquarters groningen the netherlands area served netherlands germany key people han fennema ceo services natural gas transportation revenue 1.506 million 2009 number of employees 1 448 website gasunie.nl en n.v. nederlandse gasunie short form gasunie is a dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company operating in the netherlands and germany . gasunie owns the netherlands gas transmission network with a total length of over 12 000 kilometres 7 500 mi and 3 100 kilometres 1 900 mi long network in germany . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit gasunie was founded in 1963 as a public private partnership of royal dutch shell 25 % exxonmobil 25 % and the state of the netherlands 50 % to sell and distribute natural gas from the then recently discovered gasfield in the province of groningen . in 2005 the company was divided into a gas trading company now called gasterra and a gas transportation company which kept the name gasunie . the latter owns and operates most of the dutch gas transmission network as well as the former beb pipeline network in germany and a major pipeline connecting the netherlands with the united kingdom called the bbl pipeline . in 2005 the split of gasunie took place through a buy out by the dutch state of the shares held by shell and exxonmobil in the infrastructure part of gasunie . therefore gasunie is now 100 % state owned . the dutch ministry of finance represents the government s shareholder interest . ownership of gasterra is divided the same way as gasunie before 2005 . at the end of october 2010 gasunie became a 25 % shareholder in the rotterdam based company rotterdamse cintra maatschappij b.v. cintra is exploring the possibilities for developing services for the transport of co2 from emitter to storage operator in rotterdam . gasunie established vertogas on 2 july 2009 for the purpose of issuing certificates which guarantee the origin and volume produced of green gas . in january 2011 gasunie zuidwending became operational . this is a new underground storage facility in zuidwending the north of the netherlands . in 2007 gasunie bought the beb s transportation unit beb erdgas und erdoel gmbh a german natural gas pipeline network operator from royal dutch shell and exxonmobil . 1 2 operations edit gasunie is a shareholder of ice endex a european gas spot and derivatives exchange . gasunie owns 60 % of the bbl pipeline between the netherlands and england . it also has 9 % of shares in nord stream ag the project company for the nord stream pipeline . 3 gasunie has agreed to have a 20 % stake in nel pipeline which will connect nord stream with the german gas system . 4 gasunie owns 42.5 % of gate terminal the first lng import terminal in the netherlands on the maasvlakte . following successful cooperation with gts gate was brought into operation on the planned date of 1 september 2011 . see also edit gasunie building references edit duo sell beb to gasunie . upstream online . nhst media group . 2007 11 23 . subscription required . retrieved 2007 11 24 . shell und exxon sto en deutsche gasspeicher ab shell and exxon repel german gas storage . financial times deutschland in german . 2010 06 08 . retrieved 2010 06 13 . gazprom and gasunie sign agreement on cooperation within nord stream and bbl projects press release . gazprom . 2007 11 06 . retrieved 2007 11 06 . gasunie takes nel berth . upstream online . nhst media group . 2010 06 11 . subscription required . retrieved 2010 06 12 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gasunie & oldid 689232588 categories government owned companies of the netherlandsnatural gas pipeline companiesnatural gas companies of the netherlandshidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentcs1 german language sources de navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal deutschnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 5 november 2015 at 20 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view