predecessor gasunie founded groningen july 1 2005 july 1 2005 headquarters groningen netherlands key people gertjan j. lankhorst ceo products natural gas services natural gas trade and supply revenue 35.1 billion 2008 net income 52.7 million 2008 owner royal dutch shell exxonmobil the dutch government number of employees 176 1 website www.gasterra.com gasterra is a dutch company that is active in the worldwide trade and supply of natural gas . it is owned by royal dutch shell 25 % exxonmobil 25 % and the dutch government 50 % . 2 its history dates back to 2005 when the company was created after a split up of the gasunie . before 2005 the gasunie was authorized to both sell and transport natural gas discovered in the netherlands . due to the liberalisation of the european gas market transportation and trade and supply had to be separated into independent companies . in 2005 this separation took place creating both gasterra and a natural gas transportation company . the last company kept the original name gasunie . references edit http money.cnn.com magazines fortune global500 2009 snapshots 11308.html http www.gasterra.nl overgasterra pages aandeelhoudersstructuur.aspx external links edit corporate website of gasunie corporate website of gasterra retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gasterra & oldid 610720351 categories natural gas companies of the netherlands 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 languages fran aisnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 30 may 2014 at 00 21 . 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