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SPP - Slovak gas industry leader

SPP has been with you for over 150 years. We are a multi-national energy company with an important position among gas industry players in Europe, engaged in the natural gas business. We are a dependable partner for over 90% of Slovak households and for many corporate customers. The broad scope of services provided to all of our customers, their confidence in our reliability and our constant endeavour for ever-higher quality services have made us the leader in the gas industry in Slovakia. Our position in the energy market is based on the professionalism of our employees, our tradition and our openness to change. As a responsible corporate citizen of this country we emphasize promotion of civic society, protection of cultural assets and the environment as well aid for people in difficult life situations.

Profile of the SPP Group

The SPP Core Group consists of three companies:

SPP, a.s. unbundled transmission and distribution activities (the so-called legal unbundling) on July 1, 2006. In addition to the parent company, SPP, a.s., there are two 100% owned subsidiaries: eustream, a.s., and SPP - distribúcia, a.s.
SPP, a.s., focuses on trade activities in natural gas, its purchase, sales and storage eustream, a. s. engages in international transmission of natural gas across Slovakia to European markets.
SPP – distribúcia, a.s. ensures natural gas distribution to customers in the Slovak Republic.

Company shareholders:

The Slovak Republic via the National Property Fund (51%)
Slovak Gas Holding B.V. – consortium of E.ON Ruhrgas and GdF Suez (49%)

Companies of the Core Group of SPP ensure reliable and safe natural gas supplies at all levels SPP, a.s. unbundled transmission and distribution activities (the so-called legal unbundling) on July 1, 2006. In addition to the parent company SPP, a.s. there are two 100% owned subsidiaries: eustream, a.s., and SPP - distribúcia, a.s.

SPP, a.s.

SPP, a.s. is an energy company which directly follows upon the more than 150 year old history of the gas industry in Slovakia, focusing on trading activities in natural gas, namely its purchase, sale and storage, The mission of the company for the coming years is to strengthen its leading position in natural gas related businesses, to pursue a customer-oriented strategy, to improve the quality and extend the portfolio of products and services and to increase the added value for the benefit of our customers. SPP provides differentiated services for various customer segments, namely for key customers, for commercial accounts and municipalities and for households and retail off-take.
eustream, a.s.

The eustream, a.s company was formerly known as SPP – prepava [transport] prior to January 31, 2007. It activities as a 100 % subsidiary of SPP, a. s. started on July 1, 2006 upon the legal unbundling of transmission activities from SPP, a. s. The new name – eustream – reflects that it is a “highway” for Russian natural gas to European markets and that it is the main player in the European transmission business and thereby also a good “Ambassador of Slovakia”.

Eustream, a.s. company is the largest natural gas transporter within the EU. Its transmission system is made up of 2,270 km of gas pipelines with four compressor stations in Veľké Kapušany, Jablonov nad Turňou, Veľké Zlievce and Ivanka pri Nitre). Everyday operation of the transmission system is managed from a Dispatch Centre in Nitra.

SPP - distribúcia, a.s.

SPP - distribúcia, a.s. company started on July 1, 2006 as a 100 % subsidiary of SPP, a. s. upon legal unbundling of all activities related to distribution of natural gas and unbundling of all distribution assets The company ensures reliable and effective natural gas distribution to around 1.5 million off-takers in Slovakia. The Slovak gas industry dispatching ensures management of the distribution system (with more than 31,000 km of gas pipelines) from its dispatch centre in Bratislava and four monitoring centres in Bratislava, Žilina, Zvolen and Košice.

Other Sponsors:

Gas Strategies Group Ltd

Gas Strategies is a specialist professional services organisation providing commercial gas advisory services globally. We operate in all sectors of the supply chain: upstream, midstream and markets, and cover the full LNG Value Chain. We offer a strong business model, in which our integrated service lines synergise to bring powerful solutions to our clients, meeting their specific needs through Consulting, Training, and Information Services.

RWE Gas Slovensko

RWE Gas Slovensko s.r.o entered the Slovak gas market in August 2008. The company belongs to the European energy group RWE and is a hundred percent subsidiary of the leading natural gas company in the Czech Republic, RWE Transgas, a.s. The company has already concluded full-supply contracts with several large customers all over Slovakia in 2009.
The RWE Group has already been active in the Slovak electricity market for five years through the company Východoslovenská energetika a.s. The decision of RWE to enter the Slovak gas market is a natural result of the strategy of the Group to expand to prospective new markets in the Central and Eastern European region.
RWE Gas Slovensko offers a broad selection of tailor-made products served by an experienced group of key account managers. We emphasize reliability, flexibility and transparent pricing of gas. Currently our services are available to business customers with continuous metering and remote data transfer.

We offer to our customers:

a variety of products;
a transparent pricing structure;
advisory services in choosing the optimal product mix;
an individual approach.

RWE Transgas

RWE Transgas, a.s. is the leading Czech natural gas company with a 40 year history of securing reliable gas supply for the Czech Republic. The company manages the activities of RWE Group in the Czech Republic. Its share of the Czech natural gas market is 72 %, which represents over 2.2 million customers with sales of 71 TWh in the year 2007.

RWE Group

RWE is the third largest European energy company. It is active in energy production, distribution, and trading in Great Britain, Germany, Holland and in the Central European region. The company distributes energy to a total of 44 million customers; 10 million gas customers, 20 million electricity customers and a further 14 million RWE service customers in the area of water business (figures from the year 2007).

JKX Oil & Gas plc

JKX Oil & Gas plc is an oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
JKX has licence interests in Ukraine,Russia,Slovakia,Bulgaria,Hungary,Turkey,Georgia and the USA.

NAFTA a.s. is very activ player in the Energy Sector in the Slovak Republic. The company has been an oil producer sincer 1914 and a natural gas producer since 1951. In 1973 the company started the underground storage of natural gas and the construction with the extensive complex of Underground Gas Storage in Láb.

The company´s objective is to provide both, extensive volumes of storage capacities and adaptability to the requerements of the customers in the frame of the newly regulated rules. Further information >>

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