02/09/2010 - GRTgaz is set to invest almost €100 million to build a compressor station (3 X 12 MW) at Chazelles (Charentes) in order to develop interconnection capacity between France and Spain. This investment, which reinforces...

12/02/09 - From December 1, 2009, GRTgaz will use the Powernext Gas exchange to cover part of the transmission system’s balancing needs.

10/08/09 - The statement confirms the momentum of transmission infrastructure development and the attractiveness of the French natural gas market.

7/22/09 - The results of the 2009 shippers satisfaction survey are available.

5/26/09 - During a press conference, Philippe Boucly, Director, presented the activity report and the results of GRTgaz in 2008.

2/17/2009 - GRTgaz issues regularly issues calls for tender from qualified suppliers to cover its natural gas requirements for its own activities (mainly fuel gas required to operate its compressor stations).

Suppliers wishing...

01/07/2009 - Exceeding the previous peak, established on January 26, 2007 (135,000 MW), GRTgaz today registered a new record for peak consumption on its transmission system.

On January 6, 2009, GRTgaz noticed a significant drop in volumes of natural gas arriving at Obergailbach, the entry point into its transmission system for gas coming from Russia.

12/22/2008 - Philippe Boucly has been appointed Director of GRTgaz by the Board of Administration for a term of 4 years. He will take on his new position on January 1, 2009.

11/03/2008 - The number of shippers present on the market has thus doubled in the last 18 months.

10/07/2008 - GRTgaz and Fluxys will launch their joint secondary market capacity trading platform early December 2008.

09/23/08 - GRTgaz and Fluxys have decided to finalise the open season conducted to assess the need for additional long-term transmission capacity from Zeebrugge to GRTgaz’s North Zone and from the east of Belgium to GRTgaz’s...

07/28/08 - This proposal has been submitted by the CRE for approval by the Government, which has begun consultations with stakeholders.

GRTgaz publishes its annual report and takes stock of 2007.

07/03/08 - GRTgaz has just signed a contract worth approximately €180 million ...

07/02/08 - Fluxys and GRTgaz have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

06/23/08 - Document, synthesis and presentation ...

Gaz de France and its transmission subsidiary GRTgaz just became shareholders of Powernext, through respectively a 6.6% and a 5% stake. Each will have a seat on the Board of Directors.

In the last 18 months, GRTgaz has made every effort to promote the opening up of the natural gas market in France by developing its services and the way it works with the market.

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GRTgaz is preparing to carry out the redistribution of the capacity overrun penalties charged in 2007.

2007: overall, a warmer year than 2006, but with a cold spell in December.

GRTgaz and TIGF have just agreed their first co-ordinated sale of gas transmission capacity between GRTgaz’s Southern zone and the TIGF zone.

In the context of the future merger of its three East-West-North balancing zones into a single zone, GRTgaz has made the proposal to all shippers to sell capacity on the link between the new North zone and the South zone from...

Fluxys and GRTgaz signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the development and commercialisation of additional cross-border capacity between France and Belgium.

On the occasion of the annual conference of the Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) association, GRTgaz has just signed two interconnection contracts, one with the Belgian natural gas transmission system operator Fluxys and the other...

After the first phase of the open season launched on April 26 this year, 37 companies have stated their requirements for natural gas transmission capacity from Belgium into France.

After the first phase of the open season launched on April 26 this year, 37 companies have stated their requirements for natural gas transmission capacity from Belgium into France.

GRTgaz, in coordination with Fluxys, is launching an open season regarding the requirements for transmission capacity into France from the Franco-Belgian border. The emergence of major gas import projects in northern Europe...

During the meeting of February 7, 2007 organized by Gaz de France-Direction des Grandes Infrastructures (Gaz de France storage Operator) regarding the project of extension of the LNG terminal of Montoir, GRTgaz presented the...

For the third year in a row, during a recently completed competitive bid, GRTgaz purchased the gas needed to operate its transmission installations between May 1, 2006 and April 30, 2007. However, unlike the two previous...

Since May 1, 2004, GRTgaz has bought the gas it needs for its transmission facilities (3 to 5 billion kWh/year) via a tender process, during which qualified suppliers are identified.

GRTgaz invites all authorized gas...

The tender related to the marketing of new capacities at the Obergailbach entry point was closed on September 30, 2005. During the first stage, 7 suppliers declared their intention to take part. At the end of the consultation...