Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s. (abbr. SPP;
Slovak: literally Slovak Gas Industry) is a state-owned energy supplier headquartered in
Bratislava
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, Slovakia. The company follows on from over 150 years of
gas industry
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in Slovakia. It is the biggest natural gas seller in Slovakia.
[ In addition to natural gas, it sells CNG and LNG,][
] and supplies electricity.[
On 1 July 2006, the company completed the legal unbundling, while according to the requirements of Slovak and European legislation, the companies SPP – preprava, a.s., nowadays Eustream, active in the area of international gas transmission, and SPP – distribúcia, a.s. in the area of natural gas distribution commence their activities.
In 2014, the Government of Slovakia became a sole owner of the company.][
]
In 2019, the company was selected by the state as a single buyers of renewable power in Slovakia for 2020–2021.[
] Slovakia uses 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. In 2022, SPP ordered 32% of its supplies as pipe gas from Norway, and 34% as shipborne LNG via several countries.TurkStream
TurkStream ( or ''Türk Akımı'', ; former name: Turkish Stream) is a natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Natural gas in Turkey, Turkey. It starts from Russkaya compressor station near Anapa in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, Krasnodar Region, c ...
pipeline across the Black Sea
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, then Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary. The contract could be extended into a longer-term deal.
References
External links
Company website (EN, SK)
Oil and gas companies of Slovakia
Energy companies established in 2006
Energetický a průmyslový holding
Slovakian companies established in 2006
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