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In response, British Gas workers went on strike between January and June 2021, when workers accepted a new pay deal. [25] In 2023, British Gas came under criticism after a series of media stories highlighting their poor customer service [26] and practice of breaking into homes to force people onto pre-payment meters. [27]
BG Group plc was a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On 8 April 2015, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire BG Group for $70 billion, subject to regulatory and shareholder agreement.
Bord Gáis Energy is a utility company that supplies gas and electricity and boiler services to customers in Ireland. Bord Gáis Energy has been in operation in some form since 1976 and supplies over 750,000 customers with energy in Ireland. [1] Since mid-2014 Bord Gáis Energy is also part of the British Centrica plc Group. [2]
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The oil and gas industry in the United Kingdom produced 1.42 million BOE per day [4] in 2014, of which 59% [4] was oil/liquids. In 2013 the UK consumed 1.508 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 2.735 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas, [5] so is now an importer of hydrocarbons having been a significant exporter in the 1980s and 1990s.
Gas flares were common sights in oilfields and at refineries. U.S. natural gas prices were relatively stable at around (2006 US) $30/Mcm in both the 1930s and the 1960s. Prices reached a low of around (2006 US) $17/Mcm in the late 1940s, when more than 20 percent of the natural gas being withdrawn from U.S. reserves was vented or flared.
Since 1985, gas has been stored offshore in the depleted Rough gas field, which initially held nine days' supply and was the UK's largest store. [36] This facility, owned by Centrica, was closed in 2017 due to maintenance costs [36] but about 20% of its capacity was reopened in October 2022. [37]
GB Gas Holdings Limited, founded 1996, which holds British Gas (also known as Scottish Gas). [11] [12] [13] Centrica Hive Ltd, founded in 2007. [14] In 1998, Centrica's supplier monopoly for gas came to an end. Centrica maintained the British Gas retail brand but is only allowed to use this brand name in the United Kingdom.