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It is the trading name of British Gas Services Limited and British Gas New Heating Limited, both subsidiaries of Centrica. [5] Serving around ten million homes in the United Kingdom, British Gas was the largest energy supplier in the country until 2024 when it was overtaken by Octopus Energy. [6] It remains the largest gas supplier.
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.
The company has its historical origin in the Gas Light and Coke Company which incorporated in 1812. Over the next 137 years, it grew by acquisition of other gas companies to become the primary supplier of gas to Greater London. In 1949, under the Gas Act 1948 the ownership of the company transferred to a government agency, North Thames Gas ...
Area gas boards; Company type: Nationalised companies (controlled by HM Government and reporting to the Ministry of Power) Industry: Utilities (energy: gas) Predecessor: 1812 (as the Gas Light and Coke Company and various others) Founded: 1 May 1949 (by the Gas Act 1948) Defunct: 31 December 1972: Fate: Reorganisation under the Gas Act 1972 ...
This list displays all British companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023/24. Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company. [1]
BP p.l.c. (formerly The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. and BP Amoco p.l.c.; stylised in all lowercase) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the oil and gas " supermajors " and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits. [ 3 ]
Oil and Pipelines Act 1985 (c. 62) abolishes the British National Oil Corporation, establishes the Oil and Pipelines Agency: 1985 UK oil exports peaked 1986 Advance Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1986 (c. 68), repayment of advance petroleum revenue tax 1986 Gas Act 1986 (c. 44), privatised the gas industry, established British Gas and Ofgas as regulator
The British Gas Federation was established in 1934 to represent collective interests of the council and association. [1] In 1943 the industry proposed the establishment of the British Gas Council amalgamating the two existing bodies. [4] The new organisation was established in 1946 as a company limited by guarantee.