Press releases

A donation of medical equipment to the Hellenic Pasteur Institute (H.P.I.), in order to make a practical contribution to the work of the Institute for the fight against Covid-19, was made by the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA), in the context of the Corporate Social Responsibility program that it implements and by responding to the needs created in this difficult...

DESFA was awarded the operation and maintenance services of LNGI (Liquefied Natural Gas Import), the new liquefied natural gas terminal of the Kuwaiti state company, KIPIC. The contract has a duration of minimum five years and it was given to DESFA, after the completion of the second and last phase of the relevant tender, that of technical evaluations and discussions on the...

On Friday, October 30, DESFA’s proposal for new scheduling process for unloading of LNG cargoes to the Revithoussa LNG terminal was published in the Government Gazette, following RAE’s approval earlier last week. The new annual scheduling process introduces a market-based mechanism (auctions) for the allocation of the LNG terminal’s capacity and of the dates for the unloading of LNG...

An increasing trend in the consumption of natural gas in Greece in 2020 is shown in DESFA’s data for the period January – September 2020, with half, in fact, quantities that covered the needs of the Users of the National Natural Gas Transmission System (NNGTS) during this period to come from the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal of DESFA in Revithoussa. According to data...

The CEO of DESFA, Nicla Battialana, signed today an agreement for the acquisition of a 20% stake in Gastrade SA, the company that develops the project of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Alexandroupolis, becoming thus one of the partners in the project, along with Mrs. Elmina Kopelouzou, Founding Shareholder and Chairwoman of the BoD,...

On Monday, November 02, the first auction was held for the distribution of uninterrupted natural gas transmission capacity at the new interconnection point of the National Natural Gas System (NNGS) with TAP in Nea Mesimvria. This is a historic moment both for the Greek and regional energy market, since the National Natural Gas System will be interconnected with one of the largest gas...

Investments in natural gas infrastructure that will upgrade the Greek system, ensuring security and flexibility of supply for Greece and the wider region, includes the new ten-year development plan (2021-2030) of DESFA, according to the company’s CEO, Nicola Battilana, during his speech at the 3rd Athens Investment Forum. Mr. Battilana referred to the parameters that make Greece...

The emphasis on RES, the support of new technologies, such as hydrogen, the contribution to the decarbonization and the transformation of the country into a gas hub are the main axes on which DESFA aspires to move forward in the coming years, according to the speeches of the company’s executives Nicola Battilana, CEO, and Michalis Thomadakis, Head of Strategy & Development, that...

The contribution of the planned projects of the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA) to reinforcing Greece as an international energy hub, as well as to the upgrading of the energy security of the Eastern Mediterranean region was analyzed by the CEO of DESFA Nicola Battilana, during his speech at the Economist’s 24th Roundtable with the government of Greece, entitled...

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. This trend was already underway...