Press releases
The acquisition of 10% of the share capital of Senfluga Energy Infrastructure Holdings S.A. (SENFLUGA) by DAMCO ENERGY S.A. was completed
16 Jan 2020It was signed on Monday, January 13, 2020, the acquisition of 10% of the share capital of SENFLUGA Energy Holdings SA by DAMCO ENERGY SA, a company of Copelouzos Group, effectively sealing a long and constructive dialogue between the two parties that share the same strategic vision. The investment on behalf of DAMCO has been structured according to the same terms and conditions as...
New Year’s Celebrations
15 Jan 2020DESFA’s New Year’s Celebration Event was held on January 14th, 2020, one year after the successful acquirement of the 66% of DESFA’s share capital by Senfluga consortium. The event held at the company’s headquarters in Athens, in the presence of SENFLUGA CEOs, the Secretary General for Energy & Mineral Resources of the Ministry for the Environment and Energy and...
Signing of the new Collective Labor Agreement between DESFA-SEDESFA
29 Nov 2019The new Collective Labor Agreement (CLA) and the new Internal Labor Regulation (ILR) were signed on Thursday, November 28, 2019, between the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA) and the BoD of the Employees’ Union of the Company (SEDESFA), in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. One year after the privatization of DESFA and having analyzed in depth the demands of a modern...
A case study on lightning strikes on the integrity of gas pipelines
16 Sep 2019On the occasion of two incidents of buried gas pipeline perforations – on the National Natural Gas Transmission System – caused by lightning strikes that were enough to alarm the system operator (DESFA), the Operations Division/Integrity and Inspection Dept/Inspection Section of DESFA has effectively collaborated with ELEMKO SA and Power Systems Modelling (PSM) Laboratory...
DESFA’s NNGS Operation Division staff is trained on the ROAIMS platform
9 Aug 2019DESFA, being faithful to its vision and mission to provide continuous know-how, develops critical infrastructures and provides a wide range of high quality integrated services, promoting the continuous and comprehensive training of its staff. On this occasion, the National Natural Gas System (NNGS) Operations Division staff completed successfully the training on the ROAIMS platform...
DESFA is an active ally of Brain Regain
2 Aug 2019DESFA joined the initiative Brain Regain, a unique project for Greek reality, with the voluntary contribution of its senior executives as mentors of the program. “Brain Regain” is an initiative of the Non-Governmental Association “Hellenic Roots” for the Greeks that chose to live abroad, in order to search for better professional perspectives. Having as a vision the executives’...
Mr. Thierry Grauwels appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
3 Jul 2019As of 01/07/2019, Mr. Thierry Grauwels from FLUXYS S.A., one of the companies of the Consortium of SENFLUGA (SNAM, FLUXYS and ENAGAS) that owns the 66% of DESFA’s shares, is appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of DESFA. Mr. Grauwels succeeded Mr. Dimitrios Kardomateas who was exercising the duties of CFO as of August 2015, in parallel with the duties of his position as Head of...
Invitation to the Annual Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting of DESFA SA for the fiscal year 2018
7 Jun 2019Invitation to the Annual Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting of DESFA SA for the fiscal year 2018
Joint visit by Lloyd’s Register Foundation Trustees & Lloyd’s Register Group Directors at Revithoussa LNG terminal
10 Apr 2019Lloyd’s Register Board of Trustees and Lloyd’s Register Group Board of Directors visited the LNG Terminal Station at Revithoussa islet on Monday, March 18th, accompanied by high level executives of Hellenic Lloyd’s, the subsidiary of the organization in Greece. DESFA’s CEO, Mr. N. Battilana, welcomed the LR delegation, in the presence of Mr. F. Kalligas, Member of the...
“Health and Safety Awards 2019: Six Important Distinctions for DESFA”
1 Apr 2019DESFA was awarded, one more time, at “Health and Safety Awards 2019” for its leading practices, actions and policy in the areas of Health and Safety at work. The Operator received six distinctions from the eight nominated candidatures during the special award ceremony held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Anais Club, in Varibobi, in the presence of many companies,...