Under the New Gas Regime, the national natural gas system ("Natural Gas System") is divided into seven major components: reception, storage and regasification of liquefied natural gas ("LNG"), underground storage of natural gas, transportation of natural gas, distribution of natural gas, supply of natural gas, operation of the natural gas market and logistic operation for the switching of supplier of natural gas.
Areas of supply,
and logistics
- Sales to other
operators
- Primary logistics
- Secondary logistics
inclunding capillary
distribution to the
direct customers
network
- Long-term supply
contracts with
producers
- GN and GNL imports
Global Management /
Transportation
Underground storage
- Three caverns
(two operating, one
in construction) in
Pombal
- Possibility to build
2 more
- Right to build
and/or acquire
additional caverns
LNG Terminal in
Sines
- LNG unloading;
regaseification;
storage
- LNG truck loading
- Capacity for a third
LNG Tank
Gas distribution
in the residential,
industrial and
commercial sectors
- Regional
distributors:
Setgás, Lisboagás,
Lusitaniagás,
Tagusgás, Beiragás,
Portgás
- Local distributors:
Dianagás,
Duriensegás,
Medigás, Paxgás
Last resort supplier
(regulated supply,
includes all clients
except power plants
Market supply
(deregulated)
- 2007 - Power
generators
- 2008 - Above
1 million m3/year
- 2009 - All above
110 thousands
m3/year
- 2010 - All clients