Srbijagas Explained

Srbijagas
Native Name:Србијагас
Native Name Lang:srb
Type:State-owned enterprise
Industry:Natural gas
Predecessor:NIS-Gas
Location City:Narodnog fronta 12, Novi Sad
Location Country:Serbia
Area Served:Serbia
Services:Distribution of natural gas
Revenue: 1.878 billion [1]
Net Income: €73.06 million
Assets: €3.819 billion [2]
Equity: €1.160 billion
Owner:Government of Serbia (100%)
Num Employees:2,501
Subsid:Subsidiaries
Footnotes: [3]

Srbijagas (full legal name: J.P. Srbijagas Novi Sad) is the state-owned natural gas provider in Serbia with headquarters in Novi Sad.

History

Srbijagas was established on 1 October 2005 as a result of restructuring the integrated petroleum company NIS. The company was created on the basis of NIS divisions NIS-Gas and NIS-Energogas.[4]

In 2013, the government of Serbia decided to split Srbijagas into two separate companies because of its mounting debt and unsustainable business practices. Since 2013, the transportation and storage units have been operated by Transgas AD, while trade and distribution have continued to be operated by the Srbijagas AD.[5]

Subsidiaries

As of 13 May 2024, the following companies are subsidiaries or companies in minority ownership of Srbijagas:

Financial data

At the end of 2011, the company's total equity was US$443.38 million and after one year it dropped to only US$15.86 million, making the company for the first time unprofitable, mainly because of differences in cost and selling price.

In April 2013, Minister of Energy, Development and Environmental Protection, Zorana Mihajlović stated that Srbijagas has debt of more than 1 billion.[6] [7]

In June 2014, it was once again named the most unprofitable state-owned company, making annual net loss of €443.14 million for the calendar year of 2013.[8]

For the calendar year of 2014, Srbijagas finished with the yet another annual net loss of €372.33 million.[9]

For the calendar year of 2015, Srbijagas managed to severely cut total net loss from the past year to just €2.98 million.[10] After several years of posting annual net losses, Srbijagas finished 2016 calendar year with the annual net profit of €13.78 million.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: КОНСОЛИДОВАНИ БИЛАНС УСПЕХА (2022) - Србијагас. apr.gov.rs. 13 May 2024. Serbian.
  2. Web site: КОНСОЛИДОВАНИ БИЛАНС СТАЊА (2022) - Србијагас. apr.gov.rs. 13 May 2024. Serbian.
  3. Web site: Основни подаци о привредном друштву. apr.gov.rs. Serbian Business Registers Agency. 28 February 2018. Serbian.
  4. Web site: Istorijat. Serbian. Srbijgas.com. 24 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Serbia to Split Up Srbijagas, Reschedule Its $1.5 Billion Debt. Bloomberg. 23 April 2013. 24 April 2013.
  6. Web site: "Srbijagas" duguje milijardu evra. RTS. 3 August 2013. sr.
  7. Web site: "Srbijagas" duguje milijardu evra. b92.net. 3 August 2013. sr.
  8. Web site: Srbijagas najgori, NIS najbolji. b92.net. apr.rs. 17 June 2014. Serbian.
  9. News: Najveću dobit ostvario NIS, gubitke Srbijagas, Lukoil i Železnice. 13 November 2017. rts.rs. 2 January 2016. Serbian.
  10. Web site: КОНСОЛИДОВАНИ БИЛАНС УСПЕХА (2016) - Србијагас. apr.gov.rs. 13 November 2017. Serbian.