E.ON Considering Sale Of Gas Transmission Network

E.ON Considering Sale Of Gas Transmission Network
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Δευ, 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2011 - 15:34
German utility company E.ON (EOAN.XE) Monday confirmed it is considering selling its gas transmission network.
German utility company E.ON (EOAN.XE) Monday confirmed it is considering selling its gas transmission network.

"We are only the owners, so it's normal that we ask ourselves about the strategic importance," chief executive Johannes Teyssen said in an article published Monday in daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Speculation on E.ON's possible plan to sell the 12,000-kilometer long network emerged in mid-August, but the company declined to comment at the time.

On a company-wide basis, E.ON wants to reduce costs by cutting 11,000 jobs, and is also considering closing several business locations and subsidiaries.

Teyssen told FAZ he can't imagine the company without natural gas unit Ruhrgas's exploration and production unit, and its storage and gas trade units, although it needed a new business structure to be more profitable.

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