BG Group

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BG Group p.l.c.
Type	Public (LSE: BG Group, NYSE: BG Group)
Founded	1998 Demerger of Centrica 2000 Demerger of Latice Group from BG Group
Headquarters	Reading, United Kingdom
Key people	Frank Chapman (CEO) Sir Robert Wilson Chairman
Industry	Oil Production Natural Gas Companies
Products	Oil Natural Gas
Revenue	£7,270 million(2006)
Operating income	£3,130 million (2006)
Net income	£1,920 million (2006)
Employees	5,390 (2005)
Slogan	Natural Gas its our Business
Website	www.bg-group.com

BG Group Plc (LSE: BG.) is an energy production and distribution company which has its headquarters in Reading outside London, England. The company was created in 1997 when British Gas plc divested Centrica plc and became BG plc, which was reorganised in 1999 as BG Group plc. BG Group has use of the trading name "British Gas" outside the United Kingdom; Centrica owns the rights to use it within the UK.

Contents 1 History 2 Activities 3 BG Board and Executive 3.1 Board of Directors 3.2 Group Executive Committee and Company Secretary 4 External links 5 Update on alleged BG corruption scandals in Italy

[edit] History

In 2000 a further demerger separated the company into Lattice Group plc and BG Group. Lattice took ownership of Transco (the gas transporter for the UK), Advantica (gas engineering and consultancy specialist) along with the property and transport companies and BG Group took ownership of gas fields and other assets.

In 2002 Lattice merged with National Grid Company to become National Grid Transco which was renamed National Grid in 2005.

[edit] Activities

BG Group's main business is exploration for and the extraction of natural gas, liquefied natural gas and to a lesser extent oil. It sells these products to wholesale customers such as retail gas suppliers and electricity generating companies. It also owns some gas pipelines and is involved in some power generation projects. It is active around the world, with only a minority of its business being in the UK.

[edit] BG Board and Executive

[edit] Board of Directors

Chairman	Chief Executive	Deputy Chief Executive	Chief Financial Officer	Non-Executive Director	Non-Executive Director	Non-Executive Director	Non-Executive Director	Non-Executive Director	Senior Independent Director
Sir Robert Wilson	Frank Chapman	Bill Friedrich	Ashley Almanza	Peter Backhouse	Sir John Coles	Jürgen Dorman	Baroness Hogg	Lord Sharman	Paul Collins

[edit] Group Executive Committee and Company Secretary

Chief Executive	Deputy Chief Executive	Chief Financial Officer	Executive Vice President & Managing Director, BG Advance	Executive Vice President, Policy & Corporate Affairs	Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Europe and Central Asia	Executive Vice President, Human Resources	Executive Vice President & Managing Director Mediterranean Basin and Africa	Executive Vice President & Managing Director North America, Caribbean and Global LNG
Frank Chapman	Bill Friedrich	Ashley Almanza	Jørn Berget	Charles Bland	Mark Carne	Peter Duffy	Stuart Fysh	Martin Houston

General Counsel	Executive VP & Managing Director South America	Company Secretary
Stefan Ricketts	Rick Waddell	Ben Matthews

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Yahoo! profile
• BG News monitoring from II

[edit] Update on alleged BG corruption scandals in Italy

• BG may have to scrap or redraw Brindisi LNG Plan

• Italy ministry seeks to scrap BG Italia LNG permit

• Italian tribunal lifts house arrest order on former BG manager

• BG says fully cooperating with Italian authorities on bribe probe

• BG Italy head arrested in bribe probe

• 5 arrested in Italy in British Gas probe

• BG at centre of potential corruption scandal

• Staff at BG's Italian unit arrested in corruption scandal

• 5 arrested in Italy in British Gas probe

• Five arrested in gas plant corruption probe

• Five held in £333m Italian gas terminal bribes inquiry

• Former BG Italy officials arrested in bribe probe

• Errico a Puglia tv sugli arresti per il rigassificatore

• Tangenti gas a Brindisi:Antonino agli arresti domiciliari

• BG sees 2010 start-up for delayed Brindisi LNG project (This is Frank Chapman commentary 4 days before his staffs were arrested by Italian police!)

• Italy Grapples with Energy Needs as Local Protests Grow

• BG used its political weight to pave way for their Brindisi project

• BG thought that buying ENEL share in Brindisi project could help them to expedite Brindisi project!

• Open Letter By Brindisi Residents to Tony Blair against LNG terminal project:

• Brindisi Terminale di rigassificazione