Our business
BG Group is engaged in the exploration, development, production, transmission, distribution and supply of natural gas and oil. The Group also has a number of power generation interests.
BG Group’s operations are organised on a regional basis and BG Advance supports the regions in achieving technical excellence and building long-term competitive advantage.
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Exploration
and Production (E&P)
Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG)
Transmission
and Distribution (T&D)
Power
Generation (Power)
- For a reconciliation between Business Performance and Total Results, see note 2. Total operating profit includes BG Group’s share of pre-tax results from joint ventures and associates.
Americas and Global LNG
Key activities
- Gas producer in Trinidad and Tobago, supplying both the domestic market and exporting gas as LNG
- Appraising major oil discoveries and continuing exploration activity in Brazil
- Exploration assets in Alaska and Canada
- Regasification capacity in the USA
- Developing regasification capacity in Chile
- Major global LNG marketer
- Control of Comgás, Brazil’s largest gas distribution company
BG Advance
Key activities
- Group Technical functions: Exploration, Petroleum Engineering and Developments, Engineering Projects, Operations and Well Engineering, Commercial and Assurance, Strategy and Portfolio Development, IT and Technology
- Promoting health, safety, security and environment (HSSE), and asset integrity across the Group
- Co-ordination and development of BG Group strategy
- Longer-term planning and development of technical and commercial capabilities
- Managing the Group’s technical assurance processes
- Optimising deployment of people across the Group
Europe and Central Asia
Key activities
- Interests in more than 20 UK Continental Shelf fields
- Joint operator of the super-giant Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field in Kazakhstan
- Exploration portfolio in Norway of 20 licences; 15 as operator
- Power generation interests in the UK and Italy
- Developing regasification terminals in the UK and Italy
- Gas marketing and pipeline capacity in the UK
Australia*
Key activities
- Queensland Gas Company Limited (QGC), a leading coal seam gas company
- Total reserves and resources of more than 11 tcf
- Developing two-train 7.4 mtpa LNG project on Curtis Island, near Gladstone (QCLNG), with potential for third train
- Gas supplier to the domestic market
- Offer made for Pure Energy Resources Limited and material shareholding acquired
Africa, Middle East and Asia
Key activities
- Major gas supplier to the Egyptian and Tunisian markets
- Exporting gas as LNG from Egypt
- Gas production in India and Thailand
- Exploration acreage and/or discovered reserves located in Algeria, Areas of Palestinian Authority, China, Egypt, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Oman, Thailand and Tunisia
- Interests in two Indian gas distribution companies
- Power generation activities in Malaysia and the Philippines
- * Region from 2009
