The seat of the company is in Siófok. The company owns and operates the high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline system covering the territory of Hungary, as well as it coordinates, as the sole holder of the TSO licence, the operations of the total natural gas system. In addition it is also presented on the international scene: as a transit supplier it delivers gas to Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and through the cross-border pipes it transmits gas to Romania and Croatia.
This high-pressure pipeline system supplies natural gas to the gas distribution companies and the power plants and large industrial consumers directly connected to the gas transmission grid.
The company’s primary responsibility is ensuring safe, uninterrupted and optimal operation, maintenance and development of the high-pressure transmission pipeline system, including off-take and delivery of natural gas transmitted along the high-pressure pipeline to and from shippers, measurement of the quantity and quality of gas transmitted, provision of central gas odourisation, pressure regulation and protection against over-pressure.
The Company can look back to a nearly 70 year-old history and during the past four decades it has become modernised at an increasing rate.
FGSZ Ltd is performing its natural gas transmission responsibility at high level of security, in non-discriminatory and environmentally-friendly manner and satisfying high technical standards. It can permanently decrease the load exerted to the environment through permanently developing the natural gas transmission technology.
Based on international benchmarks, the Hungarian gas transmission system is one of the best in class regarding its technical performance.