{{Short description|Natural gas trading company in the Czech Republic}} {{Infobox company | name = Vemex s.r.o. | logo = | caption = | type = Private | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = 2001 | founder = | defunct = | location_city = Prague | location_country = Czech Republic | location = | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Vladimir Ermakov (CEO) | industry = Oil and gas | products = Natural gas | services = Distribution of natural gas | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Gazprom | divisions = | subsid = VEMEX Energie a.s. | homepage = [http://www.vemex.cz/en www.vemex.cz] | footnotes = | intl = }} '''Vemex''' is a Gazprom-controlled natural gas trading company in the Czech Republic. In addition to the Czech Republic, the company also operates in Slovakia.
The shareholders of Vemex are: * Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (Germany) - 67% * Centrex Europe Energy & Gas AG (Austria) - 33%
Vemex has around 10–12% of the Czech gas market.<ref name=mediafax>{{cite news | url= http://www.mediafax.cz/ekonomika/2931831-Gazprom-chce-zvysit-svou-pritomnost-na-ukrajinskem-trhu-s-plynem-pres-ceskou-firmu | title= Gazprom chce zvýšit svou přítomnost na ukrajinském trhu s plynem přes českou firmu | trans-title = Gazprom wants to increase its presence in the Ukrainian gas market through the Czech company | agency = Mediafax | date=2009-09-21 | accessdate=2010-07-21 | language = Czech}} </ref> The major clients are the Prague gas utility Pražská plynárenská, the Spolana chemical producer, and the steel manufacturer Vitkovice.<ref name=edm230309> {{cite news | publisher=The Jamestown Foundation | work= Eurasia Daily Monitor | url= http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bswords%5D=8fd5893941d69d0be3f378576261ae3e&tx_ttnews%5Bany_of_the_words%5D=Vemex&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=34746&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=a6b66dda5b | title= Russian Energy Companies Expand Their Operations in Central Europe | first = Jiri | last = Kominek | date=2009-03-23 | accessdate=2010-07-21}} </ref>
In 2007, Vemex signed a five-year contract with Gazprom for annual deliveries up to 500 million cubic metres of gas.<ref name=reuters111007>{{cite news | url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1113258720071011 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130201045658/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1113258720071011 | url-status= dead | archive-date= February 1, 2013 | title= Gazprom signs term gas deal with Czech Vemex | agency = Reuters | date=2007-10-11 | accessdate=2010-07-21}} </ref><ref name=leaders>{{cite news | url= http://ecpaper.leadersmagazine.cz/2009-issue-5/#page=32-33 | title= Vemex. About Us and Natural Gas | newspaper = Leaders Magazine | issue = 5 | year = 2009 | accessdate=2010-07-21}} </ref> Together with the Czech natural gas producer MND, a shareholder of Vemex itself, the company plans to build a natural gas storage facility in the eastern part of the Czech Republic.<ref name=ebr>{{cite news | url= http://www.datamonitor.com/store/News/vemex_and_mnd_to_build_gas_storage_facility_in_the_czech_republic?productid=B138D120-6564-4886-B4FA-F0ED5618F2E8 | title= Vemex and MND to build gas storage facility in the Czech Republic | publisher = Datamonitor | work = Energy Business Review | date=2008-04-21 | accessdate=2010-07-21}} </ref> As of 2013 the plat is still active.<ref>[http://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/zpravy/tiskovezpravy/GAZPROM-a-MND-podepsali-Protokol-o-vystavbe-noveho-podzemniho-zasobniku-plynu-266416 Parlamentní listy: GAZPROM a MND podepsali Protokol o výstavbě nového podzemního zásobníku plynu]</ref>
In 2010, the company announced its plan to enter the Slovak market through its subsidiary Vemex Energo, s.r.o.<ref name=ebr2> {{cite news | url= http://www.pnb.pl/clientarea/cee-businessline/173959-slovakia_vemex_energo_enters_slovak.html | title= Slovakia: Vemex Energo enters Slovak natural gas market | work = Polish News Bulletin | date=2010-06-09 | accessdate=2010-07-21}} </ref> In September 2009, the company announced it would like to lease a part of Ukrainian underground storage capacities.<ref name=mediafax/>
Dutch MND Group B.V. transferred 16.86% shares to Swiss MND Group AG in 2019 and then MND Group AG in 2020 transferred all shares to German Securing Energy for Europe GmbH, the former Gazprom Germania GmbH.
==See also== {{Portal|Czech Republic|Energy}} * Energy in the Czech Republic * List of Gazprom subsidiaries
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official|http://www.vemex.cz/en}}
Category:Energy companies established in 2001 Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 2001 Category:Czech companies established in 2001 Category:Oil and gas companies of the Czech Republic Category:Gazprom subsidiaries