Naturgy Energy Group S.A''.'', formerly ''Gas Natural Fenosa'' (), is a Spanish multinational

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and electrical energy utilities company, which operates primarily in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

. The company's administrative headquarters are in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, while its legal headquarters are in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

. It also has operations in other countries, including:

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, and

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, as well as the

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territory of

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Description

The corporation's main interests are: the distribution of

in Spain, Italy, and

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; the generation and commercialisation of electricity in the liberalised Spanish market (1997-2009); and the management of natural gas infrastructure and shipping transport. Gas Natural has approximately 10,000,000 energy clients worldwide. It has around 6,700 employees, of which approximately 50% work within Spain. The group's largest shareholders include the Spanish ''

La Caixa La Caixa (), also known as the "La Caixa" Foundation (), is a not-for-profit banking foundation based in Spain, with its headquarters in Barcelona since March 2025. Originally a savings bank (''caja''), it reorganized in the 2000s and 2010s: I ...

'' bank and

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global energy company. ''Gas Natural'' acquired

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company '' Unión Fenosa'' for around €16.8 billion in 2009. In June 2018, the general shareholders meeting of Gas Natural approved the change of name of the company to Naturgy Energy Group.

Headquarters

The company's administrative headquarters complex, Gas Natural Building or ''Mare Nostrum Tower'', is located in the La Barceloneta neighbourhood of the Ciutat Vella district in Barcelona. The skyscraper was designed in the High-tech architectural style by the EMBT Architects firm of architects Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue, and was completed in 2005. Its legal headquarters were moved to Madrid in 2017, because of the Catalonia independence crisis. Naturgy's Madrid headquarter complex is located in the district of

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. These headquarters are a building complex of 14 buildings that Naturgy bought in 2016.

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* Energy companies of Spain Natural gas companies of Spain Electric power companies of Spain Multinational companies headquartered in Spain Ciutat Vella Energy companies established in 1991 Non-renewable resource companies established in 1991 Spanish companies established in 1991 IBEX 35 Companies listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange {{energy-company-stub

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