We possess core skills in every aspect of the gas chain from the reservoir to the burner tip. Our business is the discovery, extraction, transmission, distribution and supply of natural gas to existing and developing markets around the world. Our core skills include exploration and production, transmission, through pipeline systems or LNG liquefaction and transport, as well as the creation and distribution of energy through gasfired power generation.

The heightened awareness of environmental degradation throughout the world now favours natural gas as the fossil fuel of choice. As a fossil fuel, gas is clean and abundant and with the application of our core skills, it can be affordable.

The demand for gas is projected to grow over the next decade outstripping the growth in demand for other major sources of energy. With an escalation of liberalisation in the large, more mature markets and the vast unmet demand for energy in the developing economies, we - with our expertise in natural gas - will be rich in opportunities.

We have inherited from the old British Gas an enviable reputation for engineering excellence. We now have the commercial skills to be the market-makers who can match supply and demand in growing gas markets around the world.

Our goal is to deliver a top quartile performance in terms of total shareholder returns when measured against our peers in the energy industry. To reach this goal, the twin planks of our investment programme are to deliver strong growth coupled with good returns from an international integrated energy business having relatively high resilience to oil price volatility.

Natural gas is in demand around the world for both the economic and the environmental benefits that it can provide. Markets are being liberalised, technologies are improving and gas is being put forward as the fuel of choice. The world’s need for energy is increasing and BG Group, as the Integrated Gas Major, is well placed to take advantage of the opportunities available by drawing on its skills across the gas chain. There has never been a better time to be in the gas business and at BG Group, natural gas is our business.