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5. April 2013
Ab kommenden Montag, den 8. April wird auf der Baustelle des Erdgasspeichers in Jemgum gebohrt. Hierzu wurde eine Bohranlage auf einem der beiden Kavernenplätze aufgebaut.

1. März 2013
Bei Bauarbeiten für den künftigen Speicher Jemgum kam es zu einem Unfall, bei dem zwei Mitarbeiter verletzt wurden.

13 February 2013
In a non-discriminatory coded procedure, astora GmbH & Co. KG has auctioned off capacities in the Haidach storage facility through the store-x trading platform. However, the current market situation meant that the bids at the auction for the 2013/2014 storage year failed to meet expectations.

8 January 2013
astora has been offering its customers additional capacities in the Rehden natural gas storage facility since 1 January 2013. The working gas volume is increasing from 4.2 to 4.4 billion cubic meters, the cushion gas volume is therefore decreasing from 2.8 to 2.6 billion cubic meters.

20 December 2012
astora can look back on a successful first year of business. Now the natural gas storage company wants to give something back to the community and is supporting the German Society for the Protection of Children (Kinderschutzbund) in Kassel, where the company is based, with a donation of 5,000 euros overall.

14 November 2012
Our shareholders BASF/Wintershall and Gazprom have agreed to intensify their collaboration in shared upstream activities. As part of this agreement, the hitherto jointly operated natural gas trade and storage business, including astora, will be entirely transferred to our shareholder Gazprom.

13 November 2012
VNG, VNG Gasspeicher, WINGAS and astora as German representatives at fourth underground gas storage conference in Salzburg

1 June 2012
The storage company astora officially commenced its operations today with its entry in the commercial register.