National Gas

Name

National Gas

Legal name

National Gas Transmission plc

Website

https://nationalgas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gas Transmission Infrastructure

NAICS

Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas (4862), Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas (486210), Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas (48621)

SIC

Natural Gas Transmission (4922), Natural Gas Transmisison & Distribution (4923)

akta.pro primary industry

Interstate / Long-Haul Natural Gas Transmission (Trunklines) (TLAGACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation (EUALADAB), Natural Gas Compressor Stations & Metering/Regulation Stations (TLAGAKAD), Interstate & Intrastate Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines (EUAAACAB), Network Construction, Replacement & Uprates (Capex Programs) (EUAJABAL)

Keywords

• Gas transmission services
• Regulated utility operations
• Pipeline infrastructure management
• Gas metering services
• Hydrogen infrastructure development

Headquarters

HQ city

Warwick

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Gas Transmission Tariffs: National Gas operates as a regulated monopoly under Ofgem's price control framework (RIIO-2). Revenue is generated through regulated transmission tariffs charged to shippers and network users for access to the National Transmission System. The company owns, operates, and maintains the NTS comprising nearly 5,000 miles of high-pressure pipelines.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

National Gas owns and operates Great Britain's National Transmission System (NTS), a nearly 5,000-mile high-pressure pipeline network with 23 compressor stations that transports gas from terminals and ports to power stations, major industries, storage facilities, and 24 million homes. The company also manages millions of gas metering installations throughout Britain, delivers planned and emergency pipeline maintenance services, and is developing the Project Union hydrogen backbone to repurpose existing infrastructure for low-carbon hydrogen transport.

Product overview

National Gas operates as Great Britain's national gas network providing secure energy to power the country and achieve net zero. The company's product portfolio consists of three core regulated businesses: National Gas Transmission (owning and operating the National Transmission System - a nearly 5,000-mile high-pressure pipeline network transporting gas to homes, businesses, and industries), National Gas Metering (managing millions of metering installations), and National Gas Services (the UK's leader in planned and emergency pipeline maintenance). Premtech, acquired in April 2024, provides specialized engineering design services for high-pressure pipelines and operates independently. The company's future energy strategy centers on hydrogen infrastructure through Project Union (developing a 1,500-2,000km hydrogen backbone via repurposed and new pipelines), FutureGrid (hydrogen testing facility demonstrating 100% hydrogen capability), and the East Coast hydrogen pipeline (300-mile route through Teesside, Yorkshire, Humber, and East Midlands). Innovation initiatives include HyNTS Compression, HyNTS Protection, HyNTS Deblending, and HyNTS Pipeline Dataset programs. The company also invests in Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Project Union: A pioneering project led by National Gas to create a British hydrogen backbone capable of transporting 100% hydrogen, connecting hydrogen production and storage with end users through phased repurposing of existing high-pressure gas transmission infrastructure and new pipeline construction.
• FutureGrid
• East Coast Hydrogen (ECH2)
• Humber Hydrogen
• HyNTS

Products and services

• National Gas Transmission Owns and operates Great Britain's National Transmission System (NTS), a nearly 5,000-mile high-pressure pipeline network with 23 compressor stations that transports gas from terminals and ports to every part of Britain, serving power stations, major industries, storage facilities, and over 24 million homes.
• National Gas Metering Manages and maintains millions of gas metering installations throughout Great Britain, providing connection, installation, management, and maintenance services for gas metering across Britain.
• National Gas Services The UK's trusted authority in planned and emergency pipeline repair, maintenance, and intervention, carrying out operations across Britain's gas network.
• Premtech Market leaders in engineering design for high-pressure onshore pipelines and associated infrastructure for the energy sector. Provides specialized engineering design consultancy services and continues to operate independently as an acquired subsidiary.
• Project Union Pioneering hydrogen backbone project creating a British hydrogen network capable of transporting 100% hydrogen, connecting hydrogen production and storage with end users through phased repurposing of existing high-pressure gas transmission infrastructure and construction of new pipelines, targeting 1,500-2,000 km equivalent to 25% of the current methane transmission network.
• Project Union: East Coast First phase of the national hydrogen network along England's east coast, featuring a 300-mile hydrogen transmission pipeline running through Teesside, Yorkshire, Humber, and into the East Midlands, connecting major industrial regions as a blueprint for a national hydrogen network.
• FutureGrid World-leading hydrogen test facility located in Carlisle, England, demonstrating the potential of Great Britain's gas National Transmission System to transport hydrogen blends and 100% hydrogen. Phase 1 testing successfully demonstrated hydrogen blending from 2% to 100%, providing unique capability to test hydrogen compatibility of transmission infrastructure.
• Hydrogen Blending Projects and trials focused on blending hydrogen into the existing gas network, including the UK's first real-life hydrogen blending trial at Brigg Power Station in partnership with Centrica.
• Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Investment in Carbon Capture & Storage infrastructure to help industries decarbonize, including assessment of high-pressure carbon transportation opportunities using the existing high-pressure pipeline network.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% reliability achieved over past three years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Humber Hydrogen ConsortiumflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 February 2026National Gas, Centrica, Equinor and SSE Thermal formed a consortium called Humber Hydrogen to bid for approximately £500 million in UK government funding to develop Britain's first regional hydrogen transport and storage network in the Humber region. The network would connect projects including Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage, H2H Saltend, and Keadby Next Generation Power Station, supporting up to 3GW of hydrogen production capacity.
• CentricacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 October 2025Centrica and National Gas completed the first 'real life' hydrogen blending trial in the UK, successfully blending hydrogen into the national transmission system. The trial was conducted at Centrica's Brigg Power Station in North Lincolnshire, marking a significant step in integrating hydrogen into UK energy infrastructure.
• PenspencoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2025Engineering consultancy Penspen was awarded a project by National Gas Transmission to investigate oxygen injection as an inhibitor for hydrogen embrittlement in steel pipelines. The NIA-funded project, led from Penspen's Newcastle office with support from Aberdeen and Abu Dhabi, will examine material degradation effects and inform operating parameters for the planned 1,500-mile hydrogen backbone.
• East Coast Hydrogen Partnership (Cadent Gas, Northern Gas Networks)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 June 2025The East Coast Hydrogen partnership between Cadent Gas, National Gas Transmission, and Northern Gas Networks received £96 million funding from Ofgem for Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) for three hydrogen pipeline projects. The initiative aims to develop a hydrogen pipeline network supplying low-carbon hydrogen to industrial clusters across Teesside, the Humber, South Yorkshire, and the East Midlands.
• SLR ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 20 June 2025SLR is providing ongoing support to Cadent through the Environmental Impact Assessment and Development Consent process for the East Coast Hydrogen partnership, supporting pipeline network development across industrial clusters.
• Fluxys BelgiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 December 2023National Gas and Fluxys Belgium signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on decarbonizing gas infrastructure, developing CCUS, and creating a hydrogen link between Britain and Belgium. Building on 25 years of interconnector collaboration, the partnership aims to develop large-scale, long-distance hydrogen transport connecting North Sea hydrogen resources with mainland Europe.
• Jacobs and ERMcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 19 October 2023National Gas engaged Jacobs and ERM to help deliver pre-Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) activities for Project Union - a hydrogen backbone connecting industrial regions across Britain. Jacobs provides engineering and digital data platforms for strategic route options and Pre-FEED reports. ERM provides environmental and sustainability services.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fluxys Belgium: Belgian gas transmission system operator and active hydrogen infrastructure developer. National Gas's MOU partner for cross-border hydrogen transport; comparable as a European TSO with parallel hydrogen transition strategy and interconnector business.
• SGN (Scotia Gas Networks): Owns and operates gas distribution networks in Scotland and southern England, transporting gas from the NTS to end users. Directly comparable as a UK-regulated gas network operator serving overlapping geography, though focused on the distribution tier rather than high-pressure transmission.
• Wales & West Utilities: Operates the gas distribution networks in Wales and the south-west of England, connecting to National Gas's NTS. Comparable as the fourth major UK gas distribution network operator with parallel regulatory and hydrogen transition challenges.
• Cadent Gas: Owns and operates four of the eight gas distribution networks connected to National Gas's NTS. A partner in the East Coast Hydrogen programme; directly comparable as a UK gas network operator with parallel hydrogen transition strategy and Ofgem regulatory exposure.
• Northern Gas Networks: Operates gas distribution networks in northern England, also an East Coast Hydrogen partner. Comparable as a UK regulated gas network with active hydrogen transition projects and similar Ofgem RIIO-2 regulatory framework.

Broad incumbents

• SNAM: Italy's largest natural gas transmission operator with active hydrogen blending and CCS investments. Comparable as a European regulated gas TSO pursuing analogous hydrogen transition strategy at much larger continental scale.
• National Grid: Former parent of National Gas's gas transmission business; now operates as a publicly listed UK electricity transmission and US-listed utility. Comparable as a regulated UK energy infrastructure operator with overlapping transmission and distribution capabilities, but operates in electricity rather than gas transmission.
• Kinder Morgan: Largest North American natural gas pipeline operator with extensive transmission and storage assets. Comparable as a major regulated/scheduled natural gas transmission infrastructure owner, though operating in a different regulatory environment and pursuing CCS rather than hydrogen conversion.
• Open Grid Europe (Nowega/OGE): Germany's largest gas transmission system operator, now part of the state-controlled hydrogen build-out. Comparable as a European gas TSO with significant hydrogen transition capex pipeline and similar regulatory model.
• Enagás: Spanish TSO operating the country's gas transmission network and a major LNG terminal portfolio; active in hydrogen development. Comparable as a European regulated gas infrastructure operator with parallel hydrogen ambitions and technical transmission expertise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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