Bogdan Tudorache

The Competition Council analyzes the transaction whereby AIK Energy, with a 22.5% share in the market of independent gas suppliers, takes over the company Valahia Gaz, which had a 22.7% share in June. The parties involved in the economic concentration operation are active in the natural gas sector, carrying out natural gas supply activities in a competitive regime, a sector supervised by ANRE, announces the Competition.

AIK Energy carries out activities such as: natural gas extraction, wholesale electricity, natural gas wholesale, wholesale of crude oil and petroleum products. In Romania, the activity of AIK is carried out through a secondary office – AIK Energy LTD – the Bucharest branch, whose main activity is the commercialization of gaseous fuels through pipelines.

Valahia Gaz’s main activity is the commercialization of gas fuels through pipes.