Slovenský plynárenský priemysel

Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s. (abbr. SPP; Slovak: literally Slovak Gas Industry) is a state-owned energy supplier headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia. The company follows on from over 150 years of gas industry in Slovakia. It is the biggest natural gas seller in Slovakia.^[1] In addition to natural gas, it sells CNG and LNG,^[2] and supplies electricity.^[1]

Slovenský plynárenský priemysel

Company type	private
Industry	Oil and gas Electricity
Headquarters	Bratislava , Slovakia
Products	Natural gas Electric power
Services	natural gas transmission, distribution and sale
Revenue	1,526,000,000 (2018)
Net income	313,600,000 (2018)
Owner	Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic
Number of employees	681 (2018)
Subsidiaries	SPP CNG SPP CZ SPP Infrastructure
Website	www.spp.sk

On 1 July 2006, the company completed the legal unbundling, while according to the requirements of Slovak and European legislation, the companies SPP – preprava, a.s., nowadays Eustream, active in the area of international gas transmission, and SPP – distribúcia, a.s. in the area of natural gas distribution commence their activities.

In 2014, the Government of Slovakia became a sole owner of the company.^[3]

In 2019, the company was selected by the state as a single buyers of renewable power in Slovakia for 2020–2021.^[1] Slovakia uses 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. In 2022, SPP ordered 32% of its supplies as pipe gas from Norway, and 34% as shipborne LNG via several countries.^[4]

In 2024, SPP entered into a short-term pilot contract to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan to reduce the impact of the Ukrainian closure of the pipeline for Russian supplies in 2025. Transfer will be by the Trans-Balkan pipeline, or possibly via Russia and the TurkStream pipeline across the Black Sea, then Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary. The contract could be extended into a longer-term deal.^[5]