Auction Announcement Notice

Hungarian Gas Storage (hereinafter referred to as MFGT) on this day announces an auction for booking available storage capacities. The capacity auction is carried out by MFGT in line with the MFGT  Auction Regulation.

 

Participating in the capacity auction shall be conditional on indicating the intent to participate before the deadline by filling in and signing the Registration Sheet and the Auction Statement annexed to the MFGT Storage Capacity Auction Regulation, by which the participant agrees to be also bound by the rules of the auction regulation.
 
Registration
At the capacity auction, bids can be made by only those capacity bidders that are eligible for storage access and have submitted a registration of request in the required form to MFGT prior to the announcement of the auction.
Documents required for registration:
§  Duly signed Registration Datasheet (attached).
§  Duly signed Auction Statement (attached), by the signature of which the Bidder verifies its intent to participate and the acceptance of the auction regulation and the Natural Gas Storage Contract.
Deadline for submitting to MFGT the documents required for registration: 2nd June 2014, 10:00. MFGT shall confirm the registration to the applicant. In the event that the documents are received late, MFGT considers the registration invalid.
During registration, MFGT shall be obliged to treat data submitted to the auction in a confidential manner and will not disclose them to any third party.
Offered Capacities
Capacities will be offered by MFGT in bundles.
1 piece of bundle contains:
¾     At least 450 million MJ working gas capacity, 70.31 day withdrawal capacity and 133.33 day injection capacity
Number of bundles: 3 pieces.
The period of booking a bundle: at least 4 years, the first year being the storage year 2014/2015
Starting Price: the price according to the non-universal service price formula as per the Tariff Decree. The price does not include the volume fee or the VAT.
 
Auction procedure:
When auctioning the capacity bundles, MFGT shall apply the method set forth in the Storage Capacity Auction Regulation.
Registration deadline: 2ndJune 2014, 10:00
Submission of Bids: duly signed bids can be submitted via as sealed envelope that is to arrive by  2nd June, 15:00 specifying the following data:
Price (HUF/MJ) 
Number of bundles (maximum 3) 
Booking period (at least 4 years)
Any Bidder is limited to submitting only one bid at one specific price. Please attach a copy of the register to the duly signed bid.
The date of the capacity auction is Tuesday 2nd June 2014, 15:00 hours, when received bids are evaluated in the presence of a public notary pursuant to the auction regulation. Awarded bidders shall be notified by MFGT by e-mail until 17:00 hours.
Following the auction, MFGT and the awarded Bidder shall conclude the Natural Gas Storage Contract on the awarded quantities within 5 business days from the auction.
Should you have any further questions or need information related to the auction, please contact MFGT’s designated contact person Katalin Romics sales and marketing expert (Phone: +36-30-3099173, e-mail: romicsk@mfgt.hu).
Budapest, 26th May, 2014
 
Appendix No.1. MFGT Auction regulation__.pdf
Hungarian Gas Storage long term storage contract -auction, 4+years.pdf