HISTORY


1919

Origin of PVS

▪ Establishment of the Czechoslovak Gas and Water Association (PVS) in Prague. The first president of PVS became Ing. V. Vaigl


1929

The idea of creating an IGU

▪ The idea of creating an International Gas Union (IGU) on the premises of the then French gas association l´Union Syndicale de l´Industrie du Gas with the participation of Czechoslovakia representatives from PSF


1931

IGU and conference

▪ May – the establishment of an IGU Temporary Committee with delegates from 23 countries. Doc. Dr. Ing. Tomáš Keclík was elected interim Vice President of the IGU
▪ June – The 1st International Gas Conference in London, on which the IGU was officially founded


1938

Suppression of union activity

▪ Suppression of union activity, organization of only annual general meetings


1945

Resumption of PVS activities

▪ Resumption of PVS activities by the first general assembly after the war in Prague


1951

Administrative termination of PVS activities

▪ Administrative termination of PVS activities and transfer of part of the activities to the ČSVTS Gas Company


1989

Resumption of activity

▪ Renewal of activities in the form of an independent professional association, convening of the inaugural congress of the Czechoslovak Gas Association


1990

I. congress

▪ I. Congress of the Czechoslovak Gas Association in Prague


1991

Admission of ČSPZ to IGU

▪ Admission of ČSPZ to IGU as a representative of the Czech-Slovak Federal Republic


1992

II. congress

▪ II. Congress of the Czechoslovak Gas and Oil Association in Bratislava, activities of CSGOA branches of gas plants (Tomáš Tichý was elected President)


1993

Distribution and origin of SGOA

▪ Division into two national associations – Czech and Slovak, establishment of the Slovak Gas and Oil Association, confirmation of continuous membership
▪ Admission of SGOA to IGU
▪ Extraordinary (founding) council of SGOA in Poprad


1994

I. regular Council of SGOA

▪ I. regular Council of SGOA in Bratislava
▪ Participation of SGOA representatives in the 19th World Gas Conference in Milan


1997

II. regular Council of SGOA

▪ II. regular Council of SGOA in Liptovský Ján
▪ Participation of representatives and presentation of the exposition of the Slovak gas industry at the 20th World Gas Conference in Copenhagen


2000

III. regular Council of SGOA

▪ III. regular SGOA Council in Bratislava
▪ Participation of representatives at the 21st World Gas Conference in Nice
▪ SGOA becomes a member of DVGW by signing membership in Nice


2001

Establishment of a subsidiary

▪ Establishment of a 100% subsidiary of Slovak Gas Agency to ensure joint activities in the gas industry


2003

IV. regular Council of SGOA

▪ IV. regular SGOA Council in Bratislava
▪ Participation of SGOA representatives in the 22nd World Gas Conference in Tokyo


2006

V. regular  Council of SGOA 

▪ V. regular SGOA Council in the High Tatras in Štrbské Pleso
▪ Participation of SGOA representatives in the 23rd World Gas Conference in Amsterdam


2008

Meeting of SGOA representatives

▪ Meeting of SGOA representatives with European Commissioner Ján Figeľ at the European Commission in Brussels


2009

1st official meeting of V4 representatives

▪ 1st official meeting of representatives of gas associations of V4 countries in Bratislava
▪ VI. regular Council of SGOA in Bratislava
▪ Participation of SGOA representatives in the 24th World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires


2012

VII. regular Council of SGOA

▪ VII. regular SGOA Council in Horný Smokovec
▪ Participation and speeches of SGOA representatives at the 25th World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur


2013

Visit of the President of the IGU

▪ Visit of the President of the IGU Mr. Jerome Ferrier in Slovakia


2015

VIII. regular Council of SGOA

▪ VIII. regular SGOA Council in Horný Smokovec
▪ Participation and speeches of SGOA representatives at the 25th World Gas Conference in Paris


2016

Visit of the President of the IGU

▪ IGU President David C. Carroll visited Slovakia in April 2016


2018

IX. regular Council of SGOA

▪ IX. regular SGOA Council in Horný Smokovec
▪ Participation and speeches of SGOA representatives at the 27th World Gas Conference in Washington


2022

X. regular Council of SGOA

▪ X. regular SGOA Council in Bratislava
▪28th World Gas Conference in South Korea

 

 

SGOA Presidents
▪ 1993 – 2000 Peter Bačo
▪ 2000 – 2015 Pavol Janočko
▪ 2015 – 2022 Tomáš Malatinský
▪ from September 2022  Rastislav Ňukovič