SEFE ENERGY
On 29 July 2022, our name changed to SEFE Energy. Our new company name is SEFE Energy Limited.
Below we’ve provided answers to some common questions about our recent name change and will update this page should anything change.
If you’re a SEFE Energy customer or third-party intermediary and you have a question that isn’t answered below, please contact your account manager at SEFE Energy or use the form on our contact us page to get in touch.
Any press enquiries can be submitted via our contact us page.
We are part of the newly named SEFE Group – led by SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (SEFE GmbH) in Berlin.
Our company name, previously Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail Limited, has changed to SEFE Energy Limited and our London-based parent company is now SEFE Marketing & Trading Limited.
The SEFE name reflects the new role of the SEFE Group in securing energy supply in Europe. The renaming further demonstrates SEFE’s goal to play a long-term role in the market, steering a path toward a sustainable energy future.
SEFE Energy Limited is 100% owned directly by SEFE Marketing & Trading Limited, which is 100% owned directly by SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (“SEFE”).
Since 14 November 2022, SEFE GmbH and its subsidiaries have been owned by the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the “BMWK” (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action).
You can read more about this transfer of ownership, in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action’s press release, dated 14 November 2022.
Yes, our immediate parent company is now SEFE Marketing & Trading Limited (SM&T) which was formerly Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited. SM&T’s parent company is SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH (SEFE) which was formerly Gazprom Germania GmbH.
This change indicates we are entering a new chapter, one we are all very excited about, but it does not impact our day-to-day operations. We remain steadfast in our commitment to offering a reliable and customer-focused service to businesses and organisations across Great Britain.
Our website is now www.sefe-energy.co.uk and all our old URLs have been redirected.
Our email addresses have changed to become @sefe-energy.com, but we will continue to receive correspondence sent to our previous @gazprom-energy.com email addresses for the foreseeable future.
The name on our bank account has changed to SEFE Energy Limited but no other bank details have changed.
All other details, including our addresses and telephone numbers remain the same.
If you are a customer, please contact your account manager or our Customer Service team. All other queries can be submitted via our website at www.sefe-energy.co.uk/contact-us.
No. Your energy supply agreement entered into with us under our previous name (Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail Limited) won’t be amended or affected as a result of this change.
No. Your energy supply agreement entered into with us under our previous name (Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail Limited) won’t be amended or affected as a result of this change. All future payments can be made to our existing bank account – only the bank account name has changed to SEFE Energy Limited.
No. The energy supply agreement entered into with us under our previous name (Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail Limited) won’t be amended or affected in any way as a result of this change.
No. Nothing has changed in relation to hedging and hedged positions. Customers who signed flexible purchasing agreements with us can continue to hedge in accordance with the terms set out in their agreement and will continue to deal with our Quantitative Execution Desk team in Manchester.
The My SEFE Energy portal is available at my.sefe-energy.co.uk.
No. Invoices are being issued as normal, but you will notice we have removed our previous logo and name and replaced with SEFE Energy.
SEFE Energy sources its gas from the same wholesale market as most other suppliers. All trading activity for our customers is undertaken by SEFE Marketing & Trading Ltd - our UK parent company, based in London.
We can also confirm that the SEFE Energy and the wider SEFE Group no longer receives any gas or other commodity supplies from Gazprom.
We have contacted all our vendors, suppliers and partners to inform them that with immediate effect:
