02-09-09 E.ON Gastransport and Bayerngas will merge their natural gas pipeline networks with those of three other partners in October 2009.
The companies will merge with GdF Suez's GRTgas Deutschland, ENI Gas Transport Deutschland, and GVS Netz will merge their individual gas networks into one.

The combined market area will be Germany's largest single gas transmission pipeline system totalling 14,800 km and connecting to more than 400 gas grids.