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  • Centrica: British Gas owner’s shares rise after £1.5bn deal revealed

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    Shares in Centrica, the FTSE 100 owner of British Gas, have jumped after it joined forces with Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to snap up Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal for £1.5bn In a statement issued to the London Stock Exchange, Centrica hailed its bumper acquisition of the National Grid’s Grain LNG, which stores [...]

    Centrica is the UK's largest listed energy provider (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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