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Business model, strategy and sustainability management

Company

RAG Austria AG is Austria’s largest energy storage company, and one of Europe’s leading gas storage facility operators. Our business focus is market driven storage, conversion and conditioning of energy in gaseous forms.

The company has gas storage capacity of about 6.4 billion cubic metres of natural gas, or about 6% of total capacity in the EU. A large part of RAG’s gas fields have already been converted into storage facilities, which can rapidly discharge stored energy in large quantities on-demand. In this way RAG is delivering on its vision of “sustainable energy mining”, and decisively reinforcing security of supply in Austria and Europe.

In addition, RAG is increasingly using new technologies such as power-to-gas to produce green gas and hydrogen through water and methane electrolysis. In doing so, we combine traditional expertise with modern technologies and are actively shaping the transition to the energy landscape of the future.

Legal form

RAG is a non-listed public limited company based in Austria. The company’s main focus is the storage, conversion, processing, and supply of gaseous energy sources based on demand. The production of crude oil and natural gas in Upper Austria and Salzburg from already discovered underground sandstone reservoirs is essential to ensure their responsible long-term use. In addition to natural gas production, RAG is increasingly focusing on new technologies, such as power-to-gas, for the production of green gas, i.e., hydrogen via water and methane electrolysis.

RAG’s core activities are covered under the following NACE codes, which the EU uses as economic classification codes to classify the economic activities of companies systematically: 06.10 “Extraction of crude petroleum” and 06.20 “Extraction of natural gas,” 35.21 “Gas production” (production of hydrogen through water and methane electrolysis) as well as 35.23 “Gas transmission through pipelines” and 35.24 “Gas storage for supply purposes” (storage of natural gas and hydrogen).

Ownership structure

RAG is a public limited company that focuses on long-term stability and regional roots. EVN AG, a leading energy company in Austria, holds a 50.025% majority stake, with Uniper Global Commodities SE holding a further 29.975 %. Energie Steiermark Kunden GmbH and Salzburg AG each hold 10 % of the shares. This structure brings together strong partners from the energy sector and ensures a forward-looking, environmentally and socially responsible approach.

Partnerships / Joint Ventures

Haidach natural gas storage facility

The Haidach natural gas storage facility was developed, planned and constructed by RAG under its own concession and project management. Since commissioning, RAG has been responsible for comprehensive technical operations management. The German SEFE Group (SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH and SEFE Energy Holding GmbH) holds a stake of around 56% in the storage facility. The capacities of the Haidach storage facility are marketed by SEFE Storage GmbH and RES.

7Fields natural gas storage network

The 7Fields natural gas storage network was also developed, planned and built by RAG under its own concession and project management. RAG has been responsible for all technical operations since then. The German company Uniper Energy Storage holds a stake of around 50%. The capacities of the 7Fields storage network are marketed by Uniper Energy Storage GmbH and RES.

Silenos Energy Geothermie Garching-Alz

Silenos Energy Geothermie Garching a. d. Alz GmbH & Co KG is a joint venture between RAG and the European construction services provider STRABAG SE. The company combines RAG's decades of underground expertise in geology and deep exploration technology with STRABAG's expertise in power plant and plant construction. The aim is to ensure safe plant operation, extract heat for the local district heating network and, if necessary, expand the plant.

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Core business

The company’s main focus is on the storage, conversion, and demand-oriented supply of gaseous energy sources. In this way, RAG makes an important contribution to achieving climate targets, the European Union’s strategic securityof- supply goals, and the sustainable supply of energy and raw materials in Austria. 

With a working gas volume of around 6.4 billion cubic meters, RAG accounts for around 6 % of all EU-wide gas storage capacity. In addition, RAG processes natural gas for customers, thus providing high-performance, large-volume energy for electricity, heat, and mobility as needed.

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Innovation and transformation

A large proportion of the RAG natural gas reservoirs that have been developed have already been converted into underground energy storage facilities that can provide flexible and powerful energy.

In this way, RAG is realising its vision of "sustainable energy mining" and thus significantly strengthening the security of supply in Austria and Central Europe. In the future, the storage facilities will also be able to store green gas and hydrogen on a sustainable and large-scale basis on a seasonal basis, so that it can then be processed at any time and made available with the required output.

For over a decade, RAG has been actively promoting the development and demonstration of seasonal hydrogen storage and energy technologies related to green gas. As long as there is a lack of suitable political framework conditions and investment incentives for the expansion of a hydrogen infrastructure, natural gas will remain an indispensable energy source in the energy mix – especially for industry and electricity generation with combined heat and power plants.

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Markets and customer groups

The company operates primarily in Austria, although the storage facilities' sphere of influence extends far beyond the country's borders. Its most important customer groups include national and international energy suppliers, gas traders, industrial companies and the Republic of Austria, for which it maintains a strategic gas reserve.

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Raw material production & security of supply

In the provinces of Upper Austria and Salzburg, RAG produces natural gas primarily to meet its own and regional gas demand.

Its subsidiary REP GmbH extracts domestic crude oil in Upper Austria in accordance with the highest environmental and safety standards. Regional production reduces dependence on imports, lowers emissions through short transport distances by rail and strengthens domestic value creation. 

In addition, RAG operates a strategically important tank farm that enables petroleum and mineral oil importers to store the minimum reserves required by law (mandatory emergency reserves) in order to provide additional security for Austria's supply in the event of an emergency.

Financial indicators

The economic performance and key figures presented here include the following RAG Austria AG Group as a whole.

Status: December 2025

Key financial figures (in million euros) - Group in accordance with IFRS

2025

Balance sheet total

666.1

Shareholders' equity

326.1

Revenues

755.8

Earnings before interests and taxes (EBIT)

102.1

Profit after tax

74.4

Total investments (cash flow from investing activities)

22.5

Status: December 2024

Key financial figures (in million euros) - Group in accordance with IFRS

2024

Balance sheet total

711.7

Shareholders' equity

323.1

Revenues

704.4

Earnings before interests and taxes (EBIT)

112.0

Profit after tax

80.6

Total investments (cash flow from investing activities)

19.9

Revenue from fossil fuels

RAG is active in several fossil fuel sectors and generated the following revenues as of December 31, 2025:

Revenue from fossil fuels (€ million)20242025
total fossil fuels672.0719.0
of which gas640.8695.3
of which oil31.223.7

Number of employees

As of December 31, 2025, RAG employs a total of 247 people2 (compared to 249 in 2024). This calculation only accounts for the company’s own workforce. External workers, such as temporary agency workers, are not included in this calculation.

Sustainability information from RAG