Global Energy Services Inc history

1858: Ferdinand de Lesseps founds the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez in Paris with plans to cut a 100-mile canal to connect the Mediterranean with the Red Sea.

1880: Société Lyonnaise des Eaux et de l’Éclairage is formed in Paris.

1946: The French state nationalizes the assets of private gas and power companies, creating Gaz de France and changing the name of Société Lyonnaise des Eaux et de l’Éclairage to Lyonnaise des Eaux.

1965: The LNG carrier Jules Verne carries the first cargo of liquefied natural gas from RG area to the new gas terminal at LeHavre.

1967: Compagnie de Suez becomes a shareholder in Lyonnaise des Eaux.

Signature of the Agreement Establishing the IEA, 18 November 1974.

1980: The major international expansion of Gaz de France and Compagnie de Suez begins.

1997: Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux emerges as the world leader in the provision of local services out of the merger between Compagnie de Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux.

2004: SUEZ focuses on 5 core businesses: power, gas and energy, water and environmental services.

The second was in 2005, after the hurricanes Katrina and Rita damaged oil infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico.

2008 : GDF SUEZ is born out of the merger between SUEZ and Gaz de France.

2011: GDF SUEZ acquires 70% of International Power to become the world's largest independent power generator.

2014: The GDF SUEZ Group employs more than 152,900 people worldwide with operations in 70 countries generating annual revenue of €74.7 billion.