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   History  
  1990 Contacts with Norwegian authorities and producers  
  Summer 1992 First participation in ONS – Offshore Northern Seas  
  February 1993 Oberhof-Lillehammer twinning city program initiated  
  December 1993 Contract for 4 billion m³/a signed with GFU  
  April 1994 Cooperation between TU Bergakademie Freiberg, NTNU and VNG in the field of research and teaching begins  
  June 1995 NETRA transport contract signed  
  April 1996 The Royal Norwegian Honorary Consulate in Saxony moves into the VNG headquarters  
  October 1996 Gas deliveries from Norway commence  
  May 1997 Transportation of Norwegian natural gas to the Czech Republic begins  
  March 1998 Dr. Klaus-Ewald Holst, Chairman of the Executive Board of VNG, is appointed Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul for the State of Saxony  
  October 1998 Deliveries reach plateau level  
  October 2000 Transportation of Norwegian natural gas to Poland begins  
  June 2001 Norwegian gas sales system reorganized  
  November 2005 Dr. Klaus-Ewald Holst becomes Royal Norwegian Honorary Consul General  
  December 2005 VNG extends gas delivery contract with Statoil until 2022  
  February 2006 VNG extends gas delivery contract with TOTAL until 2022  
  July 2006 The subsidiary VNG Norge AS is established  
  August 2006 Pre-qualification of VNG as a licensee on the Norwegian Continental Shelf VNG Norge makes its debut at ONS 2006  
  June 2007 VNG Norge takes over licence shares (PL 379/PL 389) from TOTAL E&P NORGE AS  
  August 2007 VNG Norge takes over licence shares (PL 270/PL 426) from Endeavour Energy Norge AS  
  April 2009 VNG AG takes over all shares in Endeavour Energy Norge AS. EEN changes name temporarily to VNG Norge (Operations) AS  
  Summer 2009 VNG Norge (Operations) AS drills its first well as an operator on Agat PL 270  
  October 2009 VNG Norge AS and VNG Norge (Operatiaons) AS merge to VNG Norge AS with offices in Stavanger and in Oslo  
  May 2010 VNG Danmark is established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of VNG Norge AS / VNG Danmark buys shares in licenses from DONG  
  December 2010 Solsort oil discovery on the Danish Continental Shelf  
  January/April 2011 VNG Norge is awarded 6 new licences on the NCS, including 2 operatorships  
February 2012 VNG Norge is awarded 6 new licences on the NCS, including 4 operatorships

Total gas deliveries from Norway to VNG: Over 43,6 billion m³