Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Mazana ezviuru zvavanhu vakatenga migove yeBritish Gas muma1980 vari mumutsetse wokuwana mari isingatarisirwi pashure pokunge mari yavo yakwira mumutengo usiku hwapfuura. Zvikamu zvacho ndezvimwe zvezvinonyanya kufarirwa muUnited Kingdom nemhaka yemushandirapamwe wokushambadzira wakabudirira zvikuru we"Taurira Sid" apo British Gas yakaitwa kuti ive yega. Usiku hwapfuura migove mune zvino inonzi BG Group yakakwira neanodokusvika 30 muzana kusvika pa 1,153p. Zvikamu zvacho ndezvimwe zvezvinonyanya kufarirwa muUK nemhaka yemushandirapamwe wokushambadzira wakabudirira zvikuru we " Taurira Sid " apo British Gas yakaitwa kuti ive yega. Kukwira kwacho kwakauya mushure mekunge hofori yemafuta Royal Dutch Shell yazivisa hurongwa hwekutenga BG Group muchibvumirano che £47billion. Ndiro rimwe remabhizimisi makuru kupfuura ose akambotengwa. Mashoko echibvumirano chacho akasimudza mutengo wezvikamu zveBG zvino zvinowanikwa navanhu avo pakutanga vakatenga zvikamu zveBritish Gas muna 1986. British Gas yakaitwa kuti ive yega nehurumende yaMargaret Thatcher pashure pokunge mushandirapamwe wakaparadzirwa zvikuru we"Taurira Sid" waitwa. Kutengeswa kwemasheya, uko kwakakurudzira vanhu kuparadzira nhau dzechipo nemutsara unoti "Kana ukaona Sid, muudze", vakaona vanhu vanopfuura mamiriyoni 1,5 vachibhadhara 135p pamugove apo kambani yakanyorwa paStock Exchange. Muna 1997 British Gas yakakamurwa kuva maviri kuti iumbe mafuta anoongorora mafuta BG Group uye muridzi weBritish Gas Centrica. Vagari vemasheya vakagamuchira migove mumakambani ose ari maviri. Vaya vakachengeta migove iyi kubvira ipapo vakagamuchira mazana amakirogiramu mumigove. Munhu upi noupi akatenga migove 100 panguva yokunatsa angadai akabhadhara £135 (£366 nhasi, pashure pokufunga nezvokukwira kwemitengo). Kubatanidzwa mumakambani akazvimiririra eCentrica, National Grid neBG Group, pari zvino kunokosha kupfuura £1,604. Kutorwa kweShell kunorongwa kuchareva kuti varimi zvino vachawana 383p nokuda kwega roga reBG ravanobata. Vashambadziri vachavawo mumutsara wemari dzakakwirira. Asi mari iyi isingatarisirwi hainyanyi kukosha kana ichienzaniswa nemibayiro inopiwa mukuru mukuru weBG Group achangobva kusvika, Helge Lund, uyo anogona kutarisira kuwana mari inodarika £30m mumubhadharo nemamwe makomborero kana chibvumirano chacho chikapedzwa gore rinouya. Ben van Beurden, CEO weRoyal Dutch Shell, (kuruboshwe) anodedera...
Masheya akaita mukurumbira muma1980'Udza Sid'kushambadza kunokwira zvichitevera kutengeswa kweBG Group. Mutengo wacho wakakwira ne30% kusvika pa1,153p pashure pokunge Royal Dutch Shell yataura chinangwa chayo chokutenga. Chibvumirano che£47 bhiriyoni, chimwe chezvinhu zvikuru zvikuru zvinotorwa, chinogadzira kambani ye£200 bhiriyoni.