The Btltm Interbittm Blockchain Platform to Drive NEXT Phase of Energy Trading Systems with Market Leading European Energy Firms
THE BTLTM INTERBITTM BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORM TO DRIVE
NEXT PHASE OF ENERGY TRADING SYSTEMS WITH MARKET
LEADING EUROPEAN ENERGY FIRMS
For Immediate Release
Vancouver, Canada / London, UK January 22, 2018
BTL GROUP LTD. (TSX Venture: BTL) (“BTL” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide further
information on the next phase of its previously announced European energy trading project, under
which four oil and gas supermajors and five leading energy traders including Eni Trading & Shipping,
Total, Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited, Mercuria, Vattenfall, Petroineos and Freepoint,
propose to participate in using BTL’s Interbit blockchain platform to deliver gas trading reconciliation
through to settlement and delivery of trades. This enterprise solution is being called OneOffice and
is a revenue generating project for BTL.
OneOffice - this second phase of BTL’s European energy project - follows the successful completion
of the phase one pilot (see the Company’s press release dated June 5, 2017) which demonstrated
the Interbit platform’s delivery of back office cost saving via smart contracts that automate trade
reconciliation processes. In this second phase, BTL will work with the participants to build the
OneOffice application to deliver cost savings across the trade life cycle.
Interbit, as a next generation blockchain platform, has the capacity to operate and interconnect many
thousands of blockchains per server, in a secure, private and scalable manner and moreover is
designed for ease of use. See the Company’s October 17, 2017 press release for more information
about Interbit’s capabilities and the patents filed in connection therewith.
Francesco Romeo, Eni Trading & Shipping ICT Vice President, said “Following our experience dur-
ing the European energy pilot, we look forward to expanding the scope to enable straight through
processing through the whole settlement process as well as bringing wider participation from the
industry.”
“Total has been trading gas and power since 2000. At the moment, we hear a lot about blockchain
and how this technology could transform the trading processes. If successful, this initiative with BTL
could help us to reduce the risks of human errors and to increase the speed in the reconciliation
process of transactions with our fellow counterparts, ” said Philippe Chauvain, Vice President Risk
Control and IT – Total Gas & Power Limited.
Catherine Newman, General Manager Global IT & Delivery, Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited,
said “Blockchain could provide cross-industry opportunities to improve the speed, security and
efficiency of transactions with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited’s counterparties at the forefront
of technological developments in commodity trading. These opportunities can only be realised by
working collaboratively with other commodity market participants. Although it is early stages yet, the
POC with BTL represents an exciting and potentially disruptive prospect in the near future”.
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“Blockchain has great potential to increase automation and efficiency of our trading operation. Back
office processes for confirmation, settlement and invoicing are ideal use cases for this emerging
technology. We expect significant improvements in these processes by utilising BTL’s OneOffice,”
said Frank van Doorn, acting Head of Trading, Vattenfall.
“Phase two extends from trade reconciliation to settlement using our Interbit application for the
natural gas trade life cycle. We are delighted to be working with some of the largest and most
innovative companies in the energy sector, bringing together like-minded firms that see the potential
of BTL’s industry agnostic blockchain technology in reducing risks, costs and providing better
protection against cyber threats,” said Dominic McCann, BTL’s CEO. “The launch of the OneOffice
project is a significant achievement for BTL as we move closer towards introducing the Interbit
platform across multiple industries later this calendar quarter.”
Recent Annual General Meeting
The Company is also pleased to announce that all resolutions presented before the Company’s
shareholders at its Annual and Special Meeting on January 9, 2018, received requisite approvals by
shareholders of the Company. Elected as directors of the Company were Brian Hinchcliffe, John
Thomson, Dominic McCann and Guy Halford-Thompson. Should the Board of Directors decide to
take further action in connection with the proposed name change of the Company as approved by
shareholders, it will announce such actions at the applicable times.
ABOUT BTLTM AND INTERBITTM
Listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX Venture: BTL) and operating from both Canada and the
UK, BTL is an enterprise technology platform provider that is developing Interbit, a proprietary next
generation blockchain platform. Via Interbit, BTL can help companies greatly reduce risks and costs
by securely streamlining existing IT infrastructures. BTL has successfully demonstrated how Interbit
can innovate and transform existing business processes for leading companies in the finance, en-
ergy and gaming sectors.
Interbit is a fast, private, and scalable inter-connected blockchain platform. Via its suite of APIs and
smart contracts, Interbit allows businesses around the world to improve efficiency in trading and
operations, accelerate development of internal systems, and embrace new revenue generating op-
portunities, while providing the high levels of security, resilience and auditability required in regulated
enterprise environments.
With offices in Vancouver and Calgary, Canada and London, UK, BTL is positioning itself as a front-
runner in the blockchain ecosystem, partnering with and enabling enterprises on Interbit in order to
improve their existing IT systems.
Website: www.btl.co
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockchainltd
Videos: https://youtu.be/YFOH0YEHLak and https://youtu.be/wx-ZOzzNx1U
For further information please contact:
Angus Campbell, Inquiries
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7100 0850
Email: [email protected]
Dominic McCann, CEO
Phone: +1 778 834 8417
Email: [email protected]
Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements, which include which parties will
ultimately participate in phase 2 of the European energy trading project, achievement of desired
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results and the successful completion of phase 2 of the European energy trading project, the timing
of the commercial launch of Interbit, further development of BTL’s business relationships and
business and the development and success of BTL’s technologies and products, and other matters.
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