Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON poses before the start of the company's annual news conference in Duesseldorf. Wulf Bernotat, CEO of German utility group E.ON poses before the start of the company's annual news conference in Duesseldorf, March 10, 2005. E.ON said on Thursday it was studying prospects for entering the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market to diversify its pipeline-based gas business. REUTERS/Kirsten Neumann