Korea Gas Corporation

South Korean company

Korea Gas Corporation

Native name	한국가스공사
Company type	Public State-owned Enterprise
Traded as	KRX: 036460
Founded	1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Headquarters	Daegu , South Korea
Website	kogas.or.kr

Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) is a South Korean public natural gas company that was established by the Korean government in 1983. KOGAS has grown into the largest LNG-importing company in the world^[1] and operates four LNG regasification terminals and 4,945 km of natural gas pipelines in South Korea.

The company has a stake in the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas facility in Australia, along with investors Shell, Inpex Corporation, and CPC Corporation. It is the largest floating production structure in the world.^[2] Production started in December 2018.^[3]

History

The company started in 1983.The company was the first company to introduce liquefied natural gas to domestic markets in the country in 1986.^[4]

References

^ "Korea Gas Corporation Company Information". Hoover’s Inc. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
^ "World's largest floating LNG platform starts production in Australia". Reuters. 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
^ "Prelude starts production". www.shell.com.au. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
^ "한국가스공사". 대구동구문화대전.