Korea Gas Corporation

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The 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.

Korea Gas Corporation
Native name
한국가스공사
Company typePublic
State-owned Enterprise
KRX: 036460
Founded1983; 41 years ago (1983)
Headquarters,
South Korea
Websitewww.kogas.or.kr (English)

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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Korea Gas Corporation Company Information". Hoover’s Inc. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ^ "World's largest floating LNG platform starts production in Australia". Reuters. 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  3. ^ "Prelude starts production". www.shell.com.au. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  4. ^ "한국가스공사". 대구동구문화대전.
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  • Official website (in Korean and English)
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