Korea Gas Corporation

Korea Gas Corporation
Type	Public
Traded as	KRX: 036460
Industry	Gas utility
Founded	1983
Headquarters	Daegu, South Korea
Key people	Young-Doo Kim
Revenue	KRW 221,723 hundred million (2017)
Operating income	KRW 10,339 hundred million (2017)
Net income	KRW -11,917 hundred million (2017)
Total assets	KRW 371,394 hundred million (2017)
Total equity	KRW 81,404 hundred million (2017)
Owner	Ministry of Strategy and Finance 26.15% ; Korea Electric Power Corporation 20.47% ; Korean local governments 7.93%
Number of employees	3,965
Website	www.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 4,824 km of natural gas pipelines in South Korea.

Young-Doo Kim has been Acting president of KOGAS since 2018.

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]

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.

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[hoover-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.