Texas Gas Service is the third largest

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distribution company in the U.S. state of

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

. It is a regulated

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which serves more than 884,000 customers in 100 communities, employing 1,000 employees. It operates 10,900 miles of service lines, pipelines and other natural gas distribution properties. Texas Gas Service is a division of

ONE Gas ONE Gas, Inc. is a stand-alone, 100 percent regulated, publicly traded natural gas utility and is one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States. ONE Gas provides natural gas distribution services to more than 2 million customers i ...

, Inc.

History

Texas Gas Service was formed in 2003 when ONEOK purchased the Texas assets of Southern Union Company. Southern Union was created in far-west Texas in 1929 and had since acquired properties in

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, Austin, the

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and other regions of Texas now part of the Texas Gas Service territory. Texas Gas Service has an over 80 year tradition of utility service to customers throughout Texas. ONEOK spun off Texas Gas Service and its two other distribution companies—

Oklahoma Natural Gas Company Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, ...

and

Kansas Gas Service Kansas Gas Service is the largest natural gas distribution company in the U.S. state of Kansas, operating in 82 counties. It is a regulated public utility which serves 634,000 customers in 360 communities, employing 1,000 employees. In addition t ...

—to form

in February 2014.

References

External links

Official Website
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