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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<ref name=hoover>{{cite web|title=Korea Gas Corporation Company Information|url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.Korea_Gas_Corporation.ab1f952effbf763d.html|website=Hoover’s Inc|access-date=29 November 2014}}</ref> and operates four LNG regasification terminals and 4,945&nbsp;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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-lng-idUSKCN1OP078|title=World's largest floating LNG platform starts production in Australia|date=2018-12-26|work=Reuters|access-date=2019-05-16|language=en}}</ref> Production started in December 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shell.com.au/media/2018-media-releases/prelude-starts-production.html|title=Prelude starts production|website=www.shell.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daegudonggu.grandculture.net/daegudonggu/dir/GC40200692?category=%ED%91%9C%EC%A0%9C%EC%96%B4&depth=3&name=%ED%95%98&type=titleKor&search=%ED%95%98|title=한국가스공사|website=대구동구문화대전}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Energy|Companies}} *Daegu KOGAS Pegasus *KOGAS-Tech

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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.kogas.or.kr/site/eng/main}} {{in lang|ko|en}} {{Finance links |name= Korea Gas |google= 036460:KRX |yahoo= 036460.KS |bloomberg= 036460:KS |reuters= 036460.KS }}

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Category:Natural gas companies of South Korea Category:Natural gas pipeline companies Category:Energy companies established in 1983 Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1983 Category:Companies listed on the Korea Exchange Category:Companies in the KOSPI 200 Category:Companies based in Daegu Category:Government-owned companies of South Korea

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