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Osaka Gas

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (大阪ガス株式会社 or 大阪瓦斯株式会社), commonly written as 大阪ガス, is a Japanese gas company based in Osaka, Japan. It supplies gas to the Kansai region, especially the Keihanshin area.

Osaka Gas is also engaged in upstream, midstream and downstream energy projects throughout the world, including LNG terminals, pipelines and independent power projects, particularly in Southeast Asia, Australia and North America.[3]

Overview

The company serves 68 million households over a 3,220km2 area. It has annual gas sales of 8.5 billion m3 and operates 56,500km of pipeline in Japan.

The company owns upstream oil and gas assets in Norway and Australia, including Gorgon LNG, Sunrise LNG and Crux projects in Australia [4] and Qalhat LNG in Oman. They have a Liquefied natural gas terminal in Senboku, as well as providing bunkering services for ships.[5][6]

It also owns pipeline and power assets internationally.[7]

History

Osaka Gas began operations in 1897 in Nishi-ku, Osaka, on a site now occupied by the Dome City Gas Building near the Kyocera Dome. It expanded to Wakayama in 1911. Following the end of World War II, in October 1945, Osaka Gas merged with 14 other gas companies in the Kansai region, expanding its footprint to cover Kobe and Kyoto.

Osaka Gas entered its first overseas upstream LNG project in Brunei in 1972, followed by investments in Indonesia in 1977 and Australia in 1989.[8]

Affiliates

  • Osaka Gas Australia Pty Ltd [9]
  • Osaka Gas Engineering Company Limited
  • Osaka Gas Chemical Company Limited
  • Senboku Power Fuel Company Limited
  • Osaka Gas Energy America[10]

External links

References

  1. Financial Statement (Year ended on March 31, 2012) Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., April 26, 2012, retrieved November 5, 2012^
  2. Message from the President retrieved 2024-01-11^
  3. International Energy Business www.osakagas.co.jp, retrieved 2016-11-29^
  4. Portfolio - Osaka Gas Australia Pty Ltd retrieved 2014-10-22^
  5. This content was updated on. Power plant profile: Senboku LNG Terminal I Power Plant, Japan Power Technology, 2022-01-07, retrieved 2025-08-26^
  6. Jessica Casey. Osaka Gas becomes launches shore-to-ship LNG bunkering service LNG Industry, 2025-04-24, retrieved 2025-08-26^
  7. C-Direct Japan retrieved 2007-03-30^
  8. 沿革 www.osakagas.co.jp, retrieved 2016-11-29^
  9. Osaka Gas Australia^
  10. Osakagas english page retrieved 2011-05-17^