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Alabama Gas Corporation, known as Alagasco, was the largest natural gas utility in the north and central part of Alabama. It was headquartered in Birmingham and at its peak provided natural gas energy to 460,000 homes and businesses. In 2014, Energen Corporation sold Alagasco to The Laclede Group of St. Louis. After the acquisition of several ...
The streets of Birmingham were lit by gas for the first time on 14 April 1819. The Birmingham Gas Light and Coke Company, formed by an Act of Parliament, obtained the business of Gosling in 1819. [1] The Gas Retort House was constructed in 1822 [2] where town gas was manufactured by heating coal in the absence of air. This operated until 1850.
The Windsor Street gasholders pictured in 2009. The Windsor Street Gasworks was a coal gas and coke manufacturing site in Nechells, Birmingham.The works were constructed in 1846 for the Birmingham Gas Light and Coke Company adjacent to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal to allow for the bulk import of coal.
The Gas Retort House (grid reference) at 39 Gas Street, Birmingham, England is the last remaining building of Birmingham's first gas works. It was rediscovered in 1992 during a proposed redevelopment of land on Gas Street when the city planning department noticed the unusual roof design of cast iron trusses and wrought iron rods.
Laclede Gas Company was one of the original 12 industrial companies that made up the Dow Jones Industrial Average but was removed in 1899. [5] On December 7, 2009, executives from The Laclede Group visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to ring the closing bell and commemorate the company’s 120th anniversary of trading on the exchange.
Sonat was founded in Birmingham, Alabama, as Southern Natural Gas Corporation in 1928. In 1953, the company spun off its natural gas utility division, forming Birmingham-based Alabama Gas Corporation. In 1968, the company expanded into forestry by creating Southern Forest Products, Inc.
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Energen Corporation was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration.In 2018, the company was acquired by Diamondback Energy.. As of 31 December 2017, the company had 444 million barrels of oil equivalent (2.72 × 10 9 GJ) of proved reserves, of which 58% was petroleum, 22% was natural gas, and 20% was and natural gas liquids and all of which were in the Permian Basin.