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'''Kansas Gas Service''' is the largest [[natural gas]] distribution company in [[Kansas]], operating in 82 counties. It is a regulated public utility which serves 632,000 customers in 342 communities, employing 1,035 employees.<ref>http://www.kansasgasservice.com/About/Profile.aspx</ref> In addition to owning seven interstate pipeline connections and three intrastate pipeline connections, Kansas Gas Service operates 19,073 miles of pipeline. Headquartered in [[Overland Park]], [[Kansas]], the company has been a division of [[ONEOK]] Inc., a [[Tulsa]]-based Fortune 200 company since 1997.
'''Kansas Gas Service''' is the largest [[natural gas]] distribution company in [[Kansas]], operating in 82 counties. It is a regulated public utility which serves 632,000 customers in 342 communities, employing 1,035 employees.<ref name="About">[http://www.kansasgasservice.com/About/Profile.aspx About Kansas Gas Service]</ref> In addition to owning seven interstate pipeline connections and three intrastate pipeline connections, Kansas Gas Service operates 19,073 miles of pipeline. Headquartered in [[Overland Park]], [[Kansas]], the company has been a division of [[ONEOK]] Inc., a [[Tulsa]]-based Fortune 200 company since 1997.

==History==
'''Kansas Gas Service''' was formed in 1997. It has been known under a variety of names – Gas Service Company, Kansas Gas and Electric Company, KPL and KPL Gas Service - with an 85-year tradition of utility service to customers in Kansas, western Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma. In 1997 when ONEOK, Inc., purchased natural gas assets from Western Resources, the new company named Kansas Gas Service, made a commitment to create an organization that strives for excellence. <ref name="History">[http://www.kansasgasservice.com/en/About.aspx Kansas Gas Service History]</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.kansasgasservice.com/ Company web site]
* [http://www.kansasgasservice.com/ Official Website


[[Category:Natural gas companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Natural gas companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Energy companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Energy companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in Kansas]]
[[Category:Companies based in Kansas]]



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Revision as of 21:39, 7 September 2013

Kansas Gas Service
Company typeDivision of ONEOK
IndustryNatural gas utility
Founded1997
HeadquartersOverland Park, Kansas
Area served
342 Kansas communities
(632,000 customers)
Key people
Brad Dixon, President
ProductsNatural gas distribution
ParentONEOK
WebsiteKansas Gas Service

Kansas Gas Service is the largest natural gas distribution company in Kansas, operating in 82 counties. It is a regulated public utility which serves 632,000 customers in 342 communities, employing 1,035 employees.[1] In addition to owning seven interstate pipeline connections and three intrastate pipeline connections, Kansas Gas Service operates 19,073 miles of pipeline. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, the company has been a division of ONEOK Inc., a Tulsa-based Fortune 200 company since 1997.

History

Kansas Gas Service was formed in 1997. It has been known under a variety of names – Gas Service Company, Kansas Gas and Electric Company, KPL and KPL Gas Service - with an 85-year tradition of utility service to customers in Kansas, western Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma. In 1997 when ONEOK, Inc., purchased natural gas assets from Western Resources, the new company named Kansas Gas Service, made a commitment to create an organization that strives for excellence. [2]

References