Mobile Gas

Mobile Gas
Subsidiary of Spire Inc
Industry Utilities
Founded 1836
Headquarters Mobile, Alabama, United States
Products Natural Gas Provider
Website http://www.mobile-gas.com/

Mobile Gas, headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, is the largest natural gas utility in coastal Alabama that provides energy to 89,000 homes and businesses. Its operations date back to 1836 when it began providing gas lighting for the city of Mobile. It has distribution territory in the cities of Mobile, Prichard, Saraland, Satsuma, Semmes, Bayou La Batre, Creola, Mt. Vernon, Spanish Fort, and Loxley.[1] Within those cities, Mobile Gas operates 2,250 miles of pipeline and about 46 miles of transmission lines. their current revenue is $50- $100 million per year. [2]

Mobile Gas was one of two operating units of Sempra U.S. Gas & Power. In 2016 Sempra sold EnergySouth Inc, the parent company of Mobile Gas, to Spire Inc of St. Louis, Missouri.[3] Spire Inc bought Mobile gas in 2016 as well as Willmut Gas for $334 million.[4] Spire Inc is a publicly traded company and is the modern iteration of The Laclede Group, one of the first companies to have made up the Dow Jones. Spire currently serves over 1.7 million people in Alabama, Mississippi and Missouri. Spire was originally known as The Lacede Group until the name was voted to be changed to Spire Inc. Spire is currently made up of acquisitions of [Missouri Gas Energy], [Alabama Gas Corporation], [Energy South], Mobile Gas, and Willmut Gas.

References

  1. ↑ "About Mobile Gas". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ↑ https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Mobile-Gas-Service-EI_IE837128.11,29.htm
  3. ↑ "Sempra U.S. Gas & Power Closes Sale of Parent Company of Mobile Gas and Willmut Gas". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/spire-acquires-mobile-gas-and-willmut-gas-300326375.html
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