- Sonat
Infobox_Company | company_name = Sonat Inc.
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company_type = Defunct
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foundation = 1928 as Southern Natural Gas Company
location = Birmingham,Alabama , USA
key_people = Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.,Chief Executive Officer andPresident
industry =Energy
products = Natural Gas Transmission and Exploration
revenue = profit$4.17 billionUSD (1998)
num_employees = 2,107 (1998)
homepage =Sonat Inc. was an American energy holding company, primarily involved in
natural gas ,oil andelectric exploration and production. The company was headquartered in Birmingham,Alabama until it was acquired byEl Paso Corporation in 1999 to maintain competition in the natural gas markets. At the time of the merger Sonat was aFortune 500 company and was listed on theNew York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "SNT". It is now a division of El Paso. The company spun-off its offshore drilling unit asSonat Offshore in the early 1990s.Southern Natural Gas is still headquarted in the Birmingham area.
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