Equitable Resources

Equitable Resources

:"This article is about the publicly traded energy company, Equitable Resources. For the Swedish private investment firm, see EQT Partners."

Infobox_Company
company_name = Equitable Resources
company_
company_type = Public corporation
nyse|EQT
company_slogan =
foundation = 1888
location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
key_people = Murry S. Gerber (CEO, Chair of Board of Trustees)
num_employees = 1250 (2005)
revenue = gain$1.25 billion USD (2005)
industry = Energy
products = Natural Gas
homepage = [http://www.eqt.com/ www.eqt.com]

Equitable Resources (nyse|EQT) is a Pittsburgh, United States-based, integrated energy company, supplying natural gas, crude oil, and gas-related services to wholesale and retail customers. As the largest natural gas supplier in the Appalachian basin, Equitable Resources operates over convert|1400|mi|km|-1|lk=on of pipeline and serves over 270,000 customers in southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky, USA.

Trivia

* 1888 - Equitable Gas Company founded [cite web|url=http://www.eqt.com/equitable_gas/GasCo1.asp?topic=companyinfo&page=history|title=Equitable Resources - Company History|accessdate=2006-11-13]
* 1900 - acquired by George Westinghouse to become part of Philadelphia Company [cite web|url=http://www.noresco.com/site/content/equitable.asp|title=NORESCO - Company History|accessdate=2006-11-13]
* 1950 - separates from Philadelphia Company and lists on NYSE
* 1984 - changes corporate name to Equitable Resources
* 1997 - acquires NORESCO
* 2000 - acquires Appalachian wells and reserves from Statoil Energy [cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Equitable-Resources-Inc-Company-History.html|title=Equitable Resources - Company History|accessdate=2006-11-13]

External links

* [http://www.eqt.com/ Equitable Resources home page]
* [http://quincy.hbs.edu:8080/lehman/company_histories/p-r/companyHistory.html?companyName=Philadelphia%20Company Philadelphia Company - Company History]

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