Southern Natural Gas
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Southern Natural Gas Company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama
, is a natural gas
pipeline company that was founded in 1928 and is currently a division of El Paso Corporation. The company was a division of Sonat Inc.
until 1999 when Sonat and El Paso merged. The Company operates the Southern Natural Pipeline
and currently has approximately 8,000 miles of pipeline. The company was located in the Regions Center, previously the AmSouth-Sonat Tower, from 1972 until 2007 when it relocated its headquarters to the Colonial Brookwood Center
.
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
, is a natural gas
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
pipeline company that was founded in 1928 and is currently a division of El Paso Corporation. The company was a division of Sonat Inc.
Sonat
Sonat, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, was a large Fortune 500 American energy holding company. The company was founded in 1928 and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "SNT". Sonat was primarily involved in transmission and marketing natural gas and oil and...
until 1999 when Sonat and El Paso merged. The Company operates the Southern Natural Pipeline
Southern Natural Pipeline
Southern Natural Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline system which brings gas from the Louisiana Gulf of Mexico coast to the southeastern United States. It also has a connection to the Elba Island LNG terminal in Georgia. It is owned by El Paso Corporation and is part of its Birmingham, Alabama...
and currently has approximately 8,000 miles of pipeline. The company was located in the Regions Center, previously the AmSouth-Sonat Tower, from 1972 until 2007 when it relocated its headquarters to the Colonial Brookwood Center
Colonial Brookwood Center
The Colonial Brookwood Center is a 9-story Class A office building located in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Homewood. The office building is owned by Colonial Properties Trust and is a part of the company's Colonial Brookwood Village development. Construction on the building began in 2006...
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