Union Gas

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Union Gas Ltd.
Union Gas
Company type Subsidiary
IndustryOil & Gas Pipelines
FoundedDecember 19, 1911 [1]
FateAmalgamated into Enbridge Gas Inc.
Headquarters
50 Keil Drive North,
Chatham, Ontario, Canada N7M 5M1
Key people
Steve Baker, President
Total assets $8.2 billion (2017)
Number of employees
2,300 (2018)
Parent Enbridge
Website www.uniongas.com

Union Gas was a major Canadian natural gas company based in Ontario. Its distribution arm serviced approximately 1.5 million customers in northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario. [1] Union Gas has been a subsidiary of Enbridge since February 2017, when former parent Spectra Energy merged into Enbridge. [2]

Union Gas Limited and Enbridge Gas Distribution merged under the corporate name Enbridge Gas Inc. on January 1, 2019. [3] Enbridge has since begun to gradually phase out the Union Gas name in favour of its corporate brand.

In addition to natural gas service, Union Gas formerly rented gas-powered water heaters to residential customers; this operation was separated into a sister company, Union Energy, in 1999. [4] Union Energy in 2021 was acquired by CK Asset Holdings (75%) and CK Infrastructure Holdings (25%), which are affiliated with Li Ka-shing, [5] [6] and is now known as Reliance Home Comfort. [7]

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References

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