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Sonat

Sonat, Inc., was a large Fortune 500 American energy holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The company was founded in 1928 and was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "SNT". Sonat was primarily involved in natural gas transmission and marketing and oil and gas exploration and production. The company was…

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Founded
1928 as Southern Natural Gas Company
Industry
Energy
Headquarters
AmSouth-Sonat Tower Birmingham, Alabama, US
Fate
Merged
Founder
Christopher Chenery
Key people
Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr., Chief Executive Officer and President

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Sonat

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Edges43
Triples152
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
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related to Sonat Inc., 1980s–1999 · 31
Sonat → After, Alabama, Anspach Grossman Portugal, By, Citrus Corporation, Combining, During, Exploration, Florida Gas Transmission, Forbes, In, In June, Inc, January, Later, Nat, Natural, New York, November, On March
related to Southern Natural Gas Company · 16
Sonat → After, AmSouth-Sonat Tower, Birmingham, Colonial Brookwood Center, Company, Destin Pipeline, El Paso, Florida Gas Transmission, Kinder Morgan, Sea Robin Pipeline, Sonat's, South Georgia Natural Gas, Southern Company, Southern Natural Gas, Southern Natural Gas Company, The
related to Southern Natural Gas Corporation, 1928–1970s · 16
Sonat → Alabama, Also, Birmingham, Birmingham-based Alabama Gas Corporation, Christopher Chenery, DeLong Engineering, DeLong-McDermott, Energen, Humble Oil, In, Inc, Jackup, Ray McDermott, Southern Forest Products, Southern Natural Gas Corporation, The Offshore Company
related to Sonat Exploration · 15
Sonat → Arkansas, As, El Paso, El Paso's Exploration, Fort Smith, Houston, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Production, Shreveport, Sonat Exploration Company, Texas, The, Tyler
related to Sonat Offshore/Transocean · 11
Sonat → Gulf, In, Mexico, Norwegian Transocean ASA, Sonat Offshore, Sonat Offshore Drilling, Southern Natural Gas, The, The Offshore Company, Today Transocean, Transocean Offshore
related to Southern Natural Resources, Inc., 1970s–1980s · 11
Sonat → AmSouth-Sonat Tower, Birmingham, First National Bank, First National-Southern Natural Building, In, In May, Inc, Sonat Offshore, Southern Natural Resources, The, The Offshore Company
related to Teleco Oilfield Services · 11
Sonat → Africa, Asia, Baker Hughes, During Sonat's, Gulf, Mexico, Middle East, North Sea, Teleco, Teleco Oilfield Services, Teleco's
related to Sonat divisions · 10
Sonat → Alabama, AmSouth-Sonat Tower, Birmingham, By, Houston, London, New York City, Oklahoma City, Sonat Inc, Washington
related to Southern Forest Products · 8
Sonat → After, Boise Cascade, Boise Southern, Louisiana, Sonat Minerals, Sonat Minerals Leasing, Southern Forest Products, The
related to Sonat Marine · 6
Sonat → In, Interstate, Interstate Oil Transportation Company, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sonat Marine

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company natural gas offshore southern inc exploration birmingham el division paso drilling transmission corporation marketing 1999 alabama products name headquartered

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SonatFateMerged1.00infobox
SonatFounded1928 as Southern Natural Gas Company1.00infobox
SonatFounderChristopher Chenery1.00infobox
SonatHeadquartersAmSouth-Sonat Tower Birmingham, Alabama, US1.00infobox
SonatIndustryEnergy1.00infobox
SonatKey peopleRonald L. Kuehn, Jr., Chief Executive Officer and President1.00infobox
SonatNumber of employees2,107 (1998)1.00infobox
SonatProductsNatural Gas Transmission and Exploration1.00infobox
SonatRevenue$4.17 billion (1998)1.00infobox
SonatSuccessorEl Paso Corporation1.00infobox
SonatTypeCorporation1.00infobox
Sonatrelated to External linksInc0.60section

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