Inergy
American supplier of propane
Inergy, L.P. (NYSE: NRGY) is an American supplier of propane based in Kansas City, Missouri that claims to be the fourth-largest propane retailer in the United States. Serving 800,000 customers in 28 states. It is also a major salt miner via its U.S. Salt LLC subsidiary with its salt caverns later being used for natural gas storage.
It was founded in 1998 by its current president and CEO John J. Sherman after he sold his start up propane marketing company LPG Services Group to Dynegy. As of November 2010, the company had acquired 89 businesses – mostly regional and local propane distributors.
It operates 28 states and employs approximately 3,000 associates and has 700,000 customers.
In August 2010 it acquired its parent Inergy Holdings which had also traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NRGP in a deal valued at $2 billion with the resulting company being reported to be worth $6 billion. Prior to the acquisition both companies shared the same offices in Kansas City.
Midstream operations
Its midstream operations include
West Coast Midstream Operations near Bakersfield, California which provides 25 million ft3 (710,000 m3) per day natural gas processing as well as a rail and truck terminals.
Tres Palacios Gas Storage, Matagorda County, Texas adjacent to the Eagle Ford Formation which has 38.4 billion ft3 (1.09 billion m3) of working gas
Steuben Gas Storage, Steuben County, New York, 6.2 billion ft3 (180 million m3) of gas storage
Thomas Corners Gas Storage Steuben County, New York, 7.0 billion ft3 (200 million m3) of storage
Finger Lakes LPG Storage, Steuben County with 1.7 million bbl (270,000 m3) LPG storage and Watkins Glen, New York facility 5 million bbl (790 thousand m3) of LPG storage.
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