Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is the largest distributor of natural gas in the United States, serving 3.2 million customers nationwide. Atmos acquired TXU's natural gas and pipeline holdings in 2004. The company began as Energas in 1983, a spinoff of the natural gas distribution division of Pioneer Corporation. In 1988, the company changed its name to Atmos and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. ...
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Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO), headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is the largest distributor of natural gas in the United States, serving 3.2 million customers nationwide. Atmos acquired TXU's natural gas and pipeline holdings in 2004. The company began as Energas in 1983, a spinoff of the natural gas distribution division of Pioneer Corporation. In 1988, the company changed its name to Atmos and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Atmos Energy is incorporated in Virginia and Texas.
The origins of Atmos Energy comes from Amarillo Gas Company which was founded by brothers Frank and J.C. Storm in 1906 . It was founded in order to manufacture coal gas on the Texas frontier. In 1918, it discovered the largest natural gas field in the world, and hence subsequently Amarillo changed its focus to the production of natural gas. Two years later it delivered its first locally produced natural gas.
In 1924, Amarillo Gas, Amarillo Oil and other businesses became part of a new public...
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