, commonly written as 大阪ガス, is a Japanese gas company based in Osaka, Japan. It supplies gas to the Kansai region, especially the Keihanshin area when an advert of 1986 used the Mr. Men series by Roger Hargreaves. Osaka Gas is also engaged in upstream, midstream and downstream energy projects throughout the world, including LNG terminals, pipelines and independent power projects, particularly in Southeast Asia, Australia and North America. Overview Service area : 3,220 km², 68 million households. Annual gas sales : 8,5 billion m³. Pipeline : 56,500km in Japan. The company owns upstream oil and gas assets in Norway and Australia, including Gorgon LNG, Sunrise LNG and Crux projects in Australia and Qalhat LNG in Oman. It also owns pipeline and power assets internationally. History Osaka Gas began operations in 1897 in Nishi-ku, Osaka, on a site now occupied by the Dome City Gas Building near the Kyocera Dome. It expanded to Wakayama in 1911. Following the end of World War II, in October 1945, Osaka Gas merged with 14 other gas companies in the Kansai region, expanding its footprint to cover Kobe and Kyoto. Osaka Gas entered its first overseas upstream LNG project in Brunei in 1972, followed by investments in Indonesia in 1977 and Australia in 1989. Affiliates Osaka Gas Australia Pty Ltd Osaka Gas Engineering Company Limited Osaka Gas Chemical Company Limited Senboku Power Fuel Company Limited Osaka Gas Energy America References Omni Escapes Magazine Escapes Magazine Summer 2018 External links Osaka Gas Official Website Acquisition of Interest in Qalhat LNG Project Acquisition of Interest in Crux project in Australia Australian Pipe & Power Business Participation in Gorgon LNG Project Participation in Hallet 4 Wind Farm project Gorgon project Natural gas companies of Japan Energy companies established in 1897 Japanese companies established in 1897 Companies based in Osaka Prefecture Companies listed on the Osaka Exchange Nomura Holdings