nyse ato industry energy founded 1906 headquarters dallas texas united states products natural gas revenue 3.886 billion fy 2013 1 operating income 501.879 million fy 2013 1 net income 243.194 million fy 2013 1 total assets 7.940 billion fy 2013 1 total equity 2.580 billion fy 2013 1 number of employees 4 720 september 2013 1 website www.atmosenergy.com atmos energy corporation headquartered in dallas texas is one of the united states largest natural gas only distributors serving over three million natural gas distribution customers in over 1 400 communities in eight states 2 from the blue ridge mountains in the east to the rocky mountains in the west . atmos energy also manages company owned natural gas pipeline and storage assets including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in texas and provides natural gas marketing and procurement services to industrial commercial and municipal customers primarily in the midwest and southeast . contents 1 utility operations 2 non utility operations 3 history 4 charles k. vaughn center 5 references 6 external links utility operations edit colorado kansas division formerly greeley gas acquired 1993 ; 3 added kansas units of united cities gas in 1999 4 kentucky mid states division western kentucky gas company acquired 1989 from texas american energy ; 5 united cities gas acquired 1997 6 louisiana division trans louisiana gas acquired 1988 louisiana gas service acquired 2001 from citizens utilities 7 mid tex division formerly lone star gas and txu gas acquired 2004 8 mississippi division formerly mississippi valley gas acquired 2001 9 west texas division formerly amarillo gas pioneer natural gas and energas atmos sold the gaffney south carolina operations of united cities gas to piedmont natural gas in 2000 . 10 atmos sold its missouri iowa illinois and georgia operations to liberty utilities in 2012 and 2013 . 11 12 non utility operations edit atmos pipeline texas atmos pipeline texas is an intrastate natural gas transmission pipeline network which is connected to three major texas market centers at waha carthage and katy . the atmos pipeline texas pipeline infrastructure is located at or near existing new and proposed gas production fields including the barnett shale in north texas and the bossier sand in east texas . atmos pipeline texas system includes approximately 6 000 miles of transmission pipelines within the state of texas . the atmos pipeline texas system transports gas to the largest local distribution company in the state of texas along with other smaller utilities industrial end users independent power plants and other pipelines . gas supply and services atmos energy gas supply and planning gas supply acquires the natural gas supply for the gas requirements of atmos energy s residential commercial and industrial sales customers located in various states . annual purchases are approximately 290 300 bcf for its distribution customers . gas supply acquires natural gas from a diverse portfolio of wellhead producers and commercial suppliers utilizing a combination of long and short term commitments including purchases from the daily spot market . atmos energy marketing atmos energy marketing is a full service natural gas marketing company providing supply and asset management services to utilities industrial facilities power plants and gas producers . history edit atmos energy corporation s history dates back to 1906 in the panhandle of texas . over the years through various business combinations and mergers the company became known as pioneer corporation a large diversified west texas energy company . in 1983 energas the natural gas distribution division of pioneer was spun off and became an independent publicly held natural gas distribution company . in october 1988 energas changed its corporate name to atmos energy corporation and its stock began trading on the new york stock exchange under the ticker symbol ato . atmos energy has grown through acquisitions its most recent acquisition was the distribution and pipeline operations of txu gas company in october 2004 . today atmos energy corporation is one of the largest all natural gas distributors in the united states . charles k. vaughn center edit named after the first chairman and ceo the charles k. vaughn center is a technical training facility designed for new technicians and veterans who must be certified and recertified on a regular basis . located in plano tx the most visible aspect of the vaughn center is gas city an area designed to enable employees to practice and enhance their professional and safety skills . the area was built to resemble a simulated community with houses mini apartments commercial buildings along with city streets having natural gas infrastructure and a short gas transmission pipeline with pig launchers . 13 references edit a b c d e f atmos energy corporation 10k . u.s. securities and exchange commission . retrieved 2015 09 25 . atmos energy form 8 k current report filing date jan 3 2013 . secdatabase.com . retrieved jan 16 2013 . atmos to acquire greeley . atmos energy ; greeley gas . the oil daily . 1993 03 30 . retrieved 2015 02 27 . united cities gets new name texas firm purchases western kentucky gas . kentucky new era . 1987 06 30 . pp. 13 . retrieved 2015 02 27 . atmos energy completes merger with united cities gas atmos picks up citizens louisiana distribution assets turner tyya n. 2005 . txu corp. . vault guide to the top energy & oil gas employers . vault inc. pp. 173 179 . isbn 9781581313185 . atmos energy to buy mississippi valley gas for 150 million atmos to sell city gas system in south carolina liberty utilities completes acquisition of atmos energy s natural gas distribution businesses in illinois iowa and missouri liberty utilities completes acquisition of atmos energy s natural gas distribution businesses in georgia . retrieved 2015 02 14 . http www.pipelineandgasjournal.com gas training takes giant leap forward external links edit companies portal dallas fort worth portal company web site atmos energy sec filings atmos energy one of the top leading domestic natural gas marketers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title atmos energy & oldid 743419087 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangenatural gas companies of the united statescompanies based in dallascompanies established in 19831983 establishments in texas navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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