is about the energy company . for the telescope company see questar corporation . for other uses see questar disambiguation . questar corporation type public nyse str industry natural gas founded 1928 headquarters salt lake city utah united states products natural gas number of employees 1 725 2014 website www.questar.com coordinates 40 46 n 111 53 w 40.767 n 111.883 w 40.767 ; 111.883 questar corporation nyse str is a natural gas focused energy company based in salt lake city utah in the rocky mountains . questar s three major lines of business retail gas distribution interstate gas transportation and gas production are conducted through its principal subsidiaries questar gas questar pipeline and wexpro . wexpro is an oil and natural gas producer in the rocky mountains . previously known as mountain fuel supply company the company reorganized under a holding company in 1984 and is publicly traded as questar corporation . mountain fuel supply formally changed its name to questar gas company in 1998 . contents 1 history 1.1 mountain fuel supply 1.2 questar corporation 1.3 questar s new headquarters questar center 1.4 deregulation 1.5 e & p business spin off 2 business structure 2.1 questar gas company 2.2 questar pipeline company 2.3 wexpro company 3 references 4 external links history edit questar corporation s origins began in 1928 as a holding company named western public service corporation . that company was formed to bring natural gas to the salt lake city region of northern utah from fields across the state border to the east in southwestern wyoming . mountain fuel supply company was at that time the name of the holding company s oil and gas exploration and production affiliate . 1 mountain fuel supply edit in 1935 the shareholders voted to reorganize western public service corporation as a single company . mountain fuel supply company mfs then became the name of the reorganized consolidated company 1 which was publicly traded on the new york stock exchange under that name from then until 1984 . 2 beginning in 1935 it also paid a cash dividend to shareholders every year since that time . 3 in 1963 the company began to use a new trademark logo in the shape of a trapezoid . that logo remained in use until becoming questar gas in 1998 . 1 questar corporation edit in 1984 mountain fuel supply company shareholders voted to return to the holding company structure and chose the name questar corporation as the new parent holding company name . questar corporation continues to trade on the nyse under its stock symbol str . 3 questar s new headquarters questar center edit construction began in august 2010 on a new 45 million 6 story building at 333 south state street in downtown salt lake city utah . the new facility was completed and opened in march 2012 . the 170 000 square foot 16 000 m2 building replaces questar s former headquarters located at 180 east 100 south . the new questar center building is one of the first leed silver energy efficient buildings in downtown salt lake . the new headquarters accommodates some 600 questar employees in a floor plan that is 20 percent smaller than questar s former headquarters . employees working at questar s d.n. rose operation center in salt lake city will continue to operate from that location as well . deregulation edit on january 1 1998 mountain fuel supply company was renamed questar gas company bringing all of questar s divisions under the single questar brand name . the move was prompted by new deregulation in the energy industry which allowed the company to offer wider choices to customers and to venture into new lines of business . the old mountain fuel supply name had been primarily associated with natural gas delivery up until that time . in 1998 the questar corporation also began to use its newly reworked version of the traditional trapezoid logo throughout the organization . 1 at the time r. d. cash was chairman president and chief executive officer of questar corporation . 1 other questar affiliates were already moving into newly available energy market areas such as questar energy trading which had begun to market electricity on the wholesale level and questar energy services which had begun selling retail products including earthquake braces and carbon monoxide monitors and providing home security and appliance maintenance services . also questar infocomm began selling information technology and telecommunications . 1 by 1998 questar corporation had become one of the largest companies headquartered in utah with 2 500 employees and about us 1.8 billion in assets . the company had two major divisions regulated services included retail natural gas distribution and interstate natural gas transportation market resources included natural gas and oil exploration and production wholesale and retail energy trading and marketing natural gas gathering and other field services . 1 in april 2003 d. n. nick rose president and chief executive officer of questar regulated services retired and alan k. allred who served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the qrs group succeed rose . 4 by 2006 the regulated services segment had been subdivided instead into segments named questar gas and questar pipeline for a total of three primary subsiary companies within questar with four major lines of business 5 gas and oil exploration and production midstream field services interstate gas transportation retail gas distribution in 2005 knox lawrence international acquired consonus inc. a questar subsidiary which was formed 5 years ago and had housed and managed computer data centers for dozens of businesses . questar corp. was getting out of the data center management business . 6 e & p business spin off edit on july 1 2010 questar market resources qmr exploration and production business was spun off to form a new publicly traded company qep resources inc. nyse qep . qep established its company headquarters in denver colo. questar corporation s board of directors elected ron w. jibson as president and ceo . on october 19 2014 tesoro logistics lp agreed to buy qep resources inc. s natural gas pipeline and processing business for 2.5 billion in cash to expand its business in the rocky mountains and north dakota business structure edit questar s operations consist of three major lines of business retail gas distribution interstate gas transportation and gas production . 5 questar gas company edit questar gas company qgc retail gas distribution is a public natural gas utility in utah southwestern wyoming and southeastern idaho . questar pipeline company edit questar pipeline company qpc interstate pipeline and storage in utah wyoming and colorado . questar pipeline southern trails pipeline from the san juan county new mexico blanco hub through the san juan basin to california clay basin storage facility in the rocky mountains gathering lines and processing plants near price utah wexpro company edit wexpro company wex develops and produces gas and oil on certain properties for affiliate questar gas under the terms of a long standing comprehensive agreement with the states of utah and wyoming . wexpro delivers natural gas production to questar gas at a price equal to wexpro s cost of service . references edit a b c d e f g new name for mountain fuel new logo for questar companies prnewswire source questar gas co. salt lake city aug. 13 1997 mountain fuel supply co reports earnings for qtr to june 30 new york times archives published july 28 1983 a b standard & poor s stock guide various issues questar announces retirement of d. n. nick rose . a b full description questar corp str nyse reuters.com questar division acquired by a n.y. company . external links edit questar corporation website questar gas website thermwise website questar surplus materials website questar pipeline website questar pipeline website questar overthrust website questar southern trails website white river hub website wexpro 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