Sonat 2498625 214207847 2008-05-22T15:37:12Z Ralphdaily 7161269 Removed another instance of comma in corp name and removed outdated information location of office building location. Added "area" to Birmingham to ackowledge that company is now located in a suburb. {{Infobox_Company | company_name = Sonat Inc.| company_logo = | company_type = Defunct| company_slogan = | foundation = [[1928]] as Southern Natural Gas Company | location = [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]], [[United States|USA]]| key_people = Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr., [[Chief Executive Officer]] and [[President]] | industry = [[Energy]] | products = Natural Gas Transmission and Exploration| revenue = {{profit}}$4.17 billion [[USD]] ([[1998]]) | num_employees = 2,107 ([[1998]]) | homepage = | }} '''Sonat Inc.''' was an American energy holding company, primarily involved in [[natural gas]], [[oil]] and [[electric]] exploration and production. The company was headquartered in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], [[Alabama]] until it was acquired by [[El Paso Corporation]] in [[1999]] to maintain competition in the natural gas markets. At the time of the merger Sonat was a [[Fortune 500]] company and was listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] under the ticker symbol "SNT". It is now a division of El Paso. The company spun-off its offshore drilling unit as [[Sonat Offshore]] in the early 1990s. [[Southern Natural Gas]] is still headquarted in the Birmingham area. [[Category:Natural gas companies of the United States]] [[Category:Defunct companies of the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Birmingham, Alabama]] {{energy-company-stub}}