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438. Korea Gas

Rank: 438 (Previous rank: N.A.)
CEO: Kangsoo Choo
Employees: 2,848
Address: 215 Jeongja-dong
Seongnam, 463-754
Country: South Korea
Website: www.kogas.or.kr

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	21,075.8	37.3
Profits	300.9	-23.3
Assets	17,421.2	—
Stockholders' equity	3,238.1	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	1.4
Assets	1.7

Industry: Energy

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Gazprom	22	141,454.7
2	E.ON	26	127,277.7
3	GDF Suez	53	99,419.1


4	Rwe	89	71,850.8
5	Ko� Holding	172	44,167.9
6	GasTerra	227	35,059.1
7	Korea Gas	438	21,075.8
8	Marquard & Bahls	462	19,851.1
9	Gas Natural SDG	464	19,824.2
10	Constellation Energy	465	19,818.3
11	AREVA	480	19,308.9

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