EQT

This article is about the publicly traded energy company, EQT Corporation. For the Swedish private investment firm, see EQT Partners.

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) is a Pittsburgh, United States-based, integrated energy company, supplying natural gas, crude oil, and gas-related services to wholesale and retail customers. As the largest natural gas supplier in the Appalachian Basin, EQT operates over 1,400 miles (2,250 km) of pipeline and serves over 270,000 customers in southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky, USA.

History

• 1888 - Equitable Gas Company founded^[1]
• 1900 - acquired by George Westinghouse to become part of Philadelphia Company^[2]
• 1950 - separates from Philadelphia Company and lists on NYSE
• 1984 - changes corporate name to Equitable Resources
• 1995 - offers first fixed bill energy contract in US where what a customer pays for energy is fixed no matter what the weather does.
• 1997 - acquires NORESCO
• 2000 - acquires Appalachian wells and reserves from Statoil Energy^[3]
• 2008 - Became a component of the S&P 500^[4]
• 2009 - Changes name to EQT Corporation

External links

• EQT Corporation home page
• Philadelphia Company - Company History

References