Union Gas at a Glance

A quick reference guide of company highlights and activities. Looking for who we serve, where we are and what we do? You’ll find the short answers here.

History

Close to a century of service to customers in southwestern Ontario and close to a half century in northern and eastern Ontario.

Location

• Head Office
  50 Keil Drive North
  Chatham, Ontario
  N7M 5M1
  Phone: (519) 352-3100
     

• District Offices - Windsor, Chatham, London, Sarnia, Waterloo, Brantford, Hamilton, Halton, Kingston, North Bay, Sudbury, Timmins, Sault St. Marie, Thunder Bay.
    

• 49 branch offices for delivery services.

Number of Customers

• 1.3 million

Number of Employees

• 2,200 people

Business Activities

• Sale and delivery of natural gas to homes, businesses, industries

• Storage and transportation of gas for other utilities and companies

Total Revenue

• $2.1 billion

Net Income

• $145 million

Total Assets

• $4.4 billion

Pipelines

• Distribution main pipelines - 37,713 km (22,191 miles)

• Distribution service pipelines - 23,339 km (14,502 miles)

• Transmission pipelines - 4, 498 km (2,790 miles)

Distribution Service Area

Union Gas serves about 1.3 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in more than 400 communities in Ontario. Our distribution service area extends throughout northern Ontario from the Manitoba border to the North Bay/Muskoka area, through southwestern Ontario from Windsor to just west of Toronto, and across eastern Ontario from Port Hope to Cornwall.

Union Gas Dawn Market Hub

The Union Gas Dawn Market Hub is one of the fastest growing market hubs in North America. The hub has the largest underground natural gas storage facility in Canada and handles over 1.3 Tcf of gas every year. Storage and transmission facilities at the Dawn Market Hub are fully integrated into the North American supply and transportation system providing our customers with price stability and significant supply options.

Storage Facilities

• Canada's largest underground natural gas storage facilities in 20 depleted gas pools in Lambton County.

• Working capacity: 4238 million cubic metres (10⁶m³) or about 150 billion cubic feet (Bcf).

System Throughput

• 33.8 billion cubic metres, or approximately 1.2 trillion cubic feet per year.
  (Distribution volume - 14.4 billion cubic metres or about 507 Bcf; Transportation volume - 19.4 billion cubic metres or about 685 Bcf)

Corporate Citizenship

Communities with strong health and social networks and engaged leadership are essential to the success and growth of both communities and businesses. For close to a century, Union Gas has given back to the communities where we live and work through our comprehensive community relations program which includes donations and sponsorships for charitable and non-profit organizations, volunteerism, matching gifts, in-kind contributions, United Way and our Community Connections Barbecue program.

Environmental Health & Safety Programs

At Union Gas, our commitment to protecting the environment, responsibly managing natural resources, and safeguarding the health and safety of employees and communities is long-standing. Included among our Environmental Health and Safety programs are the following:

• Land rehabilitation on pipelines projects

• Company-wide waste reduction and recycling programs

• Tree replacement program

• Conservation and efficiency, fuel substitution

• Methane emission control

• Greenhouse gas emissions reduction programs

• Public safety and emergency response

• Employee health and safety, and accident prevention

Parent Company

• Spectra Energy, Houston, TX

Regulation

• Regulated under the Ontario Energy Board Act (1998).

*All figures as of December 31, 2007