Southern Union Company

Southern Union Company
IndustryPetroleum industry
Founded1929 (1929)
FounderClint Murchison, Sr.
DefunctMarch 26, 2012 (2012-03-26)
HeadquartersHouston, Texas
ProductsPipeline transport

Southern Union Company was a natural gas utility and energy resources company based in Houston, Texas. In 2012, the company was acquired by Energy Transfer Partners.

The company owned and operated more than 20,000 miles (32,000 km) of gathering and transportation pipelines that transported natural gas from major producing areas to major markets in the Southeast, Midwest, and Great Lakes regions. It also owned a large liquefied natural gas import terminal.

Southern Union Gas Services, with approximately 5,500 miles of pipelines, was engaged in the gathering, transmission, treating, processing and re-delivery of natural gas and natural gas liquids in Texas and New Mexico.