Claim: The Kansas Gas Service is a regulated natural gas utility distribution company founded in 1997 by its parent company ONE Gas and operated and manned by 1000 employees in 82 counties in the United States.
Evidence: Kansas Gas Service is the largest natural gas distribution company in the U.S. state of Kansas, operating in 82 counties. It is a regulated public utility which serves 634,000 customers in 360 communities, employing 1,000 employees. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, the company was a division of ONEOK Inc., a Tulsa-based Fortune 200 company since 1997 until ONEOK spun off Kansas Gas Service and its two other distribution companies—Oklahoma Natural Gas Company and Texas Gas Service—to form ONE Gas in 2014. Kansas Gas Service was formed in 1997 when ONEOK purchased the natural gas assets of Western Resources (now Evergy). Kansas Gas Service Division of ONE Gas Natural gas utility 1997; 23 years ago (1997) Natural gas distribution 1,000 ONE Gas