- CEO
- Teruhide Osawa
- Full Time Employees
- 21,404
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Gas
- Address
- 4-1-2, Hiranomachi Osaka Japan 541-0046
- IPO Date
- Mar 12, 2013
- Business
- Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. engages in the production, supply, and sale of city gas, LNG, LPG, and industrial gases; electricity generation and sales; international upstream oil and natural gas development, investment, energy supply, and LNG transport; and non-energy businesses including real estate development and leasing, information-processing services, and sales of fine materials and carbon products, primarily serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Japan’s Kansai region, including Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, and Nara prefectures, with additional operations across Southeast Asia, Australia, North America, the UK, and Singapore. Founded in 1897 and commencing operations in 1905, the company, headquartered at 4-1-2 Hiranomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0046, Japan, operates as the core of the Daigas Group, which it rebranded to in 2018, and maintains a network of subsidiaries such as Osaka Gas USA Corporation, Osaka Gas Australia Pty Ltd, and Osaka Gas Singapore Pte. Ltd. to support its global energy portfolio. Among its latest developments, Osaka Gas entered a capital and business alliance with Shizen Connect in late 2024 to expand virtual power plant capabilities; signed a 15-year sales and purchase agreement with ADNOC in 2025 for up to 0.8 million tonnes per annum of LNG from the Ruwais LNG project; partnered with TotalEnergies, TES, Toho Gas, and ITOCHU in December 2025 on the Live Oak e-NG production project in Nebraska targeting 250 MW electrolysis capacity by 2030; formed a joint venture with CleanMax and JBIC in March 2025 named CleanMax Osaka Gas Renewable Energy Private Limited to develop approximately 400 MW of renewable energy in India starting in Karnataka; reached a procurement deal for U.S.-produced biomethane in November 2025; and plans to launch two 75-MW biomass power stations and energy storage facilities in fiscal 2025 while advancing thermal power capacity to 3.2 GW by 2026, alongside demonstrations in e-methane, hydrogen co-firing, and chemical looping combustion.