Wellington Gas Company

The Wellington Gas Company
Company typePublic, listed
IndustryCoal gas
Founded1 December 1869; 154 years ago (1869-12-01) in Wellington, New Zealand
Defunct1980
SuccessorNatural gas supplied by Powerco and Nova Energy
Headquarters
Wellington
,
New Zealand
Area served
Wellington city
Key people
J. Rees George; M. J. Kennedy
ProductsCoal gas and gas appliances

Wellington Gas Company Limited, a public listed company, supplied coal gas to Wellington, New Zealand's industrial and domestic consumers from April 1871. The gas provided both lighting and heating.

Coal gas was replaced by natural gas first piped from offshore wells at Kapuni, Taranaki in 1970.