- CEO
- Yoshitake Matsumoto
- Full Time Employees
- 1,586
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Gas distributors
- Address
- 1-5-38 Yahata Shizuoka SZ Japan 422-8688
- IPO Date
- Dec 7, 2001
- Business
- Shizuoka Gas Co., Ltd. supplies city gas and related energy services primarily in central and eastern Japan. Established on April 16, 1910 and headquartered at 1-5-38 Yahata, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Japan, the company operates through its Gas segment, which manufactures, supplies, and sells natural gas and liquefied natural gas; and its LPG/Other Energy Services segment, which provides liquefied petroleum gas, electric power, on-site energy solutions, gas appliances, gas-related construction works, piping installations, renovations, and leasing services. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers across multiple cities including Shizuoka City, Fuji City, Fujinomiya City, Numazu City, Mishima City, Susono City, Shimizucho, Nagaizumicho, Kannamicho, Kakegawa City, Fukuroi City, Shimoda City, Gotemba City, Shimada City, Iida City, Fujiyoshida City, Fujikawaguchiko Town, and Sado City, with a consolidated workforce of 1,464 employees as of December 31, 2024. Subsidiaries include Shizuoka Gas & Power, which manages gas-fired power generation including the Fuji Power Plant; Shizuoka Gas Trading Pte. Ltd. in Singapore; an entity in India; and Shizuoka Gas America Co. in Houston, Texas. Recent developments feature the May 2025 completion of a $127 million acquisition of interests in a U.S. Eagle Ford shale gas development project in La Salle and Webb Counties, Texas, from Tokyo Gas via its new U.S. subsidiary, marking entry into upstream natural gas production equivalent to 400,000 metric tons annually of LNG; a December 2024 long-term LNG supply agreement with Australia's Santos for 0.35-0.4 million tonnes per year starting 2032; a planned 2025-2027 expansion of the Fuji Power Plant from 32.6MW to 48.2MW with two additional 7.8MW Kawasaki Heavy Industries gas engines to enhance power self-sufficiency; a September 2025 acquisition by Shizuoka Gas & Power of 33.5% stake in Smart Blue for renewable energy efforts; and a closed tender in October 2025 for a seven-year LNG contract starting 2027 amid expiring supply agreements.