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Kleenheat is an Australian gas producer, retailer and distributor based in Perth, Western Australia. Kleenheat produces around 150,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)〔Wesfarmers Annual Report 2013 (http://ir.wesfarmers.com.au/phoenix.zhtml?c=144042&p=irol-reportsannual)〕 per year to service more than 240,000 customers nationally.〔About Kleenheat (http://www.kleenheat.com.au/)〕 The company also supplies liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the heavy-vehicle, power generation and industrial markets nationally through EVOL LNG. == History == Kleenheat Gas was established by Wesfarmers Limited in 1956 under the leadership of then General Manager John Thomson, who raised the prospect of selling bottled gas with British Petroleum during a visit to London. He returned with an exclusive franchise agreement to supply LPG from BP’s then-new refinery at Kwinana. In September 1956, Kleenheat Gas became the first company to distribute bottled LPG and gas appliances to regional Western Australia. Demand for the convenience of gas was so great that 1500 appliances were sold before the first gas bottles were available.〔Cooking with gas (http://www.wesfarmers.com.au/images/centenary_stories/docs/centenary_stories/1956.pdf)〕 In 2013, Kleenheat Gas launched a natural gas retailing business, introducing retail competition in Western Australia for residential and small business customers from Geraldton to Busselton for the first time. Previously, the market had operated under a monopoly by American-owned Alinta Energy.〔Barnett rejects push for Alinta buyback (https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/13572024/barnett-rejects-push-for-alinta-buyback/)〕〔About Kleenheat Gas (http://www.kleenheat.com.au/gas/about-kleenheat/about-us.aspx)〕〔Kleenheat brings choice to gas market (https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/16433364/kleenheat-brings-choice-to-gas-market/)〕 In April 2014, Kleenheat Gas reviewed its LPG operations and agreed to sell its LPG distribution business in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, ACT and Tasmania to Elgas Limited. The sale remains subject to clearance from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.〔Customer advice: East Coast LPG operations (http://www.kleenheat.com.au/Libraries/Corporate_Documents/Customer_Advice_-_Sale_of_Kleenheat_Gas_east_coast_LPG_business_-_April_2014.sflb.ashx)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kleenheat Gas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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