Korea Gas Corporation is a South Korean public natural gas company that was established by the Korean government in 1983. KOGAS has grown into the largest LNG-importing company in the world and operates four LNG regasification terminals and 4,945 km of natural gas pipelines in South Korea.
LNG imports from Russia are 2 million tons per year. The company did not declare a refusal to import LNG from Russia. However, KOGAS says it has no direct dealings with Russia, as its purchase contract is with Sakhalin Energy and gas payments are coming to a Japanese bank in Singapore.