Origin Energy is an Australian gas and electricity company. It was de-merged from Boral Limited which is a building and construction materials business in February 2000.

Origin has four core business units:

• Exploration and Production - Origin has reserves in the Cooper Basin, Queensland coalbed methane fields and other places including Bass Strait in Australia and the Taranaki Basin in New Zealand
• Retail - about 2 million retail customers of gas or electricity in Australia, New Zealand and the south Pacific
• Generation - generating electricity from natural gas including Mt Stuart Power Station in Townsville and Roma Power Station
• Networks - Origin has significant shareholdings in Envestra Limited, SEA Gas pipeline and Coliban Water.

External links

• Origin Energy - Official Site
• Boral Limited - Boral Website

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