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Origin Energy ASX: ORG 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. Image File history File linksMetadata Originenergy. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Originenergy. ... The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ... Boral ASX: BLD is a multinational company dealing in building and construction materials. ... This article is about the year 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.

Coalbed methane, or coalbed gas, refers to methane deposits in the pores of coal seams. ... Bass Strait (IPA /bæs/) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... View of Mount Taranaki from Stratford (facing west). ... Townsville redirects here. ...

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Takeovers Panel (1968 words)
Origin Energy NZ is exempted from rule 6(1) of the Code in respect of any increase in its control of voting rights in Contact that results from its acquisition of all of the shares in Universal.
Origin Energy NZ is also exempted from rule 6(1) of the Code in respect of any increase in its control of voting rights in Mission Contact Finance that results from its acquisition of all of the shares in Universal.
Origin Energy NZ is not able to seek shareholder approval in respect of the transfer of voting rights because the only shareholder of Mission Contact Finance, Universal, would be prevented from voting to approve such a transaction under rule 17 of the Code.
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