Kosh Industries is owned by brothers David and Charles Koch, each are worth over $22 billion dollars from their work in the gas industry (specifically, their domination of the nation’s pipelines and refineries). An article published in the Republic Report on Saturday lists the 7 ways Koch Industrieshas monetized the fracking business. Here is the compilation:
- Koch Pipeline. This is a Koch Industries subsidiary. Koch Pipeline is planned to transport natural gas from Pettus, Texas to Corpus Christi.
- Flint Hills Resources. This is a Koch Industries subsidiary. Land was purchased in Ingleside, Texas to store shipments of natural gas.
- Koch Supply & Trading. This is a Koch Industries company. It takes care of commodity trading and financial products.
- Koch Chemicals Technology Group. This is a subsidiary of Koch Industries. They are designing a facility near Yoakum, Texas to help process natural gas fracked in southern Texas.
- John Zink. This is a Koch Industries company. The company helps service the fracking industry by providing flares to processing plants.
- Georgia Pacific. Koch Industries acquired this company. Produces products that are vital to the fracking process.
- Koch Fertilizer. This is a Koch Industries company. It produces fertilizer for fracked land.