Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas of Japan for the month of December came to about 1,359.032 million m3, increased by 164.912 million m3 (13.8 %) from that in December 2011.
In the residential sector, volume totaled 375.698 million m3, up 12.7% from December 2011, while in the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), the volume was 225.619 million m3, up 11.2% from that in December 2011.
In the industrial sector, volume totaled about 552.628 million m3, up 21.4% from last year.
Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled about 205.087 million m3, up 1.2% from last year.
Gas sales volume for the cumulative period of April to December 2012 was 9,967.771 million m3, up by 6.4%.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, January 23, 2013