Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas of Japan for the month of February came to about 1,356.570 million m3, decreased by y 98.589 million m3 (-6.8%) from that in February 2012.
In the residential sector, volume totaled 428.866 million m3, down 9.3% from February 2012, due to the decreasing effect of higher two-month average temperature in January and February than a year earlier, and to the fewer metering days compared to last year, which was a leap year.
In the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), the volume was 249.722 million m3, down 8.3% from that in February 2012.
In the industrial sector, volume totaled about 478.585 million m3, down 2.5% from last year.
Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled about 199.397 million m3, down 9.1% from last year.
Gas sales volume for the cumulative period of April 2012 to February 2013 was 12,890.053 million m3, up by 4.4%..
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, March 14, 2013