Japan: Tokyo Gas March Sales Rise 10.5 Percent

Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas of Japan for the month of March 2012 came to about 1,407.312 million m3, increased by 133.182 million m3 (+10.5%) from March 2011.

In the residential sector, volume totaled 437.996 million m3, up 4.4% from March 2011, while in the business sector, the volume increased by 5.6% to 263.358 million m3.

In the industrial sector, volume totaled about 500.953 million m3, up 18.6% from last year, while the volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled about 205.005 million m3, up 12.1% from March 2011.

FY2011

Gas Sales Volume On a cumulative basis, the volume from April 2011 up to and including March 2012 totaled 13,759.185 million m3, an increase of 2.4% from the same period of FY 2010.

As for the residential sector, annual sales volume was 3,429.393 million m3, almost equal to that of FY2011 (+0.5%).

As for the business sector, decreased operation rate on the part of existing customers’ facilities, etc. led to the decreased annual sales volume by 7.1% to 2,671.830 million m3.

In the industrial sector, the higher operation rate of existing customers’ facilities contributed to the increased annual sales volume by 9.7% to 5,446.403 million m3.

In the wholesale sector, annual sales volume increased by 0.9% to 2,211.559 million m3, thanks to the increased demand of wholesale gas suppliers.

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LNG World News Staff, April 17, 2012