Japan: Tokyo Gas October Sales Drop

Total gas sales volume by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., for the month of October 2011 came to about 939.257 million m3, almost equal to that in October 2010 (down 0.5%).

In the residential sector, volume totaled 177.085 million m3, up 3.7% from October 2010, owing to the increased number of customers.

In the business sector (consisting of commercial, public, and medical use), due to the lower operation rate on the part of existing facilities, the volume decreased by 5.5% to 200.053 million m3.

In the industrial sector, volume totaled about 400.178 million m3, up 2.3% from last year due to higher operation rate of existing customers’ facilities, etc.

Volume for wholesale supply to other gas companies totaled about 161.941 million m3, down 4.8% from October 2010 due to decreased demand of wholesale gas suppliers.

The total gas sales volume for the cumulative period of April to October 2011 was 7,194.966 million m3, down by 1.2%.

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LNG World News Staff, November 15, 2011; Image: Tokyo Gas