Tokyo Gas February Sales Drop (Japan)

Tokyo Gas February Sales Drop

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%..

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LNG World News Staff, March 14, 2013