As the cold weather continues, gas consumption records in Belgium are falling in rapid succession.
Last Thursday, the country’s natural gas consumption hit 1,131 GWh, beating the previous record set on 8 January 2010 by more than 5%.
However, that new record was bested the very next day with consumption of 1,164 GWh, only to be broken again on Tuesday, 7 February with 1,180 GWh, according to Fluxys.
These records are due mainly to consumption by the public distribution network, which distributes gas to homes and businesses.
On the record-breaking days, Fluxys transmitted 8 times more gas for public distribution than on the hottest day in 2011.
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LNG World News Staff, February 9, 2012