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.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, April 17, 2012