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Warmer than normal temperatures in the western provinces led to a decline in natural gas sales in the residential sector in September.
However, the 6.4% decline in the residential sales was more than offset by the 20.3% gain in the volume of industrial and direct sales and the 2.4% increase in the commercial sector.
Natural gas sales totalled 4 155 million cubic metres, up 14.3% from September 2005.
On a year-to-date basis, sales at the end of September were down 4.7% from the same nine-month period last year, in the wake of across-the-board declines in all sectors.
Volume of sales to the industrial sector (including direct sales) has fallen 3.3% so far this year, while sales were down 7.0% in the residential sector and down 6.3% in the commercial sector.
| Natural gas sales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2006p | September 2005 | September 2005 to September 2006 | |||
| thousands of cubic metres | % change | ||||
| Total sales | 4 154 941 | 3 635 844 | 14.3 | ||
| Residential | 498 513 | 532 734 | -6.4 | ||
| Commercial | 441 330 | 431 176 | 2.4 | ||
| Industrial and direct | 3 215 098 | 2 671 934 | 20.3 | ||
| Year-to-date | |||||
| 2006p | 2005 | 2005 to 2006 | |||
| thousands of cubic metres | % change | ||||
| Total sales | 48 784 298 | 51 168 898 | -4.7 | ||
| Residential | 11 182 684 | 12 020 175 | -7.0 | ||
| Commercial | 8 292 276 | 8 854 252 | -6.3 | ||
| Industrial and direct | 29 309 338 | 30 294 471 | -3.3 | ||
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Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2149.
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