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Cooler than normal temperatures in most regions of the country led to a moderate increase in natural gas sales in the residential sector in June.
Higher sales volume in the residential sector (+3.9%) was more than offset by a sales decline in the commercial sector (-3.8%), coupled with a 1.1% decrease in industrial sales (including direct sales).
Natural gas sales totalled 3 791 million cubic metres, down 0.8% from June 2006.
On a year-to-date basis, sales at the end of June were up 6.5% from the same six-month period in 2006, in the wake of across-the-board increases in all sectors.
The volume of sales to the industrial sector (including direct sales) has risen 3.6% so far in 2007, while sales have increased 10.1% in the residential sector and 9.9% in the commercial sector.
| Natural gas sales | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007p | June 2006 | June 2006 to June 2007 | |||
| thousands of cubic metres | % change | ||||
| Total sales | 3 790 651 | 3 820 581 | -0.8 | ||
| Residential | 492 052 | 473 424 | 3.9 | ||
| Commercial | 386 090 | 401 510 | -3.8 | ||
| Industrial and direct | 2 912 509 | 2 945 647 | -1.1 | ||
| Year-to-date | |||||
| 2007p | 2006 | 2006 to 2007 | |||
| thousands of cubic metres | % change | ||||
| Total sales | 39 523 915 | 37 098 318 | 6.5 | ||
| Residential | 10 848 373 | 9 850 512 | 10.1 | ||
| Commercial | 7 767 759 | 7 069 536 | 9.9 | ||
| Industrial and direct | 20 907 783 | 20 178 270 | 3.6 | ||
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Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2149.
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