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Cooler than normal temperatures in many regions of the country led to moderate increases in natural gas sales in the residential and commercial sectors in May.
Higher sales volumes were found in all sectors compared with volumes for May 2007. A gain in the commercial sector led the way at 12.7%, followed by gains in both residential (+8.7%) and industrial (including direct) sales (+7.1%).
Natural gas sales volume totalled 5 006 million cubic metres in May, up 8.1% compared with May 2007.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2149.
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