Gas Sales Volume

January 2017

16 February 2017 Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

In January, monthly gas sales volume totaled 891 million cubic meters, up by 10.7% from the previous year. The sales profiles in each customer category are as shown below.

[Residential]

The gas sales volume increased by 7.1% from the previous year, due to lower temperatures of the air and water which caused hot water and heating demand increase.

[Non-Residential - Industrial]

The gas sales volume increased by 15.2% from the previous year, due to newly created demand.

[Non-Residential - Commercial]

The gas sales volume increased by 4.9% from the previous year, due to longer meter reading schedules and lower temperatures of the air which caused heating demand increase.

[Non-Residential - Public and Medical]

The gas sales volume increased by 8.1% from the previous year, due to longer meter reading schedules and lower temperatures of the air which caused heating demand increase.

The details are as follows;

  1. Gas Sales Volume (1m3 = 45MJ)

    Jan-17

    Change from Jan-16

    Number of newly built houses

    6,922

    86.6%

    Gas Sales (1,000m3)

    Residential

    314,684

    107.1%

    Non-residential

    527,636

    112.7%

    Wholesale

    48,207

    114.9%

    Total volume of gas sales

    890,528

    110.7%

  2. Temperature and Water Temperature

    December

    January

    Dec-16

    Dec-15

    Change

    Jan-17

    Jan-16

    Change

    Temperature (C)

    9.4

    10.1

    -0.7

    6.2

    6.8

    -0.6

    Water Temperature (C)*

    12.2

    12.7

    -0.5

    8.6

    9.3

    -0.7

    * Measured by Osaka Gas

  3. Cumulative Gas Sales Volume (1m3=45MJ)

Jan-17

Jan-16

Change

FY2017.3

FY2016.3

Change

()

Apr.-Jan.

Apr.-Jan.

()

Number of newly built houses

6,922

7,995

86.6%

77,683

77,159

100.7%

Number of

Residential

6,940

6,884

100.8%

Customers

Non-residential

351

348

100.8%

(1,000 households)

7,291

7,232

100.8%

Total

Gas Sales

Residential

314,684

293,958

107.1%

1,521,280

1,527,483

99.6%

Non-

Industrial

387,639

336,449

115.2%

3,746,586

3,345,136

112.0%

Commercial

78,979

75,309

104.9%

694,813

687,694

101.0%

Volume

residential

Public and

Medical

61,018

56,458

108.1%

492,757

457,384

107.7%

(1,000m3)

Total

527,636

468,217

112.7%

4,934,156

4,490,214

109.9%

Total

842,320

762,175

110.5%

6,455,435

6,017,697

107.3%

Wholesales

48,207

41,962

114.9%

398,423

377,135

105.6%

Total

890,528

804,137

110.7%

6,853,858

6,394,832

107.2%

With the data of March 2017 being the last, the monthly gas sales volume will no longer be released to the public.

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. published this content on 16 February 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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