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September 2010 (preliminary) (Previous release)

Natural gas sales totalled 4 366 million cubic metres in September, up 8.1% compared with September 2009.

The volumes of sales were up in the residential (+17.9%), commercial (+15.5%) and industrial (+5.6%) sectors in September compared with September 2009.

Total sales in September were 1.9% higher compared with August.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2149.

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Table 1

Natural gas sales
  September 2009 August 2010 September 2010p August to September 2010 September 2009 to September 2010
  thousands of cubic metres % change
Total sales 4 038 679 4 286 634 4 366 331 1.9 8.1
Residential1 482 949 406 851 569 342 39.9 17.9
Commercial2 413 909 377 473 477 967 26.6 15.5
Industrial3 3 141 821 3 502 310 3 319 022 -5.2 5.6
preliminary
Gas sold for domestic purposes, including space heating, water heating and cooking, to a residential dwelling unit.
Gas sold to customers engaged in wholesale or retail trade, governments, institutions, office buildings, etc.
Gas sold to customers engaged in a process that creates or changes raw or unfinished materials into another form or product. Includes mining and manufacturing establishments. Includes firm, interruptible and buy/sell agreements.