LNG

Feb 16 (LNGJ) - Tokyo Gas, the third-largest Japanese LNG importer, said natural gas sales last month amounted to 1.65 billion cubic metres, equivalent to 1.2 million tonnes of LNG, a rise of over 4 percent compared with the same month a year ago. In the residential sector, volumes totalled 511.7 million cubic metres, up 1.2 percent, while sales in the industrial sector were 632.4 million cubic metres, a rise of 9.8 percent. Wholesale supplies to other gas companies were 224.2 million cubic metres and business sector sales were little changed at 286.2 million cubic metres. The largest Japanese utility, Tokyo Electric Power, said its imports of LNG in January amounted to 2.28MT, up 2.9 percent compared from 2.21MT a year ago.