LNG

March 24 (LNGJ) - The Japanese Gas Association said the nation’s 206 city-gas companies sold 36.77 billion cubic metres of natural gas, the equivalent of 27.2 million tonnes of LNG, in 2015, a 1.1 percent decline on the 2014 figure. On an annual basis, residential sector sales decreased by 1.7 percent to 9.44 Bcm, commercial sales dropped 1.3 percent to 4.27 Bcm, industrial volumes were 0.8 percent lower at 20.13 Bcm and wholesale volumes fell 1.1 percent to 2.91 Bcm.