Natural gas sales totalled 4 511 million cubic metres in September, down 3.8% from September 2007.
Volumes of sales to the residential (-1.4%) and industrial including direct sales (-4.9%) sectors were down, while sales to the commercial sector were up 2.2% from September 2007.
Total sales in September 2008 were 15.5% above August 2008.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2149.
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