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In 9 months of the year 2013, the JSC Latvijas Gāze sold to
consumers 1045.9 million m3 of natural gas. The natural gas sales
were 2.8% higher than in the respective period of 2012 and 3.0% or
30.9 million m3 above the budgeted volume.
The gas injection season at the Inčukalns UGS began on April 17,
2013. At the start of natural gas injection, the reserves of active
gas at the Inčukalns UGS were 182.35 million m3.
The injection season at the Inčukalns UGS was completed on October
14, 2013, with 2 136.7 million m3 of natural gas injected over the
season and 2 300 million m3 of active gas present at the end of the
season.
Over 9 months of 2013, consumers were sold natural gas and provided
services for LVL 293.6 million, which is 0.03 % more than in the
respective period of 2012.
The changes in gas sales did not increase the total income because
in 9 months of 2013, due to changes in oil product quotations and
currency rates, industrial and residential customers were applied
differential natural gas sale end-user tariffs corresponding to a
natural gas sale price 0.8% lower than that of 9 months of 2012.
Year-on-year there was an increase of income in the industrial
sector and a decrease in the household sector.
The Company completed 9 months of 2013 with a profit of LVL 9.7
million, which is 40.6% higher than in the respective period of
2012 when the Company profited LVL 6.9 million.
Within the capital investment programme, LVL 10.5 million of
investment funds have been spent in 9 months of 2013, mostly on the
renovation of gas transmission and distribution pipelines, the
modernization of technological equipment and the reconstruction of
wells.
Vinsents Makaris
Phone + (371) 67 369 144
E-mail: IR@lg.lv
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