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In 12 months of the year 2012, the JSC Latvijas Gāze sold to the
consumers 1.46 billion m3 of natural gas. In comparison with the
respective period of 2011, the natural gas sales decreased by 6.2 %
due to the differences in outdoor air temperature and investments
by heat supply companies in the use of renewable energy resources
and a partial replacement of fossil fuels with woodchip.
The gas injection season at the Inčukalns Underground Gas Storage
Facility (hereinafter – Inčukalns UGS) began on April 25, 2012 and
was completed on October 11, 2012. 2.2 billion m3 of natural gas
were injected into the Inčukalns UGS, reaching the active gas
volume of 2,3 billion m3 at the end of the injection season.
Over 12 months of 2012, the consumers were sold natural gas and
provided services for LVL 427.4 million, which is by 21 % more than
in the respective period of 2011.
The increase of income year-on-year stems from the fact that during
12 months of 2012, due to changes in oil product quotations and
currency rates, the residential and industrial customers were
applied differential natural gas sale end-user tariffs
corresponding to a natural gas sale price 33% above that of the 12
months of 2011. The income saw growth both in the industrial and
household sector.
The JSC Latvijas Gāze completed 12 months of 2012 with a profit of
LVL 22.9 million, which is 15.8% lower than in the respective
period 2011 when the Company profited LVL 27.2 million.
Within the framework of the capital investment programme, LVL 19.2
million of investment funds was spent over 12 months of 2012,
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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