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TABLE-S.Korea KOGAS says Sept domestic gas sales down 4 pct y/y

SEOUL, Oct 11 (Reuters) - South Korea's state-run Korea GasCorp (KOGAS)

said on Thursday its domestic gas salesin September fell 4.0 percent year-on-year.

The world's biggest corporate buyer of liquefied natural gas(LNG) and South Korea's sole wholesaler said in a filing withthe stock exchange that it sold 1.87 million tonnes of LNGequivalent.

The total is equivalent to 82.81 billion cubic feet ofnatural gas.

Details are as follows (in 1,000 tonnes) :

SEPT 2012 SEPT 2011 CHANGE(%)For power generation 900 1,092 -17.6For household/business 970 856 13.3Total 1,870 1,948 -4.0(Reporting By Jane Chung)

(Jane.Chung@thomsonreuters.com; +82-2-3704-5644; ReutersMessaging: jane.chung.reuters.com@reuters.net)

Keywords: GAS KOREA/