MEKH noted that weather conditions heavily affect retail gas consumption: below a daily average temperature of 15.4ºC (59.7ºF), each one-degree drop raises daily consumption by 2.1 million cubic meters.

Domestic gas production covered 20% of consumption and imports accounted for the remaining 80% last year.

“Peak daily consumption last year was reached on January 7, at 55,537 cubic meters, with a daily average temperature of -5.7ºC [21.7ºF].”