Seoul-Korea Electric Power Corporation, the biggest customer of state-owned Korea Gas Corporation, slashed its LNG purchases by 34% in the first quarter due to sagging power demand and high LNG prices, the company said April 16.The state-owned power monopoly bought 1.79 million mt of LNG in the first three months of the year, compared with 2.71 million mt in the same period of 2008. But its bill for LNG rose over 30% in the first quarter due to a weaker won, which fell about 9.5% against the US dollar in the period.
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机译：国有的韩国天然气公司（Korea Gas Corporation）的最大客户汉城电力公司（Seoul-Korea Electric Power Corporation）在第一季度削减了34％的LNG采购，原因是电力需求下降和LNG价格居高不下。垄断企业在今年前三个月购买了179万吨液化天然气，而2008年同期为271万吨。但是，由于韩元走弱，其第一季度的液化天然气账单上涨了30％以上，下降了约同期美元对美元汇率为9.5％。
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