Bracing for tough talks, Naftogaz has raised its gas storage stocks to the highest level in seven years

Bracing for tough talks, Naftogaz has raised its gas storage stocks to the highest level in seven years – 18.7 billion cubic meters. The goal is 20 billion cubic meters – enough to get through the winter without needing Russian gas. Without buying gas directly from Gazprom, Ukraine in recent years has used some gas pumped by Russia to the EU for its own needs in eastern and central Ukraine. In a swap, it compensates for this with deliveries from gas storage reservoirs in western Ukraine.