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 reported Ukrtransgaz. As Ukraine approaches the heating season, there are sufficient gas stocks in its underground storage facilities to ensure a stable 2021-2022 heating season. “As of October 1, 2021, the Ukrainian gas storage operator has already accumulated 18.7 billion cubic meters of gas in underground storage facilities”. On average, Ukraine consumes 17-18 billion cubic meters of gas during the heating season.

About 4 billion cubic meters are currently stored in underground gas storage facilities in the “customs warehouse” mode. Ukrtransgaz expects that more than 19 billion cubic meters of natural gas will be pumped into Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities before the heating season starts.

Last Sunday, Europe’s underground storage facilities were 48% full, well below the 64% average for July 4. Even though gas is being pumped into Ukraine’s storage fields at one third the level of this time last year, Serhiy Pereloma, the General Director of Ukrtransgaz, has predicted that Ukraine will start its heating season with 19-20 billion cubic meters. This is comfortably above the target level of 17 billion cubic meters.