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Poland’s experience in implementing a plan to phase out Russian gas and diversify natural gas supply sources opens new prospects for it, Ukrinform has reported.  During the participation of a Ukrainian delegation led by Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko in the P-TECC Business Forum in Poland, both parties discussed opportunities for further cooperation. Today Poland can store natural gas in Ukrainian underground storage facilities to balance the power system during peak loads. In addition, the diversification of supply sources will

” said Yuriy Vitrenko. “We are now approaching about 19 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in our storage facilities, maybe even more. We have already exceeded the plan set by the government, which said it should be 17 bcm before the heating season” the head of Naftogaz said in an interview during the YES Brainstorming forum. According to Vitrenko, in 2016-18, Ukraine started the heating season with approximately 16 bcm in underground storage.

, Ukrtransgaz reported yesterday. Last Oct. 28, when the storage facilities switches to transmission mode, reserves totaled 28 billion cubic meters. With prices high, Ukraine has slowed purchases.

, Naftogaz reported yesterday. With gas prices high, Ukraine’s 11 underground gas storage facilities are only 55% full. Last year, when gas prices were far lower, storage peaked at 92% of capacity.