Gas imports to Ukraine hit all-time high

REUTERS Head of Ukrainian GTS Operator Serhiy Makogon says gas imports to Ukraine reached 69.1 million cubic meters (mcm) per day, which exceeds the historical high and 100% of Ukraine&#39;s gas transmission system&#39;s (GTS) technical capacity. "Gas imports to Ukraine reached 69.1 mcm. This is a new historic high," he wrote on Facebook on September 9. As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine reached 100% of its GTS&#39;s technical capacity in July, having imported 66.3 mcm of gas per day. Naftogaz of Ukraine plans to have significantly increased gas reserves in the country&#39;s underground storage facilities by the forthcoming heating season, up to 20 billion cubic meters (bcm), to level the negative consequences of a possible termination of Russia&#39;s gas transit via Ukraine from January 1, 2020. Read alsoUkrainian gas stocks grow by 114.7% to over 18.8 bcm since April 5 By the start of the 2018-2019 heating season, Ukraine had accumulated 17.2 bcm of gas in its underground storage facilities, which was a record high natural gas stock over the past six years. Ukraine in 2018 reduced natural gas imports by 24.6%, or 3.46 bcm, from 2017, to 10.59 bcm. In late November 2015, Ukraine stopped purchasing natural gas from Russia&#39;s Gazprom.

Gas imports to Ukraine hit all-time high

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