REUTERS
Natural gas reserves in Ukraine's underground storage facilities (USFs) decreased by 500 million cubic meters (mcm), or 3.3%, to 14.8 billion cubic meters (bcm), in the period from December 12 to December 19, according to PJSC Ukrtransgaz, the operator of Ukraine's gas transportation system.
The company reports that an average of 80 mcm of gas is being pumped out of the USFs daily.
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