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Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USF) shrank 5.6%, or 9.044 billion cubic (bcm), on February 4 – 11, from 9.579 bcm, according to Ukraine's state-run gas transport system operator Ukrtransgaz.
As reported, 87.96 mcm of gas was withdrawn from the storage facilities on February 11 alone.
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Ukraine began the 2016-2017 heating season with gas reserves amounting to 14.7 bcm.