REUTERS
Stocks of natural gas at Ukraine's underground storage facilities grew by 3.9%, or 327 million cubic meters (mcm), from 8.397 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas from April 29 till May 6, to 8.724 bcm of gas, according to Ukrtransgaz, operator of Ukraine's gas transport system.
The amount of gas pumped daily into the USFs, as of May 6 was at 53.6 mcm.
Read alsoUkraine's underground gas stocks reach 8.5 bcmAs UNIAN reported earlier, the Ukrainian government in September 2016 approved a schedule for preparations for the heating season. It also determined the volume of fuel reserves to provide heat and electricity to consumers. Ukraine began the 2016-2017 heating season with gas reserves at 14.7 bcm.
On March 13, Ukraine stopped pumping gas from storage facilities and began injecting it at a rate of 4.5 bcm per day.