REUTERS
Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) on May 27 – June 4 2017 increased by 4.5%, or 445 million cubic meters, from 9.789 billion cubic meters to 10.234 billion cubic meters, according to the state-run gas transport system operator Ukrtransgaz.
The daily volume of gas injection into the USFs was estimated at about 47.2 million cubic meters, as of June 4.
As 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 billion cubic meters, completing it with 8.4 billion cubic meters.
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