Ukrainian gas reserves shrink to 16.9 bcm within week

Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) on October 21-28 shrank by 0.2%, or 36 million cubic meters, from 16.951 billion cubic meters to 16.915 bcm, according to the state-run gas transport system operator Ukrtransgaz.

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As reported, 8.08 mcm of gas was withdrawn from storage facilities on October 28 alone.

Read alsoUkraine expands natural gas stocks to almost 17 bcm within weekAs UNIAN reported earlier, on October 26, Ukraine stopped injecting gas into underground storage facilities and began pumping it from USFs for the needs of the heating season.

Ukraine had accumulated 16.8 bcm of gas in the underground storage facilities by the beginning of the 2017-2018 heating season (October 15).

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