Ukrainian gas reserves plunge to almost 15.6 bcm within week

Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) on December 5-12 shrank by 2%, or 325 million cubic meters, from 15.893 billion cubic meters to 15.568 bcm, according to the state-run gas transport system operator Ukrtransgaz.

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In particular, 41.6 mcm of gas was withdrawn from storage facilities on December 12 alone, the report said.

As 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.

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