Ukrainian gas reserves shrink to 15 bcm within week

Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) on December 17-24 shrank by 2.4%, or 369 million cubic meters, from 15.358 billion cubic meters to 14.989 bcm, according to the state-run gas transport system operator Ukrtransgaz.

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As reported, 53 mcm of gas was withdrawn from storage facilities on December 24 alone.

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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