Gas stocks shrink by 1.8% to 15.6 bcm over week

The underground facilities were filled by 50% as of April 10, 2021.

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Natural gas stocks in Ukraine's underground storage facilities (USFs) shrank by 1.8%, to 15.6 billion cubic meters (bcm) within a week, on April 3-10.

Read alsoUkraine pays US$209.65 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas imported in MarchGas reserves in the country's USFs as of April 10, 2021, were 2% down from 15.9 bcm as of April 10, 2020, state-run LLC Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) said.

The USFs were filled by 50% as of April 10, 2021.

Background

Ukraine started pumping natural gas into its USFs on March 11, 2020, as the country's reserves stood 15.808 bcm.

On October 28, National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine said it had stopped injecting gas into the underground storage facilities, having switched to pumping it out for the 2020-2021 heating season. Ukraine had accumulated over 28 bcm of gas as of the said date.

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