Natural gas stocks in Ukraine's underground storage facilities (USFs) shrank by 2.6%, to 24.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) within a week, December 19-27.
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The USFs were filled by 78% as of December 27, 2020.
Background
- Ukraine started pumping natural gas into its USFs on March 11 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 to cover the needs of the 2020-2021 heating season
- By the start of the 2019-2020 heating season, Ukraine had accumulated 21.76 bcm of gas, which was a record high over the past decade.