The highest level of UGS filling is now observed in Spain and Croatia – the reserve levels are 99.98% and 96.88%, respectively.
European countries fill their underground storage facilities (UGS) with gas to a target of 90% during the heating season. This was confirmed by the data of the association Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) on Friday, August 18.
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Currently, UGS facilities in Europe are filled at 90.12% – 13.54 percentage points above the average for this date over the past five years – they contain approximately 99 billion cubic meters. m of gas.
The highest level of UGS filling is now observed in Spain and Croatia – there the levels of stocks are 99.98% and 96.88% respectively. Among the leaders in terms of reserves are Sweden (95.29%), Slovakia (93.49%), the Czech Republic (93.03%), the Netherlands (92.92%) and Poland (92.89%).
UGS facilities in Germany were filled by 91.79%, Portugal – by 93.19%, Italy – by 90.62%, Austria – by 90.76%, France – by 84.04%, Belgium – by 87.85%, Hungary – by 85.75%.
The lowest UGS filling rate is observed in Latvia – 77.33%.
Last year, the highest occupancy of EU gas storage facilities was reached in mid-November – 95.64%. 90% of UGS facilities were filled by early October.
The media previously reported that this year Russia’s revenues from gas sales to the EU will decrease by 75%. At the same time, not so long ago, Gazprom’s gas sales in Europe were the main source of foreign exchange earnings for the Russian Federation.
Source: korrespondent
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