During the heating season, Naftogaz is obliged to nearly double its gas reserves. Today there are 10 billion cubic meters in underground storage facilities.
The government has ordered Naftogaz to store 19 billion cubic meters of gas during the heating season, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, June 7.
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“The government is considering several scenarios for generating events simultaneously for maximum preparedness for winter. Today we instruct NJSC Naftogaz to have at least 19 billion cubic meters of gas in our gas storage facilities at the beginning of the heating season, ”he said.
According to him, at the beginning of the summer, Ukraine’s gas reserves reached 10 billion cubic meters, which is a billion more than by the end of the heating season, and 7.5%, or 700 million cubic meters than in standard numbers. for 2014-2018.
The government estimates the volume of its own production at the level of 16 to 19 billion cubic meters. m, consumption – from 21 to 24 billion cubic meters. m.
“Accordingly, we will import part of the gas. We have the capacity for this. We also have agreements with our neighbors in the West,” Shmyhal said.
It should be noted that in May the price of gas imports for Ukraine reached almost $ 1,000 per thousand cubic meters.
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Source: korrespondent
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