European countries have accumulated more than 100 billion cubic meters of gas in underground storage facilities.
The level of gas reserves in European underground storage facilities (UGS) exceeds 95%. This was confirmed by data from Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) on Friday, November 4th.
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So, on Wednesday (the data was published with a two-day delay – ed.), gas reserves in European storage facilities rose to 95.02% – 6% higher than the average for the date this for the past five years. Today they contain 102.6 billion cubic meters. m of gas. The maximum capacity of European gas storage facilities is 107.7 billion cubic meters.
The average UGS fill rate in November was 0.19% per day. At the same time, EU countries have pledged to fill storage facilities by at least 80% in the winter of 2022-2023 and in 90% of all subsequent winter seasons.
The highest level of UGS occupancy is currently observed in Portugal, Belgium and France (100% reserves). Also among the leaders in terms of reserves are Poland (98.85%), Denmark (98.86%) and Germany (99.3%). UGS facilities in Spain were filled by 94.85%, Italy – by 95.44%, Netherlands – by 91.93%, Sweden – by 92.94%, Romania – by 97.02%.
The top five European countries with the lowest UGS occupancy rates are Latvia (57.91%), Hungary (85.82%), Bulgaria (90.71%), Slovakia (91.64%) and Austria (93.3%).
The filling of storage facilities is mainly due to the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Its flow from terminals to the European gas transmission system in November continues at a record pace.
Due to the record imports of EU countries, LNG in 2022 is leading in terms of its share in the total volume of gas supplies in Europe – 33%. In the second place with a share of 26% are supplies from the North Sea (mainly gas from Norway), in the third with 21% are gas supplies from the east (Russian gas, gas supply from Ukraine, as well also European companies that source their gas from Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities).
At the same time, in October, the share of LNG was even higher – 35%, supplies from Norway – 31%, the share of Russian gas supplies fell to 8.6%. This is less than what is provided from North Africa (12%) and the UK (9.9%).
It was previously reported that gas exports from Russia continue to decline. In 10 months, it fell by 42.6% – to 91.2 billion cubic meters. m.
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