Ukraine accumulates 15 bcm of gas in underground storage facilities – Ukrtransgaz

Stocks of natural gas in underground storage facilities of Ukraine as of Monday morning reached 15 billion cubic meters (bcm), the press service of public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz has reported.

The press service said that since early September, Ukrainian underground storage facilities have added more than 500 million cubic meters of gas, and daily pumping totals 48.6 million cubic meters.

Ukrtransgaz, which is wholly owned by NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy, operates a system of trunk pipelines and 12 underground storage facilities in Ukraine with a total storage capacity of 31 bcm.