About 8 billion cubic meters of gas is placed in the Ukrainian gas storages, the daily selection is 13 million cubes, informs on Wednesday Ukrtransgas.
"on 9 March in the Ukrainian gas storages were 7, 9 billion cubic meters of blue fuel, 5, 1% or 0, 4 billion cubic meters more than in the same period last year ", - informs the Department of public relations and media organization " Ukrtransgaz ".
according to operational information of the organization, daily selection of gas is carried out of the five stores in the amount of 13 million cubic meters.
at the end of February, the Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak said that the Russian Federation considers a high risk of selection Ukraine gas transit, as in its underground storage only 2-3 billion cubic meters of active gas.
Novak recalled that 5-6 billion cubic meters of 8 billion cubic meters, is the so-called buffer gas, which must continuously be in UGS - it cannot be used. Ukraine since October 20 last year started off gas from the storage facilities in connection with the beginning of the heating season. Gas supplies from Russia, discontinued since mid-June because of the billions of dollars of debt Kiev resumed on 9 December, after receiving Gazprom pre-payment.
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