Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz took 3.2 billion cubic metres of gas into underground storage in May, says the European association of storage operators, Gas Storage Europe (GSE), ITAR-TASS reported on June 2.
Over the previous week, gas stocks in the underground gas storages (UGS) of Ukraine grew by 851 million cu m, Ukrinform reported on May 26, citing Naftogaz Ukrainy.
Eight billion cubic meters of gas in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities is enough for three months' uninterrupted transit of Russian natural gas to Europe, Minister for Energy and Coal Yuriy Prodan told Bulgarian national radio on April 14, ITAR-TASS has reported.
Ukraine is not pumping Russian gas into underground storage, Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters before a meeting of at the Cabinet of Ministers on April 9, Ukrinform has reported.