GIE: EU continues to put gas in storages at high rates August

MOSCOW, Aug 11 (PRIME) -- The E.U. continued to put gas in its underground storages at high rates in August in spite of limited imports from Russia, Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) said in a statement Thursday.

As of the end of the Tuesday gas day, at 7:00 a.m. Moscow time on Wednesday, the European gas storages were 72.79% full, with the reserve growth amounting to 0.39 percentage point on the day. The overall reserves amounted to 73.5 billion cubic meters. At the same date in 2021, the reserves were 60.12% full.

The average daily reserve increase amounted to 0.39 percentage points in August after 0.34 percentage points over the last five years.

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