In September, European Union countries reduced the injection rate to underground gas storages (UGS) by 13.5% on a monthly basis, according to preliminary data, while the injection rate averaged 0.32 points (pp) per day compared to 0.37 pp. in August. This has been reported DEA News”Referring to data from the European Association of Gas Infrastructure Operators.
It is noted that some states have switched from storage facilities to gas selection. According to the association, there are currently 90 billion cubic meters of gas in European storage facilities, with total occupancy reaching 83.27%, up 0.28 points per day. The EU target of 80% was reached at the end of last month.
According to the agency, in some days since the beginning of September, more gas has been withdrawn from underground storage facilities than has been pumped in Poland, Belgium and Denmark.
Earlier, Karin Kneissl, the former head of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that there is a crisis in the electric power industry in Europe. started last year, and the European politicians themselves provoked this. According to him, when speaking of the seriousness of the energy crisis in Europe, “it is absolutely not necessary to think only about the coming winter.”