The filling level of underground gas storage facilities in European Union countries has exceeded 60%, stated in the data from Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), APA-Economics reports.
According to the data, European underground gas storage facilities are currently 62% full. This is 17 percentage points below the five-year average for the same date and 13 percentage points below the 75% level recorded during the same period last year.
EU countries currently have nearly 68 billion cubic meters of gas in storage.
Under European Commission requirements, EU countries must bring their underground gas storage levels to 90% between October 1 and December 1 each year. At the same time, a 10% flexibility mechanism is envisaged in the event of difficult conditions for filling storage facilities.
Thus, to meet the regulatory requirement by the beginning of the 2026–2027 autumn-winter season, net gas injections into European underground storage facilities need to amount to at least 68 billion cubic meters. Last year, Europe managed to achieve a figure of only around 55 billion cubic meters.
It should be recalled that the transportation of Azerbaijani gas to Europe via the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) began on December 31, 2020.
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