PGNiG warned of the risk of a severe winter in Europe due to the level of UGS occupancy

“The cost of gas is now very high.

As you probably know, demand in Europe is now much higher than supply.

There is a risk that the winter will be difficult.

Gas storage facilities in Western Europe are filled at a record low, which leads to a record high cost, ”he told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the 23rd World Petroleum Congress in Houston.

Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyjarto expressed the opinion that the European Union should conduct a dialogue with Russia if Brussels wants to secure energy supplies.

At the end of November, Andrey Zotov, head of the Gazprom Export department, said that the reserves in Europe's underground gas storage facilities amount to 75.5 billion cubic meters.

m - this is 15 billion cubic meters.

m below average.

Also, Gazprom noted that European countries have already spent almost 25% of the gas volumes that were pumped into UGS facilities this year.