“According to Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), as of June 13, gas reserves in European UGS facilities were replenished by 26.2 billion cubic meters.

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According to Gazprom, in order to reach the level of 90% filling of underground storage facilities, companies will have to pump in about 37 billion cubic meters of gas.

At the same time, in order to reach the level of the beginning of the 2019/20 withdrawal season, European companies need to pump 46.2 billion cubic meters into storage.

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Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed the opinion that Europe will face tangible consequences next winter if it deprives itself of reserves in underground gas storage facilities.

As noted in Gazprom, European countries are facing a serious challenge to replenish gas reserves in underground storage facilities by next winter - this will have a strong impact on the cost of gas on the market.