“For example, in Germany in the last AWP (from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022), gas consumption amounted to 57 billion cubic meters.
m, that is, an average of 9.5 billion cubic meters.
m per month.
The current filling level of underground storage facilities in Germany is 92%, the volume of active gas is 20 billion cubic meters.
m. Thus, the volume of gas reserves in German storage facilities is currently comparable to the average consumption during the cold period for only two months out of six, ”the company explained.
Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Hungary has enough gas reserves in storage, but for a number of European countries it will be impossible to survive the winter without Russian gas.
Director of the Energy Development Fund, energy expert Sergey Pikin commented on the situation with gas in Europe in an interview with FAN.
According to him, earlier, throughout the winter, gas was pumped to Europe from Russia, and this year there will be practically no or no gas supplies, that is, now the basis of European consumption is liquefied gas.