The injection of natural gas into European underground gas storages continues, and by all accounts it seems that filling up to, and perhaps above, 90% should already be a fact on October 1st.

According to the data of the Association of European Underground Gas Storage Operators (GIE), cited by the "3e News" site, as of September 28, the facilities were filled on average to 88.25% or 983.3781 terawatt hours (about 95.54 billion cubic meters). , but at a lower injection rate.

Not all EU countries have a natural gas storage facility, and the available ones are of different volumes.

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As before, Portugal remains the country with 100% (3.8649 terawatt hours) gas storage.

Immediately after it, with a very small margin, is Poland - 98.08% (35.7121 terawatt hours).

The third most prepared country in terms of gas reserves turns out to be France, where the storage facility is filled to 96.68% (128.2058 terawatt hours).

Among the countries that exceeded 90% are Denmark (94.99% or 8.7674 terawatt hours), Belgium (91.55% or 7.9658 terawatt hours), Germany (91.28% or 224.0558 ), Italy (90.25% or 174.5912 terawatt hours), the Netherlands (90.66% or 126.0058 terawatt hours) and Sweden (92.93% or 0.0941 terawatt hours).

It is very likely that they will be joined by Spain, where gas storages were filled to 89.74% (31.6343 terawatt hours) and Croatia (89.6% - 4.276 terawatt hours) as of the indicated date.

Four are countries with storage facilities between 84-87% filled

As for the gas storage in Bulgaria (PGH Chiren), it is filled to 75.45% or 4.3201 terawatt hours at an injection rate of 0.28% and still has an opportunity until the end of the blue fuel injection season to reach to the target level set by the EC of 80%.

The chances of a level above this volume are slim.

With this volume, the gas storages of the EU countries will have the opportunity to cover periods of shortage for at least three months.

As is known, natural gas reserves provide only up to 30 percent of the necessary amount to pass the winter season without problems.

To ensure the winter season, however, Europe cannot rely solely on its gas storages and needs regular supplies of natural gas.