MOSCOW, June 19. /TASS/. Net gas injections (the difference between volumes injected and withdrawn) by EU countries into underground gas storage facilities (UGS) since the start of the summer season in April 2026 have already exceeded 19 bln cubic meters, according to TASS calculations based on data from Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE).
European gas storage facilities are currently 45.56% full, which is 14.38 percentage points below the average level for this date over the past five years, compared with 54.4% a year earlier. They currently contain 49.8 bln cubic meters of gas.
Total gas injections into European storage facilities since the beginning of June have amounted to 5.9 bln cubic meters, down 16% year-on-year. This figure is also 5% below the average storage filling pace for this date over the entire observation period. Gazprom previously noted that Europe continues to set anti-records in filling its underground gas storage facilities.
Under European Commission requirements, EU countries must ensure that their gas storage facilities are filled to 90% between October 1 and December 1 each year. In addition, a 10% flexibility margin is allowed in the event of difficult storage-filling conditions. Thus, net injections into European storage facilities ahead of the 2026-2027 fall-winter season must total at least 68 bln cubic meters to meet the filling target. A year earlier, Europe managed to reach only about 55 bln cubic meters.
