At the end of September, natural gas stocks in the EU countries have reached the lowest level since the start of specified measurements.
According to Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), analysed by TASS, EU gas retention facilities were 71.54 percent filled on September 30. Their full content was about 71.9 billion cubic metres of gas. This was the lowest level recorded on September 30 since the beginning of measurements in 2011. Stocks have besides remained clearly below the average over the past 5 years.
According to the data cited by the TASS, European gas retention facilities were completed on 30 September in 87.05 percent between 2021 and 2020. This means that this year's level is about 15,5 percent points below the average for the same day from the erstwhile 5 years.
During the gas day on 29 September, EU countries have crowded about 0.22 billion cubic metres of gas into storage. As a result, overall stocks increased by 0.21 percent points.
In September, the average regular gas injection rate was about 0.22%. This was the fastest rate since 2022, erstwhile the average reached 0.28%. In comparison, last year the rate of injection was about 0.18%.
Recorded low stock levels were besides recorded at the end of August. At the time, EU gas warehouses were filled in 65.09 percent.
In accordance with the provisions adopted in June 2022, the associate States of the European Union were initially required to scope a level of 90% of stockfill by 1 November.
