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Gazprom may use Europe’s UGSs to guarantee more gas supplies to Europe in winter

“Currently, only half of the European UGSs are used in full. Therefore, their capacities allow loading additionally at lease 40-45 billion cubic meters of gas,” President of the Russian Gas Society Pavel Zavalny said
Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky ITAR-TASS/Vyacheslav Prokofyev
Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky
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MOSCOW, May 12. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s gas giant Gazprom may use capacities of Europe’s underground gas storages (UGS) for additional guarantees of stable gas supplies to European consumers in winter period, President of the Russian Gas Society Pavel Zavalny told a news conference on Monday.