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Europe spent a quarter of its gas reserves – Gazprom

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In Europe in November, temperatures were 2 ° C lower than in 2020

In November, the selection of “blue fuel” from underground storage facilities in Europe reached its maximum level since 2011.

European countries have already consumed almost a quarter of the annual volumes of gas pumped into underground storage in 2021. About it informs press service of Gazprom in Telegram.

“According to Gas Infrastructure Europe, as of December 4, about a quarter (23.4%) of the volume of gas injected this year has been withdrawn from the underground gas storages in Europe,” says the message.

It is noted that in November, the selection of gas from underground storage facilities in Europe reached the maximum level in the history of observations of Gas Infrastructure Europe (since 2011). Thus, the withdrawal in November amounted to almost 12 billion cubic meters. m. For comparison, a year ago 8.85 billion cubic meters of gas were withdrawn.

In Europe, November temperatures were two degrees lower than last year. Also this November was the coldest in the last five years.

Meanwhile, gas in Europe fell below $ 1000… The cost of gas on the European market is decreasing by more than 4% – below a thousand dollars per thousand cubic meters.

Previously it was reported that Russia has cut gas supplies to the EU… The EU countries now receive gas from Norway and Algeria in full, while Russian gas supplies fell by a quarter in the fall. At the same time, on December 1, Russian Gazprom reported that, according to preliminary data, since the beginning of 2021, the company has increased gas exports to non-CIS countries by 6.6% (by 10.6 billion cubic meters), to 171.5 billion cubic meters. m.

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