Ukraine’s efforts to store natural gas for winter are running 1 billion cubic meters behind their pace last year, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Wednesday.
Ukraine has 14.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in underground storage, he said. The country aims to store 18 to 19 bcm of gas before the winter heating season begins in mid-October.
“On this day last year, we had 1 billion more. … We’re in talks with our Western partners to get short-term funding to pump gas,” Yatseniuk said at a government meeting.
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Source: Voice of America
