“Naftogaz” should accumulate 19 billion cubic meters of blue fuel
Increasing gas and coal reserves and preparedness for emergency situations are among the main aspects of preparation for the heating season – announced Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on 15 July.
According to him, the Government has been actively preparing for various scenarios of the heating season for three months. The corresponding headquarters at the highest level has been created.
“Gas is being pumped into Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities. As of today, Ukraine already has 11.3 billion cubic meters of gas. Almost 3 billion cubic meters of blue fuel have been pumped since the beginning of the year. Opportunities have been created for the physical reversion of gas from Europe. Despite the military operations, gas production by the state-owned company Ukrgazvydobuvannya almost did not decrease. Naftogaz is tasked with having 19 billion cubic meters in storage before the start of the heating season. m of gas,” noted Denis Shmyhal.
As of mid-July, Ukraine already has 1.5 million tons of coal. As the Prime Minister emphasized, this is two and a half times more than the guaranteed reserves defined by official documents for this time.
“We continue to increase our own production as well. We are forming agreements with partner countries so that by the beginning of the heating season our reserves will be more than 2 million tons,” the head of the Government noted.
The Prime Minister also noted that the Government has allocated UAH 1.4 billion for the purchase of backup equipment for regions in which emergency situations may arise: “When your geographical neighbor is an inadequate terrorist, we have to prepare for all scenarios.” “Naftogaz” to serve 12 million consumers
We remind you, read about what the 2022/2023 heating season will be like in Oleksandr Kitral's article “Winter is approaching: what difficulties await Ukrainians, and what to do”.< /strong>
