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EU gas storage levels fall below 2021 historical lows

Relative natural gas reserve levels in European underground storage facilities reached an all-time low for the date at the close of the Aug. 1 gas day, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

3 August, 12:34 PM

Hungary’s MVM seeks Romanian gas deal to replace Russian imports

Hungarian state-owned energy company MVM wants to sign a gas supply contract from Romania’s Neptun Deep field in the Black Sea, where production is expected to begin in 2027, Hungarian outlet Index.hu reported.

25 May, 06:05 PM

Domestic production and imports keep Ukrainian gas storage full

Ukraine now withdrawing 5M cubic meters of natural gas per day from underground storage facilities (UGS) since early March, compared to a three-year average of 22M cubic meters per day, former Energy Minister Olha Buslavets wrote on March 21.

23 March, 01:22 PM

Government to spend $201 million on extra gas imports as winter approaches

The Cabinet has allocated an additional UAH8.4 billion ($201 million) to import natural gas for the upcoming heating season, Ukrainian PM Yulia Svyrydenko announced on Oct. 23.

23 October 2025, 10:43 PM

Russia determined to knock out Ukraine’s natural gas wells, Zelenskyy says

Moscow will do anything it can to prevent Ukraine from producing its own natural gas, meaning that Kyiv will have to spend more to import the fuel ahead of winter, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 6.

7 October 2025, 02:16 AM

EU planning to replace Russian gas with LNG, new pipelines, demand cuts by 2027

The European Commission proposed on June 17 to phase out Russian gas imports by 2027, replacing them with increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies, new pipelines, Romanian gas production, and reduced EU demand, news agency Interfax-Ukraine reported.

18 June 2025, 12:42 PM

EU rejects sanctions against Russian LNG imports

EU officials have scrapped plans to ban liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from Russia as part of a broader set of sanctions, citing opposition from some governments and uncertainty over viable alternatives, Reuters reported on April 16.

17 April 2025, 12:29 AM

Ukraine's Naftogaz restores gas production after Russian strikes

Ukraine's energy company Naftogaz has restored more than half of the gas production it lost due to Russian attacks in February, the company’s press service said on April 10.

10 April 2025, 11:56 AM

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