Ukraine has filed an application for an increased gas supply from Slovakia in the amount of 37.04 million cubic meters (mcm) for Jan. 20.
The order for Jan. 1-5 was 18.8 mcm per day, whereas it was between 11.4 mcm and 13.5 mcm for January 6-13, and it grew to 26.7-27.6 mcm for January 14-15, and further to 22.7-33.8 mcm for January 16-18, according to Slovakia’s gas transport system operator Eustream.
Ukrainian gas transport system operator PJSC Ukrtransgaz reported in turn that the amount of gas taken from the country’s gas storage facilities grew to 90.5 mcm on January 18 compared to 71.3-75.9 mcm on Jan. 14-17.
Ukraine had 12.157 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in underground storage facilities as of Jan. 18, 2016, whereas gas stocks stored underground as of January 15, 2015, stood at 10.081 bcm.
