KIEV, Jan. 12 - Ukraine has significantly increased its selection of gas from underground gas storage facilities since January 1, a Ukrainian government source told Interfax.

"As of January 9, 2012, Ukraine was selecting 102.8 million cubic meters of gas per day from underground gas storage facilities, and importing 33.3 million cubic meters of gas per day from Russia. For a comparison, as of December 9, 2011 (a month earlier), Ukraine was selecting 61 million cubic meters per day from underground gas storage facilities, and it was importing 95 million cubic meters from Russia. The gas transport system's working modes in December and January were approximately the same," the source said.

As of January 9, 2012, there were 15.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas located in Ukraine's underground gas storage facilities, he said. "At today's mode of selecting from storage facilities and gas imports, we will have enough fuel by the end of the heating season," he said.