KIEV, Sept. 8 – Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has ordered a schedule drawn up according to which natural gas stockpiled in underground storage facilities will reach 17 billion cubic meters (bcm) by Nov. 1.

The decision is outlined in government resolution No. 638-r dated August 31 posted on the government's website on Thursday.

The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, Economic Development and Trade Ministry, Finance Ministry and national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrayiny are to draw up the schedule and approve it by September 15.