KYIV, Jan 2 – Ukraine has started 2019 with natural gas stock in its underground gas storage facilities in the amount of 13.885 billion cubic meters (bcm), according to data from JSC Ukrtransgaz.

According to the calculations of the Interfax-Ukraine agency, on November 7 through December 31 some 3.31 bcm of gas was pumped from the underground gas storage facilities (a decline of 19.2%). On December 31 the country pumped 72.32 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas from the facilities.