KYIV, March 11 – Ukraine since the start of the heating season on November 7, 2018 through March 9 decreased its natural gas stocks in the underground gas storage facilities by 7.898 billion cubic meters (bcm), or by 45.9%, to 9.297 bcm, according to data from Ukrtransgaz.

According to the calculations of the Interfax-Ukraine agency, on November 7 through November 30 some 1.075 bcm of gas was pumped from the underground gas storage facilities (44.73 million cubic meters (mcm) a day), in December 2018 – 2.246 bcm (72.45 mcm a day), and in January 2019 – 2.701 bcm (87.13 mcm a day), and in February – 1.443 bcm (51.52 mcm a day), and on March 1 through March 9, 2019 – 433.71 mcm, including on March 9 – 36.8 mcm.