KIEV, Feb. 10 - Due to very cold weather, Ukraine has been taking more natural gas out of its underground storage facilities of late, increasing outtake to 140 million cubic meters (mcm) daily, Ukrtransgaz announced.

National oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrayiny’s data indicate that for several days there has been up to 45 mcm of gas received daily from the country's gas-producing companies and that up to 168 mcm has been being imported.