KIEV, July 10 - Ukraine increased natural gas stocks in its underground storage facilities by 47.3% since March and are now at a “comfortable” level, a senior official said.
The stocks rose to 11.929 billion cubic meters (bcm) on July 8, up from 8.1 bcm on March 22, when the heating season had ended, according to data from Ukrtransgaz.
Yuriy Vitrenko, the commercial director at the national energy company Naftogaz Ukrayiny, said he was “very comfortable” with the level of the stocks.
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