Ukraine since the beginning of the 2015/2016 heating season has reduced natural gas stocks in its underground gas storage facilities (UGS) by 27.8%, or 4.741 billion cubic meters.

According to data from PJSC Ukrtransgaz, as of October 29, 2015 some 17.064 billion cubic meters of gas were stored in the UGS, while on January 16, 2016 gas reserves in the underground has storage facilities amounted to 12.323 billion cubic meters, which is 20.6% more than on January 16, 2015.

In October 2015 gas taking was 10 million cubic meters, in November 2015 some 835 million cubic meters, in December 2015 some 2.224 billion cubic meters, and on January 1-16, 2016 the figure was 1.673 billion cubic meters.

According to the company, on January 16, 2016 the gas taking regime was 73.34 million cubic meters per day, while on January 16, 2015 some 73.23 million cubic meters of gas per day.

According to live data from European operators of gas transportation systems, gas imports from Slovakia on January 16 totalled 34.2 million cubic meters, from Hungary 1.4 million cubic meters, from Poland 1.3 million cubic meters. Imports from Russia were suspended from November 26.