EU Hits 95% Full Natural Gas Storage Ahead of Winter

The EU’s natural gas storage is already at 95% full, data from Gas Infrastructure Europe show, after the bloc reached in August its target to have 90% full storage well ahead of its self-imposed binding deadline, November 1. In the middle of August, the EU reached its target of filling gas storage facilities to 90% of capacity 10 weeks ahead of the 1 November deadline.

This achievement is on par with last year, when EU countries reached the 90% target on August 18, the European Commission said two months ago. Now the EU storage is 95% full…