俄气：欧洲地下天然气储存设施空置率达到95.3%

据俄罗斯油气网2月21日莫斯科报道，俄罗斯国家能源巨头、俄罗斯主要天然气出口商俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司(俄气/Gazprom)周六援引欧洲天然气基础设施发布的统计数据称，截至2月17日，欧洲的地下天然气储存（UGS）设施的空置率达到了95.3%。  

这意味着欧洲现在只有4.7%的天然气储备可供冬季剩余时间使用。

与去年同期相比，欧洲地下天然气储存设施中的活性气体减少了21%，即83亿立方米。今年冬天，欧洲UGS的天然气总储备量已被抽走448亿立方米。

据俄气称，乌克兰UGS的天然气储备量也处于最低水平，已降至106亿立方米，比去年减少了45%。  

此外，本周早些时候，拥有欧洲最大UGS储备量之一的德国当局报告称，与前几年相比，其天然气储备量已下降到历史最低水平。  

然而，欧盟(EU)本周声称，如果俄罗斯因乌克兰紧张局势而停止向欧盟输送天然气，其天然气供应只能再维持数周。

俄罗斯对欧洲国家的天然气供应已经在去年年中开始下降，并在2022年初加速下降。

根据欧盟委员会发布的数据，直到最近，欧盟几乎四分之一(24%)的能源需求都是用天然气来满足的，其中90%是进口的。大约40%的进口来自俄气。

李峻 编译自  俄罗斯油气网

原文如下：

Europe has next to no gas left – Gazprom

UGS facilities in Europe were 95.3% empty as of February 17, Russia’s state energy giant and major gas exporter Gazprom said on Saturday, citing data from Gas Infrastructure Europe.

This means that Europe now has only 4.7% of its gas reserves left for the remainder of the winter season.

The volume of active gas in storage facilities is 21% or 8.3 billion m3 less compared to the same time last year. 

In total, 44.8 billion m3 have already been withdrawn from Europe’s UGS this winter.

According to Gazprom, gas reserves in UGS in Ukraine are also at a minimum, having dropped to 10.6 billion m3, which is 45% less than last year.

Also, earlier this week, authorities in Germany, which has one of the largest UGS capacities in Europe, reported a plunge in storage volumes to historically low levels compared to previous years.

The EU, however, this week claimed that its supplies were sufficient to last several more weeks in the event that Russia stops its gas flow to the bloc amid tensions over Ukraine.

Russian gas supplies to European countries had already started to fall in mid-2021, and the decline accelerated at the beginning of 2022. 

According to the Commission, until recently, the EU satisfied almost a quarter (24%) of its energy needs with gas, 90% of which was imported. 

Some 40% of its imports came from Gazprom.