European Countries Start Heating Season on Sunday

European countries started withdrawing gas for the first day since spring, with 9 countries out of 17 getting gas out of the ground on Sunday. 

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and the UK saw their current inventory levels of gas decreasing. Data released by GIE indicate that Austria was the EU country withdrawing more gas.   

Similarly, Ukraine consumed 25.06 mcm of gas. The country’s facilities hold now 16,624.34 mcm. As said by Naftogaz, the heating season started in the country last week.

On Sunday, the Ukrainian population casted their votes in the parliamentary elections.

According to the European Parliament, the vote paved the way to peace and to closer ties with Europe. 

On the other hand, Croatia, France, Hungary, Italy and Portugal kept pumping gas in their UGS facilities.