FGSZ Ltd gas receiving station in Hungary. File photoMOSCOW, June 9European companies are rapidly filling underground gas storage facilities due to the risks of new sanctions against Russia that may affect the supply of blue fuel, Maria Belova, research director at Vygon Consulting, shared her opinion with RIA Novosti. The analyst is sure that under normal market conditions, the injection rate is affected gas prices, but the current situation is far from normal.Countries that have refused to pay for gas in rubles have already been turned off, Peskov said. «The European Commission … is working on sanctions packages, so companies, assessing the risks of gas getting there, as well as adjusting for the military action factor and requirements for the level of reserves in underground storage facilities, store gas in an accelerated mode, despite the (high — ed.) prices,» Belova notes. Companies continue to prepare for winter and pump gas into storage facilities. Data from Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) shows that the average occupancy level of the «subways» on the morning of June 8 exceeded 50%. scenario for Europe without Russian gasThus, Europe replenished its reserves by almost 26 billion cubic meters in three months. Now the total volume of gas in underground storage facilities has exceeded 53 billion cubic meters. To reach the target level in 80% of Europe, about 30 billion cubic meters more will have to be pumped before the start of the heating season — approximately by November 1. Injection rates have generally not slowed down after a series of refusals by European companies to pay for Russian gas under the new scheme. In the last days of May, Gazprom stopped deliveries of Gasum to Finland and GasTerra to the Netherlands, and on June 1 — Shell Energy Europe to Germany and Orsted to Denmark. » />The European country was predicted to be destroyed without Russian oil and gas
