Gazprom injected no gas into Latvian storage this season-operator

Latvijas Gaze AS

02/09/2016 15:52

RIGA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom has injected no 
gas into Latvia's underground Incukalns gas storage so far this 
season, leaving it half-empty, the operator of the facility said 
on Friday. 
    "They (Gazprom) haven't booked capacity for new injections 
this season," Zane Kotane, a board member at Latvijas Gaze 
 GZE1R.RI , told Reuters. 
    The company's website showed the 2.3 billion cubic metres 
(bcm) capacity gas storage was 49.2 percent filled as of Sept. 
1, while the injection season normally last until October. 
    Incukalns re-exported 407 million cubic metres of gas to 
Russia in 2015, down from 626 mcm in 2014, Latvijas Gaze said in 
its annual report for 2015. 
 
 (Reporting by Gederts Gelzis, writing by Nerijus Adomaitis, 
editing by Terje Solsvik) 
 ((nerijus.adomaitis@thomsonreuters.com; +47 9027 6699; Reuters 
Messaging: nerijus.adomaitis.thomsonreuters@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: GAZPROM LATVIA/STORAGE