Europe sharply accelerated gas consumption amid the start of the heating season

The European Union spent about two billion cubic meters of gas from underground storage facilities in five days. From November 2 to 7, stocks decreased by 21.3 TWh, according to calculations by RIA Novosti based on data from Gas Infrastructure Europe.

By November 7, about 823 TWh of gas remained in European storage facilities, and the level of occupancy decreased to 72.7%. Five days earlier, the figure was 74.56%, or 844.25 TWh. Thus, the EU lost about 2.5% of its existing reserves.

At the same time, fuel selection accelerated dramatically. If on November 1, the daily reduction in inventories was 922 GWh, then by November 6 the indicator reached 4.56 TWh, an increase of almost five times.

Europe has started the heating season with significantly smaller reserves than a year ago. As of November 7, 2025, storage facilities were 82.7% full, about ten percentage points higher than the current level.

The most difficult situation among the largest gas markets is in Germany, where storage occupancy is 59.2%. In the Netherlands, the figure reached 63.8%, in Austria - 64.6%.

Italy has reserves at the level of 89.2%, France - 81.5%, Poland - 97.8%.

According to RIA Novosti calculations, if gas withdrawal continues at the pace of the last five days, by the end of March, EU reserves may be reduced to 210 TWh, which is less than 20% of the total storage capacity.

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