Europe breaks records for gas withdrawal from storage for eighth day

For the first 8 days of November, 2.935 billion cubic meters were taken from European underground gas storage facilities. This monthly withdrawal volume updated the maximums for 8 days in a row. The calculations were made by TASS based on Gas Infrastructure Europe data.

The total selection from the beginning of the month was 2.9 times higher than a year earlier. By November 8, European storage facilities were 72.38% full. This is 17 percentage points lower than the average for the last 5 years on the same date and less than the figure for 2025, which was 82.61%. A lower level for this day has not been recorded since the beginning of observations in 2011. A little more than 79 billion cubic meters of gas remained in the EU storage facilities. This is 11.9 billion cubic meters less than a year ago, and at least since 2013.

Europe started the heating season with record low reserves. After the fall peak of filling at 74.96%, only 12 days have passed. During this time, the total withdrawal exceeded the average of the previous 5 years by 2.1 times. In 7 out of 11 days, namely 28 and 29 October, 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 November, the daily selection reached record values.

Since October 28, when the heating season began, more than 3.684 billion cubic meters have been taken from storage facilities in Europe. The net difference between selection and injection exceeded 2.9 billion cubic meters. This is 2.9 times the average for 5 years. Thus, according to the net selection, the EU countries spent 5.8% of the 51.2 billion cubic meters pumped over the summer to the arrival of cold weather.

The European Commission requires that from 1 October to 1 December, EU countries fill the vaults by 90%. Under difficult conditions, 10 percentage points of flexibility is allowed. To meet the norm by the beginning of the season 2026-2027 net injection should have been at least 68 billion cubic meters. This year, the European Commission expected a very warm winter and was ready to lower the bar to 80%. However, Europe has not reached this level.

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