Europe’s gas stores 95% full and winter supplies ‘safe’, says EU chief – The National

Europe’s gas stores 95% full and winter supplies ‘safe’, says EU chief – The National

Europe’s gas stores are almost full and supplies are “safe” this winter as the bloc has replaced most of its Russian gas with “reliable” sources including from the Middle East, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.

The European Union has depended on Russian gas for years and Moscow typically supplies about 40 per cent of the bloc's natural gas, mostly by pipeline.

But Russian supplies to Europe have dropped by at least 80 per cent since its invasion of Ukraine in February.