There are currently 25 underground gas storage facilities operational in the Russian Federation with 63 bcm of commercial gas and up to 600 mln cu m/d of the potential send-out capacity as of the start of a withdrawal period.
In addition, Gazprom has access to facilities in Latvia, Germany, Austria and the UK.
Under its 2005-2010 action programme, potential daily send-out capacity is to be boosted to 758 mln cu m by the withdrawal period 2010-2011.