European Union gas storage stood at 63%, versus approximately 80% during comparable periods in recent years.

European Union gas storage was reported at 63% during the final week of August. That compares with an average of approximately 80% during comparable periods in recent years.

The report attributed accelerated inventory depletion to cold weather at the end of the previous winter and increased gas-fired electricity generation during Europe’s summer heat waves. It also said disrupted Gulf energy exports following the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran had made the EU’s pre-winter 80% storage objective difficult to achieve.

Experts cited by the report said storage could enter the winter heating season at its lowest level since 2013 if current conditions persisted. This was an expert projection, not a confirmed future storage level.

The percentages refer to the fill level of gas-storage facilities, not annual European gas demand or gas-fired generation capacity. The source did not provide stored volumes in cubic meters, country-level inventories or individual terminal data.