Further from the enemy: how Ukraine wants to hide oil and gas reserves during the war with the Russian Federation

According to Prime Minister Denis Shmigal, one of the government's strategic tasks is the maximum accumulation and effective preservation of reserves in wartime and in the long run. Ukraine has decided to store its energy resources in special underground structures. This is how our country will protect them from the enemy's encroachment. The corresponding decision was made during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, which took place on May 26, 2023.

As Prime Minister Denis Shmigal explained, one of the government's strategic tasks is the maximum accumulation and effective preservation of reserves in wartime and in the long run. In particular, energy resources. "Today we approve the list of underground structures where accumulated oil, gas, other substances and materials will be stored. This will allow us to equip and maintain in good condition reliable storage facilities that are unattainable to the enemy and other threats," he said.

As part of preparation for the new heating season, Ukraine wants to fill its gas storage facilities 14 billion cubic meters. m. of gas. And the plan for the restoration of energy objects for winter is 1710 MW of generating. Meanwhile, the head of Naftogaz of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov said that specialists are working on the restoration of damaged equipment and prepares for the future autumn and winter period of thermal power enterprises.

"One of the key tasks is to create the necessary gas reserves. This year, we first count on our own Ukrainian production. In the enhanced mode we are preparing our infrastructure," he said. We will remind, despite the fighting, the situation with gas production in Ukraine was not problematic. Thus, at the beginning of 2023, Ukrgasvydobuvannya, which is a member of Naftogaz, said that there were 12. 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas (commodity) in 2022.