OREANDA-NEWS Gas reserves in Ukraine's underground storage facilities have reached a minimum in at least 11 years, EXPRO, a Ukrainian consulting company specializing in oil and gas industry news coverage, said on Wednesday.

"Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities exceeded 6 billion cubic meters on May 11. Compared to last year, 31.7% or 2.79 billion cubic meters less gas is stored in storage facilities. This year, stocks in storage facilities are the lowest as of May 11 in at least the last 11 years," the consulting company said in a statement posted on its website.

According to the company's estimates, by the end of May, gas reserves in Ukrainian storage facilities could reach almost 6.6 billion cubic meters, subject to stable gas imports.