Uniper Sees Gas Shortage in Winter If Storage Rates Don't Speed Up | EN590 Commodities
EN590 Commodities GroupCrude Oil May 28, 2026
Uniper Sees Gas Shortage in Winter If Storage Rates Don't Speed Up Energy giant Uniper warns that Germany could face natural gas shortages in the winter if it doesn't accelerate the rate of filling gas storage sites. Uniper's chief executive Michael Lewiscalled for incentivesfor companies to stock up gas in storage in an interview with Germany's business daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Germany's gas storage sites were only 30.6% full as of May 27, according todatafrom Gas Infrastructure Europe. That's well below the 38.65% filled storage at the same time last year. “If we don’t fill the gas storage facilities quickly, we’ll have a problem next winter,” Lewis told the German newspaper. Germany’s storage levels have been rising since March, but the rate of refills is “still far too slo
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