French Gas Stockpiles Could Be Nearly Depleted At End of Winter
- Stockpiles at lowest since 2018, prompting GRTgaz vigilance
- France can cope with late cold snap with more imports
French gas stockpiles were about 34% full as of Feb. 1.
Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
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French gas stockpiles could be nearly depleted at the end of winter, and operators must keep importing the fuel to meet demand in case of a cold snap, the head of the country’s main gas-transmission network said.
“We’ll probably be close to zero toward the end of March, and we remain vigilant on that topic,” GRTgaz chief Thierry Trouve said in a presentation in Paris Thursday.