Europe’s Risky Plan to Avert an Energy Crisis: Stash Gas in Ukraine
Support is building for the high-stakes strategy after last year’s crisis
The Bilche-Volytsko-Uherske storage facility can stockpile more than four times as much natural gas as the largest site in Germany.
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About 60 miles from Ukraine’s border with the European Union, an array of pipes and pumps hints at what stands to become an important part of the bloc’s efforts to secure energy supplies and thwart Vladimir Putin.
Tucked between farm fields and forests, the Bilche-Volytsko-Uherske storage facility can stockpile more than four times as much natural gas as the largest site in Germany and connects easily to the bloc’s grids, thanks to Ukraine’s decades-long role as a transit route for Russian energy.