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Gas injection rates in Germany, France minimal since 2013 — Gazprom

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 147 words
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What to know about Gas injection rates in Germany, France minimal since 2013 — Gazprom

Gazprom reports that gas injection rates into underground storage facilities in Germany, France, and the Netherlands are at historically low levels. The company cites data from Gas Infrastructure Europe and specifically mentions low filling levels at the Rehden facility in Germany and empty facilities in the Netherlands.

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What happened

The rates of gas injection into underground gas storages in Germany and France are at their lowest since 2013 after the summer season start, Gazprom said.

Why it matters

"The average filling rates of underground gas storages in Germany and France from the injection season start to May 22 are the smallest since 2013.

Common ground

It follows from data of Gas Infrastructure Europe.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Gazprom reports that gas injection rates into underground storage facilities in Germany, France, and the Netherlands are at historically low levels. The company cites data from Gas Infrastructure Europe and specifically mentions low filling levels at the Rehden facility in Germany and empty facilities in the Netherlands.

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7 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The rates of gas injection into underground gas storages in Germany and France are at their lowest since 2013 after the summer season start”
SINGLE SOURCE
The claim is explicitly stated in a TASS report citing Gazprom. However, no other independent news organization or authoritative source in the provided evidence corroborates this specific statistic.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Military Administration in France was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zone in areas of northern and western France. This …
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“The average filling rates of underground gas storages in Germany and France from the injection season start to May 22 are the smallest since 2013”
SINGLE SOURCE
The claim is found in the TASS report citing Gazprom. No other independent sources in the provided evidence confirm these specific filling rates for the period ending May 22.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In mathematics, an average of a collection or group is a value that is most central, common, or typical in some sense, and represents its overall position. In mathematics, it most commonly refers to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of France (French: Bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_France
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May 22 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 223 days remain until the end of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_22
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“Rehden, the largest UGS in Germany, is just 4.2% filled”
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While Bloomberg mentions that Rehden 'failed to allocate capacity' and is 'still empty', and Wikipedia confirms Rehden is a storage facility, none of the provided sources specify the exact filling percentage as 4.2%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The telephone numbering plan of Germany is an open numbering plan, with a variable number of digits in the area code (German: Vorwahl) as well as in the subscribers' directory telephone number. Area c…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rehden (German pronunciation: [ˈʁeːdn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately eight km east of Diepholz. The 44 TWh Rehden natural gas …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehden
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wetschen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛtʃn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetschen
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“Rehden... is one of the lowest levels for May 22 throughout the history of observations”
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The provided evidence does not contain historical observation data for the Rehden facility's filling levels on May 22 to verify if the current level is among the lowest.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marco Moni Lorenz (born 17 October 2003) is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden is a German sports club based in the municipality of Rehden, Lower Saxony. The club's football division currently plays in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Javier Alejandro Jiménez Paris (born 27 May 2000) is an Aruban professional footballer who plays as a forward for BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden.
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“Filling of underground storages in the Netherlands remains historically low since the very start of the injection season”
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The web search results for this claim returned irrelevant information about a TV series and weather services; no data regarding Dutch gas storage levels was provided in the evidence for this specific claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Weather Underground provides local & long-range weather forecasts, weather reports, maps & tropical weather conditions for locations worldwide
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“Norg and Grijpskerk UGS, which account for more than a half of the capacity of all storage facilities in the country, became completely empty last winter”
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Evidence confirms that Norg and Grijpskerk are storage facilities in the Netherlands, but no source in the provided text confirms that they were 'completely empty last winter' or that they account for more than half of the country's capacity.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kinderdijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌkɪndərˈdɛik]) is a town in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located about 15 km (9 miles) east of Rotterdam. Kin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an alphabetical list of populated places in the Netherlands.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Windmills are known worldwide as an iconic symbol of Dutch culture. Some 1,200 historic windmills survive, most of which are gristmills or polder mills. Many remain fully functional, and their upkeep …
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“Injection into Grijpskerk has not started yet”
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The claim that injection into Grijpskerk has not started yet is explicitly stated in the TASS report. No other independent source confirms this specific current status.
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web search NEUTRAL — The rates of gas injection into underground gas storages in Germany and France are at their lowest since 2013 after the summer season start, Gazprom said.Injection into Grijpskerk has not started yet.
https://tass.com/economy/2136279
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web search NEUTRAL — Grijpskerk has some 11.4 Bcm of cushion gas. London — The Dutch government is waiting for the results of studies into possible options for the use of the Grijpskerk gas storage facility in the Netherl…
https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news…
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web search NEUTRAL — Gas injection into European underground storage facilities (UGS), as of May 20, showed the lowest rate in the entire history of observations. This was announced by Gazprom's press service on May 23.
https://en.iz.ru/en/2102516/2026-05-23/gas-injection-eu-stor…
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