KYIV, Nov 5 - Ukraine early November 2018 continued expanding its natural gas reserves in the underground gas storage facilities, despite the start of the heating season started in many cities and towns, according to data from Ukrtransgaz.

As of November 3, 2018, gas stocks totaled 17.179 billion cubic meters (bcm), which is 2.1% or 354.91 million cubic meters (mcm) more than a year ago.

From April 8 to November 3, 2018 gas inventories rose by 2.3 times, or by 9.744 bcm.