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Underground gas storage capacities grew 5% in 2013
According to Cedigaz’ latest Worldwide Underground Gas Storage (UGS) database update, worldwide working gas capacity stood at 399bn cm at 1 January 2014, a 5% growth over the previous year. Salt caverns represented 8% of working gas capacities worldwide and 26% of daily withdrawal capacity. They were the fastest growing segment of the market, with a 10% growth rate in 2013 and a 33% share of the planned projects backlog in terms of capacity. In difficult times for storage operators, European capacities grew by almost 3% (+13% for salt caverns).
