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Ukrgazvydobuvannia reduced its production of gas by 4.8% to 10.2bn cubic meters compared to the same period last year. In order to stabilize production indicators, the company drilled 36 new wells, carried out 187 overhauls on existing wells, performed 458 coil tubing operations, 85 fracturing operations, and 9 side drilling operations.
Ukraine has increased the withdrawal of natural gas from its underground storage facilities (UGS) by 91 times on October 7, according to Ukrtransgaz, the operator of Ukrainian UGS facilities, Russian media reported. By 07:00 October 7, the daily pumping out of the storage facilities has been increased from 0.1 to 9.1mn cubic meters of gas. In winter, pumping can increase several times. Replenishment has been discontinued since October 5th, as their volume dropped to 18.8bn cubic meters.
9.1.2 Automotive sector news
Ukrainian automakers produced 6,135 cars from January to September, 2.4 times the number produced during the first nine months of last year. Until last month, production was entirely at Eurocar, in Zakarpattia. Last month, productions resumed at Zaporizhia Automobile Plant, with ZAZ producing 248 cars.
Drivers paid $80,500 to Kyiv City for parking last month – 17 times more than in September last year. Higher parking rates and the spread of non-cash payment systems explain the surge in payments, the City Administration reports.
Demand for used cars grew in September 2021. Ukrautoprom has reported that Ukrainians registered 54,300 used cars imported from abroad, which is 1.5 times more than in September 2020. The share of used imported vehicles last month was 85% of all passenger cars registered in Ukraine for the first time. The most popular cars imported were VW, Renault, Skoda, and Ford. In total,
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