The capacity of underground gas storage facilities in Belarus will be increased to 4.5 billion cubic meters by 2020

July 23, Minsk /BELTA/. By 2020, Belarus plans to increase its underground gas storage capacity to 4.5 billion cubic meters. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Energy of Belarus Mikhail Mikhaduk on July 22 in Minsk at a meeting with journalists from EU countries, BELTA correspondent reports. The planned capacities will comply with the European Union Directive regulating the construction of gas storage facilities, the deputy minister noted. Currently, Belarus's underground gas storage facilities can hold 980 million cubic meters of gas. The press tour of journalists from EU countries to Belarus will last until July 24. Thirteen journalists represent media outlets from Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and the United Kingdom. "The purpose of the visit is to familiarize citizens of EU member states with specific projects that the EU is implementing in Belarus within the framework of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP)," the organizers of the visit note.