The most common form of storing natural gas underground in Europe is in depleted fields. Roughly 65 percent of all working gas was kept in former extraction sites. By comparison, the least common form was storage in rock caverns, with Sweden being the only country to use such facilities. Overall, some 1.83 petawatt hours worth of working gas were stored underground across Europe.
Technical working gas volume in underground storage facilities in Europe by storage type as of 2018 (in terawatt hours)
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Gas Infrastructure Europe. (December 1, 2018). Technical working gas volume in underground storage facilities in Europe by storage type as of 2018 (in terawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101362/underground-gas-storage-volume-by-storage-type-europe/
Gas Infrastructure Europe. "Technical working gas volume in underground storage facilities in Europe by storage type as of 2018 (in terawatt hours)." Chart. December 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101362/underground-gas-storage-volume-by-storage-type-europe/
Gas Infrastructure Europe. (2018). Technical working gas volume in underground storage facilities in Europe by storage type as of 2018 (in terawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101362/underground-gas-storage-volume-by-storage-type-europe/
Gas Infrastructure Europe. "Technical Working Gas Volume in Underground Storage Facilities in Europe by Storage Type as of 2018 (in Terawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101362/underground-gas-storage-volume-by-storage-type-europe/
Gas Infrastructure Europe, Technical working gas volume in underground storage facilities in Europe by storage type as of 2018 (in terawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101362/underground-gas-storage-volume-by-storage-type-europe/ (last visited May 30, 2023)
Technical working gas volume in underground storage facilities in Europe by storage type as of 2018 (in terawatt hours) [Graph], Gas Infrastructure Europe, December 1, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101362/underground-gas-storage-volume-by-storage-type-europe/