Ukraine ordered the switch to natural gas power generation. How rich is the local natural gas energy?

According to foreign media reports, on February 26, 2022, local time, DTEK, the largest private power company in Ukraine, said that it had received instructions from the Ukrainian government to switch to natural gas to generate electricity and save strategic coal reserves. The local natural gas energy in Ukraine is not enough!

According to the investigation of relevant energy agencies, natural gas accounts for one third of Ukraine's energy consumption, and other energy consumption includes coal, nuclear energy, oil and other renewable resources. Ukraine's local natural gas energy is not particularly sufficient, mainly relying on imports. Ukraine's natural gas and oil reserves are relatively scarce, and most of them are imported.

DTEK is the largest private power company in Ukraine, which will provide a quarter of Ukraine's electricity. Maxim, president of DTEK? Timchenko said in an interview with foreign media that he had been instructed to switch to natural gas for power generation. At present, Ukraine's coal reserves are 730,000 tons, which can be used by Ukraine 15 to 20 days. So we will reserve coal strategically and use natural gas to generate electricity. ?

In fact, domestic coal mines in Ukraine are mainly distributed in the eastern region. With the change of the current situation, coal mining may be affected a little, so they will store coal as a strategic reserve. Ukraine's power grid was initially connected to the power grids of Russia and Belarus, and most of the natural gas and oil used in Ukraine were imported. The proven natural gas mines in Ukraine are not rich.

Ukraine lacks natural gas reserves. According to previous data, Ukraine consumes about 80 cubic kilometers of natural gas every year, of which about three quarters depend on imports and heavily rely on Russian natural gas imports. This natural gas dispute is also one of the disputes between Russia and Ukraine.