德国天然气储存行业协会 INES 周日表示，德国必须审查并改进其天然气洞库注气机制，因为作为欧洲最大经济体的德国，其储存水平在冬季来临前仍处于历史低位。
Germany must review and improve its mechanism for filling its gas caverns, gas storage industry association INES said on Sunday, as storage levels in Europe's top economy remained at record lows ahead of the winter season.
截至 10 月 30 日，天然气储存水平为 61.35%，远低于德国设定的 11 月 1 日达到 80% 的目标，引发对供应短缺的担忧，尽管柏林方面表示不会出现任何瓶颈。
As of October 30, gas storage levels stood at 61.35%, well below an 80% target Germany has set for November 1, raising fears about supply shortages even though Berlin has said there will not be any bottlenecks.
INES 常务董事塞巴斯蒂安·海纳曼在声明中说：“未能达到储存水平目标表明，必须更严格地保障未来几个冬季的储存水平。”
导致储存水平降低的主要驱动因素是伊朗战争及其对价格的影响，这使得夏季注气在经济上不划算。
他说：“因此，联邦经济部对引入供应商义务持开放态度是正确且重要的。我们必须现在就尽早讨论储存义务的具体设计方案，以便能毫不拖延地将其写入法律。”
"The failure to meet storage level targets shows that storage levels for coming winters must be guaranteed more rigorously," INES Managing Director Sebastian Heinermann said in a statement The main driver for lower storage levels has been the Iran war and its impact on prices, which has made filling caverns over the summer uneconomical "It is therefore right and important that the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs is open to the introduction of an obligation on suppliers.
INES 与天然气网络运营商协会 FNB Gas 共同编制了一份报告，称这将有助于为政治决策提供参考。
德国周五拒绝了意大利的指责，后者指控德国为了降低天然气进口公司的成本、为其私有化做准备，未在冬季来临前填满天然气储存设施。
We must now discuss specific options for the design of a storage obligation at the earliest opportunity, so that it can be enshrined in law without delay," he said INES has prepared a report together with gas grid operator association FNB Gas that it says will help inform the political process Germany on Friday rejected accusations from Italy that it had failed to fill its gas stores ahead of winter in order to reduce costs for its gas import companies to prepare them for privatisation