Baltic States – CIS, Energy, Gas, Latvia

At the moment, Incukalns underground liquefied gas storage facility stores gas reserves for Latvian, Estonian, Russian and Lithuanian gas supply companies.

1.2 billion cubic-meters of gas has been reserved for Latvia's needs, while the rest will be distributed to customers in Estonia, Russia and Lithuania.

In the summer, liquefied gas meant for consumers in Latvia is supplied directly from Russia's gas distribution system, and at the same time, part of this gas is pumped into the Incukalns underground gas storage facility. During the heating season, all natural gas consumed in Latvia is supplied from the Incukalns facility, which also supplies gas to the neighbor countries. Natural gas is pumped into the Incukalns facility from April to October each year, and pumped out from October to March or April.

The Incukalns facility was put into operation in 1968, the objective of the facility is to store natural gas necessary for the heating season, when natural gas consumption increases greatly and sufficient gas amounts cannot be supplied via gas pipelines from Siberia.