European countries are recording record-low gas storage levels ahead of the upcoming autumn-winter season, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said.

According to TASS, Miller said European Union countries were showing “historic record lows” in gas storage levels ahead of what he described as a challenging autumn-winter period.

Gazprom noted that gas reserves in European underground storage facilities remain below previous record-low levels.

As of October 1, European gas storage facilities were 72% full, while the volume of working gas in storage was 11.3 billion cubic meters lower than on the same date last year, according to the company.