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EU countries' gas storage facilities were 87% full on Aug. 7, according to transparency platform GIE.

The government had targeted gas storage levels of 75% by Sept. 1 but the storage levels are already at 82.2%, industry data from European operators group GIE showed on Sunday.

Burns wrote: "And there's a hand, my trusty fiere. And gie's a hand o' thine."

German gas stocks were filled to 93.2% capacity on Saturday, data from European infrastructure group GIE showed, more than enough to cope with the immediate challenge of heating Germans’ homes this winter.

But would ye no gie us a loan o’ your hob to heat our wee tin o’ beans before we go?”