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AMSTERDAM, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The Dutch government and energy companies Shell SHEL.L and Exxon Mobil XOM.N ignored the risks of gas production in Groningen for years, to the detriment of people living ...
News Netherlands » Groningen » People: Netherlands will shut down tremor-prone Groningen gas field despite energy security concerns
Groningen gas discovery was so big that soaring sales revenues knocked the Netherlands’ economy out of kilter in the 1970s, inspiring the term ‘Dutch disease’ The Dutch government has confirmed that ...
News Netherlands » Groningen » People: The Netherlands To Turn On Groningen Gas Output amid Cold Snap
The Dutch government has decided to temporarily extract minimal amounts of natural gas from two sites at the Groningen gas field that was closed last year, as a deep freeze is moving into northwest ...
News Netherlands » Groningen » People: Netherlands dispatch: Groningen student encampment dissolved by police, but protests continue
Last Wednesday, the pro-Palestine encampment on a small square in front of a Groningen University (RUG) building in Groningen was cleared by police officers and municipal services. The protesters, who ...
News Netherlands » Groningen » People: Dutch to shut Europe's biggest gas field after quakes
The Netherlands said Friday it would end production at Europe's largest gas field on October 1 after years of earthquakes, despite global energy worries sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine. Wells at ...
News Netherlands » Groningen » People: Dutch officials weigh options on Groningen closure date
Government to announce final date before summer recess as grid operator Gasunie asks to keep field as back-up for energy security The government of the Netherlands is holding out on when to close ...
News Netherlands » Groningen » People: Netherlands to end Groningen gas production by Oct 1
THE HAGUE, June 23 (Reuters) - Gas production at the Netherlands' Groningen field will end by Oct. 1, the government said on Friday, as it kept its promise to rapidly cease already minimal extraction ...