Etiket: GAS WINNING
‘The real problem is not where you drill or not, our problem is greed’
From nine to two options? What is the best option for extracting gas in the municipalities of Westerveld and Weststellingwerf? This question was central to the residents’ meeting. Last week…
Gas extraction in the Westerveld municipality is at the expense of nature or culture
According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, one of the sites that remains from the nine sites examined (number 7) is located approximately 40 meters south of the nitrogen-sensitive Natura…
NAM earns 385 million euros in ‘very good year’
In total, NAM’s operating income amounted to three billion euros in 2021. But operating expenses also rose sharply. In 2020, those costs were still 1.8 billion euros, in 2021 they…
New owner of small gas fields keeps the same obligations as NAM
If NAM sells its small gas fields, the same obligations continue to apply to the new owner. This concerns, among other things, compensation for consequential damage and the clearing of…
‘NAM is putting pressure on the government: gas company wants to strengthen fewer houses’
Since May 2020, the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) has repeatedly pressured the government to strengthen fewer houses in Groningen than the government wants. In addition, the Asser gas company would…
Cabinet does not want to buy up small gas and oil fields itself
At the end of last year, the Groningen municipality of Westerkwartier suggested that the State buy up those fields. In this way, it provides residents with clarity. “We are not…