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The Dutch government should shut down Europe's largest gas field as early as this year, a top Shell Netherlands official said Sunday, despite global energy uncertainties following Russia's war in Ukraine.
The gas field in Groningen must be completely closed this year, said the CEO of Shell Netherlands, Marjan van Loon. Currently, the gas field is still supplying minimal amounts of gas to keep the wells usable, but she doesn't think that's necessary. "It can and must be done, so the field has to be closed," Van Loon said on the TV program WNL Op Zondag.
The Dutch government should shut down Europe's largest gas field as early as this year, a top Shell Netherlands official said Sunday, despite global energy uncertainties following Russia's war in Ukraine.
A Dutch parliamentary inquiry released a damning report Friday into the government’s handling of lucrative natural gas extraction that caused a string of earthquakes in the northern province of Groningen, saying that authorities put profits before people. “The interests of the people of Groningen have been structurally ignored in natural gas extraction in Groningen, with…