As Russia tightens gas supplies to western Europe, the Groningen gas field in northeastern Netherlands – the biggest of its kind in Europe – has taken on new importance. It holds enough gas to replace three years of Russian gas supplies to the EU.
But, the Dutch government plans to close the field next year because of the risk of earthquakes caused by gas extraction. Now calls are growing for a rethink. There’s little appetite in the region, however, for prolonging gas production.
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20 Comments
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Netherland can supply Europe with gas if they can help fix the house in that region.
Improve your relationships with Russia. You don't have to suffer.
How many earthquake's? an how strong do You get? everyone has to worry some. But Your not America We get hit a lot by them! an pretty strong one's. But You are right to look to fix them before hand. they seem to be getting worse an more often.
@0:33 happens to me too, the drill shooting off-center into the beam. I hate it when that happens. >:(
This is a solvable problem. The Japanese can build buildings that can withstand strong earthquakes with minimum damages. Just relocated the people living close to the drill site and build strong houses that are earthquake resistant that are further away from the epicenter.
STOP BURNING GAS FOR STOVES, WATER IS FUELS USE ELECTROLYZER STOVES, GAS IS PLASTIC, CLOTHES, ECT AS LONG NOT ON STOVES.
PUMPING IT EVERYDAY IS STUPIDITY, COUNTING PRODUCTION OF ITS MATERIALS NOT FOR STOVES.
And then Mrs Von Der Leyen wants us southern europeans to be solidary with sames ones that 10 years ago wanted our countries to live in austerity. How nice of Europe!
Was für ein nettes ! sehr charmant Toll
Russia already won
Haha I'm like she looks like the classic environmental activist. And I struck gold. 🤣
Who care about human life or human rights, good in talk about it and never follow through 😀
Actually, these aren't real earthquakes. Only places where the gas gets taken out of the ground they collapse and that can cause some damage to the ground and nearby houses/infrastructure but nothing compared to a real earthquake where tectonic plates plow against eachother
I would not expect the gas field to be opened this year unless the winter was particularly severe and long.
The Netherlands and Germany have had plenty time to prepare the gas storages and the Netherland have augmented their LNG import capacity starting next month.
It is more likely that some companies in Germany have to lower gas usage than to reopen the Groningen gasveld and risk more damage to houses.
The gas field needs to settle now.
Get the residents back in line ? Cut their gas . They will be ok with earthquakes
Build better houses
This Green is driving a Gas ⛽️ Car what an irony
Why should the Dutch deliver gas to Germany while the German government refuses to hold on to its nucleair plants for electric power.
i guess lng imports is the only viable options, in that case mozambique to the rescue🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣