Earthquake risks in the Netherlands have locals unwilling to plug the Russia-related energy shortfall.
The gas Megafield Europe Can’t use
By Cagan Koc and Diederik Baazil
11:01 GMT+7 6 tháng 10, 2022, Bloomberg
Beneath the windmill-dotted marshlands of the Netherlands lies Europe’s largest natural gas reserve. The sprawling Groningen field has enough untapped capacity to replace, as soon as this winter, much of the fuel Germany once imported from Russia.
Instead the field is in the process of shutting down, and the Netherlands is rebuffing calls to pump more, even as Europe braces for perhaps its toughest winter since World War II. The reason: Drilling has led to repeated earthquakes, and Dutch officials are loath to risk a backlash from residents by breaking promises.
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