The Dutch Senate on Tuesday approved a law to permanently close the Groningen gas field, following the government's promise that production will never be resumed to limit seismic risks in the region.

Per the government of the Netherlands, gas production from the Groningen field, once biggest in Europe, will be stopped in 2022 (eight years earlier than planned) to lower the risk and damages ...

The Netherlands will turn off the Groningen gas fields on October 1 this year, and a year later close them down permanently, mines minister Hans Vijlbrief confirmed on Friday. The fields will remain ...

The giant Groningen gas field will close completely on October 1, 2023, the Council of Ministers meeting determined on Friday, sealing the fate of the field for good after a draft decision that ...

The Dutch Senate has postponed a vote on a law to close permanently the Groningen gas field, angering the government that has said production would never resume because of the risk of earthquakes.

A main source of Europe's gas for decades, the Groningen field operated by a joint venture between Shell RDSa.L and Exxon Mobil XOM.N hit peak output of 88 bcm in 1976 and was still close to 30 ...

A view of a gas-production plant in 't Zand in Groningen Feb. 24, 2015. Production at the Groningen gas field will be slashed to 13.5 billion cubic meters in the second half of the year, the ...

The Groningen field, once one of Europe's top gas suppliers, was suspended but left on standby mode last October in case a cold winter led to shortages; ...

Production from the Groningen gas field, run by Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) and ExxonMobil (XOM), will be active through 2026 if there is high demand for the commodity during bitter cold winters.

GRONINGEN, June 16-- Supergiant Groningen natural gas field in the northern reaches of the Netherlands will continue to produce gas for at least another 50 years, according to Roelf Venhuizen ...

However, earlier-than-planned halt of the Groningen gas field activity was induced by the frequently felt earth tremors with 3.4 magnitude earthquakes hitting the region in January 2018 as well as ...