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    Shell-Exxon venture reports natural gas discovery

    AMSTERDAM (AP) — A joint venture between Shell and Exxon says it has successfully drilled a significant new onshore natural gas field in the Netherlands.

    Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV says in a statement the field contains 4 billion cubic meters of gas, about enough to supply 2.5 million households for a year. Production is due to begin this summer, the company says.

    The Metslawier-zuid well, 3,900 meters (12,800 feet) deep, is located near the city of Dokkum, 130 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Amsterdam.

    Most Dutch natural gas reserves are stored in a single field in the province of Groningen. But 40 percent comes from smaller fields on land and offshore, such as the field announced Monday.

    The Dutch state owns a 40 percent stake in Metslawier-zuid.

     

    15 comments

    • poopsie  •  Rice Lake, Wisconsin  •  4 mths ago
      finding natural gas is easy - just stand next to a politician
    • Michael  •  4 mths ago
      I have a source of natural gas you can tap. It's right behind me.
    • Uniblab  •  4 mths ago
      Exxon should tap my ex-wife. She has enough gas to supply Europe and North Africa for a decade.
    • rar  •  Monroeville, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      Everywhere in the world but the USA they find the gas and start production asap!!! OBAMY YOU ARE FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Design.  •  4 mths ago
      Holy Frack!
    • x  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  4 mths ago
      This is such a minor discovery it really doesn't even bear worth mentioning. I mean seriously... 2.5 million people for one year - that's nothing.
      • Motie 4 mths ago
        With a population of only 16 million, it's more significant than you seem to think.
      • William Weber 4 mths ago
        It's a supply of gas the Dutch don't have to import from Russia.
        And it's jobs in the fields for oil workers.
        And the Dutch government owns 40% of the find.
        +
        Sort of like how the state of Texas owns all the oil on some land it has owned since its beginning.
    • Richard Dimarzo  •  Islip, New York  •  4 mths ago
      and it will be developed without hysteria and hoopla, not like here.
      • William Weber 4 mths ago
        There is no hysteria and hoopla in Texas, Oklahoma, or Louisiana. We've had oil and gas drilling and production for decades.
        +
        But we don't have a huge population dependent on aquifers either, except for San Antonio, Texas. The old way of extracting oil and gas did not use a lot of chemicals to extract, fracking uses a huge amount of chemicals and water under extremely high pressure. People dependent on aquifer water have every right to be concerned about contamination of their water source.
    • frankie  •  Lome, Togo  •  4 mths ago
      I just farted! Plant cabbage.
    • Sabre  •  4 mths ago
      It doesn't matter how much they say they've found, the prices never go down. They control our access, they control prices. It's just like DeBerres and diamonds.
      • Jimicon 4 mths ago
        Nat gas is absurdly cheap, where the hell do you get your news?
    • baby boomer  •  Branson, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      I hope the people in the Netherlands nail everything down when they start the fracking and the earth shaking starts. Good Luck!
    • MC J  •  Buffalo, New York  •  4 mths ago
      sad for the Netherlands
    • Randall  •  4 mths ago
      And it will only destroy 3000 miles of coastline and kill 90% of wild life! Ever wonder why their are no deep sea drilling rigs in the N. Atlantic? That's where the rich people live. How about Malibu or Hollywood?
      • Motie 4 mths ago
        Um, Amsterdam is in The Netherlands, in Europe. Do you even know where Europe is?
      • DougA 4 mths ago
        The Netherlands is on the North Sea......
      • Richard Dimarzo 4 mths ago
        there are many rigs in the north sea between scotland and norway, in very rough waters. they have been there for twenty years or so. the difference between them and us is that their courts are reasonable, and they don't let a handful of extremists run the show.
    • Lon Rocke  •  Chico, California  •  4 mths ago
      Cap it off. Dont use it. It will make the do-goders and warm fuzzy environ mentalists nervous.
    • salmonella  •  4 mths ago
      Yep, it was coming out of congress!
    • The Shepherd  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  4 mths ago
      Oh Lord, there is natural gas right here in my nether regions!! The Lord has come unto me and said " Shepherd, share your gas with the good sheep." and by Jebus' name, I have shared, and I have managed to change my gas into poop!!! Hallelu-yah Amen!!! Now 'scuse me whilest I go change my britches...
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