Gas production in the Netherlands
Importance and policy
Ministery of Economic Affairs Directorate Energy Market PO Box 20101
2500 EC The Hague The Netherlands www.minez.nl
Poster Mijnlieff 07HH 01
For information on Exploration and Production issues and E&P data see the Netherlands Oil and Gas Portal www.nlog.nl
Maintaining the level of exploration and production in next fifteen years is the national objective of gas production.
Actions to meet the objective:
• Evaluation of the new ‘2003 mining law’ completed
• Revision of the mining law in progress, in particular relating to new developments like storage, maturity and new comers
• Fallow acreage / field covenant planned to be signed in due course
• Continuation small fields policy
• Improving access to information:
Major upgrade Netherlands Oil & Gas portal on www.nlog.nl
• Initiatives to facilitate and moderate license and administrative procedures