EurOil: German government opposes North Sea gas project

Germany Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck has said he is opposed to natural gas drilling plans in the German-Dutch border area of the North Sea, a day after local authorities in the Lower Saxony region issued a permit to Dutch firm ONE-Dyas for the project.

The Lower Saxony state approved the N05-A project in 2022, at the height of the European energy crisis when Germany was scrambling for replacements for lost Russian gas supply. ONE-Dyas estimates that it can recover 13bn cubic metres of gas from the field off the German island of Borkum over several years, which is equivalent to around 17% of the gas that Germany consumed in 2023.

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