Dutch oil and gas sector drafting energy transition pledge
The Netherlands wants to be the cleanest place in the world to produce offshore gas and to play its part in the energy transition by leading CCS and hydrogen projects, says chairman of Dutch oil and gas lobby group
The Dutch oil and gas sector is preparing an energy transition pledge that will include targets on emissions reductions, methane leakage, electrification of the North Sea gas industry and production and transport of hydrogen, the chairman of Dutch oil and gas lobby group Nogepa tells Transition Economist in an interview. “Fossil fuel production will be a dying business, for sure, because we know what the side-effects are, but the sector in itself is not dying. It has a role to play in this energy transition,” says Menno Snel, who is also a former Dutch secretary of state for finance and executive director at the IMF. His industry group, which counts Dutch operator NAM, UK-based independent o
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