Natural gas: even Germany starts drilling. We are blocked by PITESAI, Draghi and Cingolani
In a concerted move to move away from its heavy dependence on Russia in the midst of the Ukrainian crisis, the German authorities finally gave in and allowed gas drilling to proceed in one of its most controversial territories.
On Wednesday, a German regional authority responsible for the Wadden Sea islands gave the green light to a Dutch company to drill gas in the North Sea above the Wadden Islands.
Dutch firm One-Dyas says it plans to start drilling for natural gas some 20 kilometers north of the islands as soon as possible after the German government was forced to ease its stance regarding oil and gas drilling in its territories. The gas field, which contains low-calorie gas suitable for domestic use, is located more than 20 kilometers above the Wadden Islands in the North Sea, under the Dutch and German seabed.
" We cannot afford to demand more gas from the Netherlands and continue to refuse to extract our gas ," Lower Saxony State Minister of Economic Affairs Bernd Althusmann announced Tuesday.
Chris de Ruyter van Steveninck, director of One-Dyas, told broadcaster NOS that the company can supply 5% of Dutch gas demand on an annual basis. According to the director, the field and its neighbors have the potential to supply around 60 billion cubic meters of natural gas, which means they can supply nearly half of the Netherlands' annual consumption of 40 billion cubic meters and 90 billion cubic meters. cubic meters of Germany.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered widespread self-sanctioning by its Western energy customers, leading to an energy crisis in the Eurozone and around the world. Germany relies on Russia for around 60% of its natural gas needs. Now even the "Verdissima" Germany authorizes the drilling, and on the run. What do Draghi and Cingolani do? Will we still keep the outdated and crazy PITESAI plan which objectively blocks the extraction and exploration of gas in the Italian seas? A madness that we are paying dearly for. We prefer blackouts and cold to the use of our resources.
Gas drilling in the North Sea has met with stiff resistance, with the mayors of the two neighboring islands both opposing the development mainly out of concerns about the environmental impact. However, research from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs concluded that there would be minimal damage both during the construction of the project and during the active pumping phase.
So Draghi's blackmail question to its citizens should not be: "Do you want air conditioners turned on or peace?", But rather: "Do you want to stop playing green and pay less for gas AND ALSO peace?"
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