News 24 Jul 2026 PosHYdon: first production of green hydrogen on operational North Sea platform Scheveningen, 22 July 2026. This summer marks an important milestone in the energy transition in the North Sea: the innovative PosHYdon pilot project has successfully produced green hydrogen on the operational offshore platform Q13a-A, operated by Eni Energy Netherlands. PosHYdon is the first projec... Theme:
News 14 Jul 2026 Public Support Monitor Gas Production 2026 Element NL’s new Public Support Monitor for Natural Gas Production shows that a clear majority of people in the Netherlands believe natural gas is necessary for energy security and as part of the energy mix, as long as renewable energy is not yet sufficiently available. Theme:
News 22 May 2026 Abeona advances North Sea CO₂ storage project with launch of public consultation Abeona CCS Storage B.V., part of the Petrogas Group, today announced the start of the public consultation for the Abeona project, one of the Netherlands’ key initiatives to develop large-scale CO₂ storage capacity in the North Sea. Theme:
News 20 Apr 2026 Nexstep partnership to be integrated into EBN and Element NL After nine years, the activities related to the decommissioning and reuse of offshore oil and gas platforms and infrastructure are being transferred from Nexstep to Element NL and EBN. Nexstep was established in 2017 as a joint initiative of EBN and the Dutch oil and gas industry, represented by Ele... Theme:
News 7 Apr 2026 Gas production in the North Sea expanded: second production well N05-A brought into operation Element NL member ONE-Dyas has started gas production from the second production well of the N05-A platform in the North Sea. With this step, output from N05-A increases to 1 billion cubic metres per year. This already makes N05-A a significant contributor to the gas supply of the Netherlands and Ge... Theme:
News 30 Jan 2026 Element NL welcomes coalition agreement and calls for fast and consistent implementation Element NL responds positively to the coalition agreement of D66, VVD and CDA. The continuation of the sector agreement on Gas Production in the Energy Transition is a positive step and makes clear that the new cabinet takes a realistic view of the importance of gas production in the Netherlands. Th... Theme:
News 30 Jan 2026 Cross border safety in the North Sea requires clear choices and cooperation The safety and security situation in the North Sea is becoming increasingly complex. Cyber threats, physical incidents and geopolitical tensions are more frequently affecting multiple countries and sectors at the same time. This reality was central during the evaluation and strategic working session... Theme:
News 16 Jan 2026 Additional agreements on newly developed onshore gas production: part of the revenues flow directly to the regions With the additional agreements concluded between industry association Element NL, the association of Dutch oil and gas producing companies, state-owned company EBN, and Minister Sophie Hermans (Ministry of Climate and Green Growth), the government is taking a further step to deploy Dutch gas product... Theme:
News 13 Nov 2025 After 50 years Dutch North sea gas still plays an important role When the first offshore natural gas came ashore in 1975 via the NGT pipeline from the L10 A platform, no one could have imagined the impact Dutch gas would still have fifty years later. Theme:
News 6 Nov 2025 Maarten van Gaans – Gijbels new director Element NL Maarten van Gaans - Gijbels (Sittard, 1988) will become the new Director of Element NL as of 5 January 2026. Element NL is the industry association representing companies active in the production and transport of natural gas, oil and CO₂ storage in the Netherlands. With his broad experience in polit... Theme:
News 30 Jun 2025 Collaboration between offshore industries results in new unified medical standard: NL Offshore Medical As of July 1, 2025, a renewed offshore medical examination will come into effect: the NL Offshore Medical. This examination is the result of a collaboration between Element NL (the industry association for oil and gas producers in the Netherlands), NedZero (the umbrella organization for the wind sec... Theme:
News 19 May 2025 More gas production and cutting energy costs by 450 million euro According to the recently concluded sector agreement, gas production in the Netherlands will receive a boost in the coming years. This is a step towards greater energy independence, but it also provides an additional financial windfall for the treasury. How many homes could be made more sustainable... Theme:
