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News and press releases from Element NL.

PosHYdon: eerste productie groene waterstof op operationeel Noordzeeplatform

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...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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