Productions
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12 January 2000
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ARD Weltspiegel
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The Wadden sea gas |
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The ‘Wadden zee' is one of the largest tide-regions in the world and a crossroads of many different migration routes of different 9millions birds. There is around 40 billion cubic meters of gas in the Wadden sea! Since 1994 the dutch are planning to win the natural gas from underneath the Wadden sea. Through diagonal drilling form land. Test drillings where needed for experience and extra facts and figures. The problems are all around the test-drilling. The Minister of economical affairs Weijers already gave the The Dutch Mineral Oil Company (NAM) permission to do the test drilling. Now the NAM is not allowed anymore. Without the test drilling the actual gas-field can not be exploited. The diagonal drilling is risky and the NAM needs to know for sure if it will work or not trough these test drillings.
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