Dutch Premier Says Boosting Groningen Gas Output Is Last Resort
- Controversial gas field is slated to close in October 2023
- Nearby towns have been damaged by hundreds of earthquakes
Mark Rutte during an interview at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Brussels on Friday, June 24, 2022.
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said increasing output from the Groningen gas field would be a last resort for the Netherlands.
The Dutch government won’t say it will “never discuss Groningen” as a way to bolster supplies, but that would be only in an “ultimate situation,” Rutte said in an interview in Brussels after the European Union summit that ended on Friday.