Netherlands on Track to Meet Gas Storage Targets With State Help

The Dutch government is confident the country will secure enough natural gas inventories ahead of this winter and plans to establish an “emergency reserve” starting in 2026 — seeking to ease trader concerns over sluggish storage injections.

Stockpiles are in line with the European Union’s thresholds for this month and on track to hit the national target of 80% by November, said Tim van Dijk, spokesman for the Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth. State-owned energy company EBN BV, mandated to help with gas stockpiling, already started injections into one of the country’s sites, he said.